Update macos-python-builder.psm1

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
-# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
-# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
-# https://docs.github.com/code-security/dependabot/dependabot-version-updates/configuration-options-for-the-dependabot.yml-file
-
-version: 2
-updates:
-  # Enable version updates for GitHub Actions
-  - package-ecosystem: 'github-actions'
-    # Workflow files stored in the default location of `.github/workflows`
-    # You don't need to specify `/.github/workflows` for `directory`. You can use `directory: "/"`.
-    directory: '/'
-    schedule:
-      interval: 'weekly'

.github/workflows/build-python-packages.yml

@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
 name: Build Python package
-run-name: Generate Python ${{ inputs.VERSION || '3.13.7' }}
+run-name: Generate Python ${{ inputs.VERSION || '3.12.3' }}
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       VERSION:
         description: 'Python version to build and upload'
-        default: '3.13.7'
+        default: '3.12.3'
         required: true
       PUBLISH_RELEASES:
         description: 'Whether to publish releases'
         required: true
         type: boolean
         default: false
-      THREADING_BUILD_MODES:
-        description: 'CPython threading build modes'
-        required: true
-        type: string
-        default: 'default,freethreaded'
       PLATFORMS:
         description: 'Platforms for execution in "os" or "os_arch" format (arch is "x64" by default)'
         required: true
-        default: 'ubuntu-22.04,ubuntu-22.04_arm64,ubuntu-24.04,ubuntu-24.04_arm64,macos-15-intel_x64,macos-14_arm64,windows-2022_x64,windows-2022_x86,windows-11_arm64'
+        default: 'ubuntu-20.04,ubuntu-22.04,ubuntu-22.04_arm64,ubuntu-24.04,ubuntu-24.04_arm64,macos-13_x64,macos-14_arm64,windows-2019_x64,windows-2019_x86,windows-2019_arm64'
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
     - 'versions-manifest.json'
@@ -30,7 +25,7 @@ on:
     - 'main'
 
 env:
-  VERSION: ${{ inputs.VERSION || '3.13.7' }}
+  VERSION: ${{ inputs.VERSION || '3.12.3' }}
 defaults:
   run:
     shell: pwsh
@@ -44,33 +39,33 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate execution matrix
         id: generate-matrix
         run: |
-          [String[]]$configurations = "${{ inputs.platforms || 'ubuntu-22.04,ubuntu-22.04_arm64,ubuntu-24.04,ubuntu-24.04_arm64,macos-15-intel,macos-14_arm64,windows-2022_x64,windows-2022_x86,windows-11_arm64' }}".Split(",").Trim()
+          [String[]]$configurations = "${{ inputs.platforms || 'ubuntu-20.04,ubuntu-22.04,ubuntu-22.04_arm64,ubuntu-24.04,ubuntu-24.04_arm64,macos-13,macos-14_arm64,windows-2019_x64,windows-2019_x86,windows-2019_arm64' }}".Split(",").Trim()
-          [String[]]$buildModes = "${{ inputs.threading_build_modes || 'default' }}".Split(",").Trim()
           $matrix = @()
           
