py installs old patch versions for 3.12, 3.11, 3.10, 3.9

[jahir]

Install source and version

• Installed with the MSI from python.org

Version: 25.1 (also with 25.0)

Describe the bug
py list --online only shows outdated patch versions for python versions before 3.13:

• 3.12.10 instead of 3.12.12
• 3.11.9 instead of 3.11.14
• 3.10.11 instead of 3.10.19

Same applies to py install (with or without --update). I have no clue where py gets its version data (probably some web service),

To Reproduce

1. run py install 3.12

Expected behavior
python 3.12.12 should be installed

[jahir]

sorry, it was only after writing the issue that I thougt of trying -vv, which shows a python.org url, so unless you pymanager people have some direct influence to the site maintainers there's probably not much you can do... but maybe you know how to contact the right person?

[pfmoore]

Those are the last binary releases for those versions. Later minor versions such as 3.12.11 are source-only releases, and you'll need to compile them yourself if you want to use them.

See (for example) The Python 3.12 release schedule for details.

[zooba]

Paul's correct - the Python install manager only installs the distributions that we release (unless you point it to someone else's feed - i.e. not python.org - but I doubt any exist yet), and we don't release prebuilt distributions for releases in security-fix only mode. That's been the approach forever, so nothing has changed here.

There are other organisations that do provide builds of security fix versions, some of whom may allow/require you to pay for them.

[jahir]

ok, sorry for the noise. I was totally unaware that there are no binary releases for security-only patch versions (and it seems quite odd to me, but everybody else seems to be ok with it).

[moths]

@jahir You can use uv https://github.com/astral-sh/uv for patch versions of Python

$ uv python list
cpython-3.15.0a6-windows-x86_64-none
cpython-3.15.0a6+freethreaded-windows-x86_64-none
cpython-3.14.3-windows-x86_64-none C:\Users\py\AppData\Roaming\uv\python\cpython-3.14.3-windows-x86_64-none\python.exe
cpython-3.13.12-windows-x86_64-none C:\Users\py\AppData\Roaming\uv\python\cpython-3.13.12-windows-x86_64-none\python.exe
cpython-3.12.12-windows-x86_64-none
cpython-3.11.14-windows-x86_64-none C:\Users\py\AppData\Roaming\uv\python\cpython-3.11.14-windows-x86_64-none\python.exe
cpython-3.10.19-windows-x86_64-none C:\Users\py\AppData\Roaming\uv\python\cpython-3.10.19-windows-x86_64-none\python.exe
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