On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 7:34 AM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: > On 11/01/2018 20:12, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 7:02 AM, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 11/01/2018 19:41, Paul Moore wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 11 January 2018 at 18:33, bartc <b...@freeuk.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> python -m pip install XXX >>>> >>>> just works, for 99% of things anyone wants. In particular it works for >>>> pygame. >>>> >>>> Continuing to complain about a situation that has been resolved for a >>>> year or more >>> >>> >>> >>> I tried that on my brand-new, just installed Python 3.7. It didn't work >>> as >>> detailed in my other post. >>> >>> Please don't assume that because it works for you, that it MUST work for >>> everyone, and that they must be doing something wrong if it doesn't. >>> >>> Apparently it's missing a file called 'Setup'. Is it my fault if it can't >>> find it? Or if it insists on continuing to install something even when >>> some >>> vital component is missing. >>> >> >> Most people would use the latest STABLE RELEASE of a language, if they >> expect it to be stable. Unreleased versions, alphas, and so on, may be >> very useful, but should not be expected to work perfectly with all >> third-party modules. > > > >>> I downloaded Python 3.7. It didn't work. >> >> Where from? > > I found it at www.python.org. (in /downloads/windows). Although it said > 'latest' release was 3.6.4, it didn't say anything about 3.7 being alpha or > beta release.
So: 1) You ignore the homepage download link 2) You ignore the /downloads/ info 3) You ignore the fact that the version number is 3.7.0a4 4) You didn't actually go to https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-370a4/ where you would have seen that it's a preview. > It failed on my 3.6, it failed on 3.4, it failed on 3.7 (is what 'pip' does > really so leading edge?), and finally worked on a brand-new 3.6. In case you haven't figured it out by now, pygame has different builds to work with different versions. So what you're saying is: "Wow, the pygame people are lazy idiots who haven't made things easy for me to use an unreleased version of Python. What a train-wreck Python is, when third-party packages aren't ready months in advance of a new release." ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
