Python Versions

Quick index of built-in Python version in each Linux distribution and changes made in each minor Python releases.

Linux dist Pythons

Python	Debian	Ubuntu	Cent OS	Fedora	Alpine
3.4		14.04 (trusty)
3.5	9 (stretch)	16.04 (xenial)
3.6		18.04 (bionic)	7		3.9
3.7	10 (buster)				3.10
3.8		20.04 (focal)		32	3.11
3.9	11 (bullseye)	21.04 (hirsute)		33, 34	3.14, 3.15
3.10		22.04 (jammy)		35, 36	3.16, 3.17
3.11	12 (bookworm)	23.04 (lunar)		37, 38	3.18
3.12				39

Python 3.12

• type statement (ref)
• Multiline, Nested, Blackslash-compatible f-string (ref)
• "Did you mean..." error message (ref)
• @override decorator (ref)

Python 3.11

• Built-in tomllib (ref)
• typing.reveal_type (ref)
• typing.Self (ref)
• typing.Never (ref)

Python 3.10

• SytaxError hint (ref)
• match, switch a.k.a. Structural Pattern Matching (ref)
• Vertical bar (|) as type hint for Union (ref)
• strict in zip()
• correlation(), covariance(), linear_regression() in statistics (ref)
• Counter()'s new method: total() (ref)

Python 3.9

Python 3.8

• Warlus operator: := (Ref)

Python 3.7

• New reserved keyword: async, await (Ref)
• Dataclasses (Doc)
• nano-class time functions (Ref)

Python 3.6

• dict maintain insertion order by default (Doc, Ref)
• pathlib integrates with open() (Ref)