[RELEASED] Python 3.5.10rc1 is released

[Larry Hastings]

On behalf of the Python development community, I'm pleased to finally 
announce the availability of Python 3.5.10rc1.

Python 3.5 is in "security fixes only" mode.  This new version only 
contains security fixes, not conventional bug fixes, and it is a 
source-only release.

Important Notice: The latest releases of Linux (Ubuntu 20.04, Fedora 32) 
ship with a new version of OpenSSL.  New versions of OpenSSL often 
include upgraded configuration requirements to maintain network 
security; this new version no longer finds Python 3.5's OpenSSL 
configuration acceptable.  As a result, most or all secure-transport 
networking libraries are broken in this release on systems where this 
new version of OpenSSL is deployed.  This means, for example, that seven 
(7) of the regression tests in the test suite now regularly fail.  Older 
versions of Linux, with older versions of OpenSSL installed, are 
unaffected.  We're aware of the problem.  Unfortunately, as 3.5 is 
nearly completely out of support, it has become very low priority, and 
we've been unable to find the resources to get the problem fixed.  It's 
possible that these problems simply won't be fixed in 3.5 before it 
reaches its end-of-life.  As always we recommend upgrading to the latest 
Python release wherever possible.


You can find Python 3.5.10rc1 here:

    https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3510rc1/



Cheers,


//arry/