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On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.5
release team, I'm surprised to announce the availability of
Python 3.5.0rc4, also known as Python 3.5.0 Release Candidate 4.<br>
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Python 3.5.0 Release Candidate 3 was only released about a day
ago. However: during testing, a major regression was
discovered, reported on the issue tracker as #25027:<br>
<blockquote><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://bugs.python.org/issue25027">http://bugs.python.org/issue25027</a><br>
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Python 3.5 includes some big changes on how Python is built on
Windows. One of those changes resulted in Python processes on
Windows exceeding the maximum number of loadable shared
libraries. As a result Windows builds of Python could no longer
run major Python software stacks like Pandas and Jupyter.
Fixing this required non-trivial last-minute changes to the
Windows build--and those changes need testing. We therefore
elected to insert an extra release candidate before the final
release, to get these changes into your hands as soon as
possible, so that Windows users could test these changes.<br>
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As with all other Python 3.5 releases to date, this is a preview
release, and its use is not recommended for production
settings. However, users are encouraged to test with Python
3.5.0rc4, <i>especially</i> Windows users who build or make use
of numerous external packages. (Non-Windows users will find
little difference between Python 3.5.0rc3 and Python 3.5.0rc4.)<br>
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You can find Python 3.5.0rc4 here:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-350rc4/">https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-350rc4/</a><br>
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Windows and Mac users: please read the important
platform-specific "Notes on this release" section near the end
of that page.<br>
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Please kick the tires,<br>
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<i>/arry</i><br>
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p.s. Special thanks from the Python 3.5 release team to
Christoph Gohlke for the bug report! </div>
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