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3.6.8 is part of the 3.6 line, which reached its end of life on December 23, 2021. It no longer receives security fixes. endoflife.date
Installer files 3.6.8
| Architecture | Type | Scope | File size | Download | SHA256 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64-bit | EXE (WiX Burn) | Current user | 31.8 MB | python.org | VirusTotal |
| 64-bit | EXE (WiX Burn) | All users | 31.8 MB | python.org | VirusTotal |
| 32-bit | EXE (WiX Burn) | Current user | 30.8 MB | python.org | VirusTotal |
| 32-bit | EXE (WiX Burn) | All users | 30.8 MB | python.org | VirusTotal |
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Release notes
Library
- bpo-31715: Associate .mjs file extension with application/javascript MIME Type.
Build
- bpo-35499: make profile-opt no longer replaces CFLAGS_NODIST with CFLAGS. It now adds profile-guided optimization (PGO) flags to CFLAGS_NODIST: existing CFLAGS_NODIST flags are kept.
- bpo-35257: Avoid leaking the linker flags from Link Time Optimizations (LTO) into distutils when compiling C extensions.
C API
- bpo-35259: Conditionally declare Py_FinalizeEx() (new in 3.6) based on Py_LIMITED_API. Patch by Arthur Neufeld.https://docs.python.org/release/3.6.8/whatsnew/changelog.html
