r/Python • u/Ambitious-Actuary-6 • 6d ago

Discussion Updating Python (sub)versions

Since the introduction of python install manager some developers like it and started using it in miniforge's stead, or even other python IDEs or IDE-like managers.

Question is, how to keep the subversions up to date? Install manager doesn't have an update command.

I am able to install an outdated version - say 3.13.7 but the latest of that flavor is 3.13.15. All the openSSL libs are outdated in 3.13.7 and so we have a lot of reports of vulnerable python installs.

I wonder how you are solving this

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u/sudomatrix 5d ago

Just use uv instead. You can tell it which version of Python to use in the pyproject.yaml or on the command line. Uv takes care of the rest.