Merge #695: build: Use more recent Python 3.9 for *nix builds

e267f9a build: Bump *nix release build environment to more recent 3.9 (Andrew Chow)
dd6a594 build: Allow building binaries on any python 3.9 (Andrew Chow)
e9b3191 pyenv: Set python version to just 3.9 (Andrew Chow)

Pull request description:

  MacOS on Apple Silicon requires a more recent python version, so just bump it to the latest security release of 3.9, and let any 3.9 version when developing in pyenv.

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.python-version

@@ -1 +1 @@
-3.9.7
+3.9

contrib/build.Dockerfile

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ COPY contrib/reproducible-python.diff /opt/reproducible-python.diff
 ENV PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-shared"
 ENV BUILD_DATE="Jan  1 2019"
 ENV BUILD_TIME="00:00:00"
-RUN eval "$(pyenv init --path)" && eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)" && cat /opt/reproducible-python.diff | pyenv install -kp 3.9.7
+RUN eval "$(pyenv init --path)" && eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)" && cat /opt/reproducible-python.diff | pyenv install -kp 3.9.17
 
 ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8

contrib/build_bin.sh

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # We also need to change the timestamps of all of the base library files
-lib_dir=`pyenv root`/versions/3.9.7/lib/python3.9
+lib_dir=$(pyenv prefix)/lib/python3.9
 TZ=UTC find ${lib_dir} -name '*.py' -type f -execdir touch -t "201901010000.00" '{}' \;
 
 # Make the standalone binary

docs/development/release-process.rst

@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ Note that the macOS build is non-deterministic.
 
 First install `pyenv <https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv>`_ using whichever method you prefer.
 
-Then a deterministic build of Python 3.9.7 needs to be installed. This can be done with the patch in ``contrib/reproducible-python.diff``. First ``cd`` into HWI's source tree. Then use::
+Then a deterministic build of Python 3.9.17 needs to be installed. This can be done with the patch in ``contrib/reproducible-python.diff``. First ``cd`` into HWI's source tree. Then use::
 
-    cat contrib/reproducible-python.diff | PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-framework" BUILD_DATE="Jan  1 2019" BUILD_TIME="00:00:00" pyenv install -kp 3.9.7
+    cat contrib/reproducible-python.diff | PYTHON_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--enable-framework" BUILD_DATE="Jan  1 2019" BUILD_TIME="00:00:00" pyenv install -kp 3.9.17
 
-Make sure that python 3.9.7 is active::
+Make sure that python 3.9.17 is active::
 
     $ python --version
-    Python 3.9.7
+    Python 3.9.17
 
 Now install `Poetry <https://github.com/sdispater/poetry>`_ with ``pip install poetry``