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Update macOS installer builds to use ncurses 6.5 #91132
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.
As of the Python 3.14.0 alpha 5 pre-release and the upcoming 3.13.3 and 3.12.10 releases, python.org macOS installers now build and link with ncurses 6.5, the current stable release.
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ned-deily commentedon Mar 10, 2022
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.
ned-deily commentedon Mar 10, 2022
Assigning to myself as this will require some installer build testing.
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pythongh-91132: Update macOS installer to use ncurses 6.5.
pythongh-91132: Update macOS installer to use ncurses 6.5.
[-]Update macOS installer builds to use ncurses 6.3[/-][+]Update macOS installer builds to use ncurses 6.5[/+]gh-91132: Update macOS installer to use ncurses 6.5. (#129990)
pythongh-91132: Update macOS installer to use ncurses 6.5. (python#12…
pythongh-91132: Update macOS installer to use ncurses 6.5. (pythonGH-…
pythongh-91132: Update macOS installer to use ncurses 6.5. (pythonGH-…
[3.13] gh-91132: Update macOS installer to use ncurses 6.5. (GH-129990)
[3.12] gh-91132: Update macOS installer to use ncurses 6.5. (GH-129990)
ned-deily commentedon Apr 7, 2025
As of the Python 3.14.0 alpha 5 pre-release and the upcoming 3.13.3 and 3.12.10 releases, python.org macOS installers now build and link with
ncurses 6.5, the current stable release.@cmang, to answer your question from long ago:
Yes. If you are still following along, let us know if extended color pairs does not work.