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Title: Update macOS installer builds to use ncurses 6.3
Type: Stage: needs patch
Components: macOS Versions: Python 3.11, Python 3.10, Python 3.9
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Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: ned.deily Nosy List: ned.deily, ronaldoussoren
Priority: high Keywords:

Created on 2022-03-10 17:07 by ned.deily, last changed 2022-03-10 17:53 by ned.deily.

Messages (2)
msg414869 - (view) Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) * (Python committer) Date: 2022-03-10 17:07 
The python.org macOS installers include a private copy of the ncurses library; it has not been updated from 5.9 in a long time. The current upstream version is 6.3 and includes bug and security fixes; we should update to it.
msg414874 - (view) Author: Ned Deily (ned.deily) * (Python committer) Date: 2022-03-10 17:53 
Assigning to myself as this will require some installer build testing.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-03-10 17:53:11ned.deilysetassignee: ned.deily
messages: + msg414874
2022-03-10 17:07:20ned.deilycreate