           foreach ($configuration in $configurations) {
-            foreach ($buildMode in $buildModes) {
+            $parts = $configuration.Split("_")
-              $parts = $configuration.Split("_")
+            $os = $parts[0]
-              $os = $parts[0]
+            $arch = if ($parts[1]) {$parts[1]} else {"x64"}
-              $arch = if ($parts[1]) {$parts[1]} else {"x64"}
+            switch -wildcard ($os) {
-              switch -wildcard ($os) {
+              "*ubuntu*" { $platform = $os.Replace("ubuntu","linux")}
-                "*ubuntu*" { $platform = $os.Replace("ubuntu","linux"); if ($arch -eq "arm64" ) { $os = "${os}-arm" } }
+              "*macos*" { $platform = 'darwin' }
-                "*macos*" { $platform = 'darwin' }
+              "*windows*" { $platform = 'win32' }
-                "*windows*" { $platform = 'win32'; if ($arch -eq "arm64" ) { $os = "${os}-arm" } }
+            }
-              }
+            
-
+            if ($configuration -eq "ubuntu-22.04_arm64") {
-              if ($buildMode -eq "freethreaded") {
+              $os = "setup-actions-ubuntu-arm64-2-core"
-                if ([semver]"${{ inputs.VERSION }}" -lt [semver]"3.13.0") {
+            }
-                  continue;
+            elseif ($configuration -eq "ubuntu-24.04_arm64") {
-                }
+              $os = "setup-actions-ubuntu24-arm64-2-core"
-                $arch += "-freethreaded"
+            }
-              }
+            elseif ($configuration -eq "windows-2019_arm64") {
-
+              $os = "setup-actions-windows-arm64-4-core"
-              $matrix += @{
+            }
-                'platform' = $platform
+            
-                'os' = $os
+            $matrix += @{
-                'arch' = $arch
+              'platform' = $platform
-              }
+              'os' = $os
+              'arch' = $arch
             }
           }
           echo "matrix=$($matrix | ConvertTo-Json -Compress -AsArray)" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -83,13 +78,37 @@ jobs:
         include: ${{ fromJson(needs.generate_matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
-      ARTIFACT_NAME: python-${{ inputs.VERSION || '3.13.7' }}-${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+      ARTIFACT_NAME: python-${{ inputs.VERSION || '3.12.3' }}-${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
     steps:
+      - name: Setup Environment on Windows ARM64 Runner
+        if: matrix.os == 'setup-actions-windows-arm64-4-core'
+        shell: powershell
+        run: |
+            # Install Chocolatey
+            Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
+            [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072
+            iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
+            echo "C:\ProgramData\Chocolatey\bin" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8
+        
+            # Install PowerShell
+            choco install powershell-core -y
+            echo "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8
+        
+            # Install Git
+            choco install git -y
+            echo "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8
+        
+            
+             # Install 7-Zip
+            choco install 7zip -y
+            echo "C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8
+            
+
       - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
-      
+
       - name: Build Python ${{ env.VERSION }}
         run: |
           ./builders/build-python.ps1 -Version $env:VERSION `
@@ -110,10 +129,33 @@ jobs:
         include: ${{ fromJson(needs.generate_matrix.outputs.matrix) }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     env:
-      ARTIFACT_NAME: python-${{ inputs.VERSION || '3.13.7' }}-${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+      ARTIFACT_NAME: python-${{ inputs.VERSION || '3.12.3' }}-${{ matrix.platform }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
     steps:
+      - name: Setup Environment on Windows ARM64 Runner
+        if: matrix.os == 'setup-actions-windows-arm64-4-core'
+        shell: powershell
+        run: |
+            # Install Chocolatey
+            Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
+            [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072
+            iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
+            echo "C:\ProgramData\Chocolatey\bin" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8
+        
+            # Install PowerShell
+            choco install powershell-core -y
+            echo "C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8
+        
+            # Install Git
+            choco install git -y
+            echo "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8
+        
+            
+             # Install 7-Zip
+            choco install 7zip -y
+            echo "C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin" | Out-File -Append -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8
+            
       - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
 
@@ -159,9 +201,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.VERSION }}
           architecture: ${{ matrix.arch }}
 
-      - name: Python version
-        run: python -VVV
-
       - name: Verbose sysconfig dump
         if: runner.os == 'Linux' || runner.os == 'macOS'
         run: python ./sources/python-config-output.py

.github/workflows/get-python-versions.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Get Python versions
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 0,12 * * *'
+    - cron: '0 3,15 * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ jobs:
     with:
       tool-name: "Python"
       image-url: "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1525981?s=200&v=4"
-    secrets: inherit
+    secrets: inherit

.github/workflows/manifest-config-validation.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: true
 

.github/workflows/python-versions-runner.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       
       - name: Trigger python workflow
         run: |

.github/workflows/releases-validation.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-latest, macos-15-intel]
+        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04, macos-13]
         python: [3.9.13, 3.10.11, 3.11.8, 3.12.7, 3.13.0]
     steps:
     - name: setup-python ${{ matrix.python }}

.github/workflows/test-python-version.yml

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-latest, macos-15-intel] 
+        os: [macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-20.04, ubuntu-22.04] 
     steps:
     - name: Setup Python ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@main

builders/macos-python-builder.psm1

@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ class macOSPythonBuilder : NixPythonBuilder {
         .SYNOPSIS
         Prepare system environment by installing dependencies and required packages.
         #>
+        
+        if ($this.Version -eq "3.7.17") {
+            # We have preinstalled ncurses and readLine on the hoster runners. But we need to install bzip2 for 
+            # setting up an environemnt 
+            # If we get any issues realted to ncurses or readline we can try to run this command
+            # brew install ncurses readline
+            Execute-Command -Command "brew install bzip2"
+        }
     }
 
     [void] Configure() {
@@ -50,20 +58,46 @@ class macOSPythonBuilder : NixPythonBuilder {
         ### will never be used itself by a Github Actions runner but using a universal2 Python is the only way to build
         ### universal2 C extensions and wheels. This is supported by Python >= 3.10 and was backported to Python >=
         ### 3.9.1 and >= 3.8.10.
+        ### Disabled, discussion: https://github.com/actions/python-versions/pull/114
+        # if ($this.Version -ge "3.8.10" -and $this.Version -ne "3.8.13" -and $this.Version -ne "3.9.0" ) {
+        #     $configureString += " --enable-universalsdk --with-universal-archs=universal2"
+        # }
 
         ### OS X 10.11, Apple no longer provides header files for the deprecated system version of OpenSSL.
         ### Solution is to install these libraries from a third-party package manager,
         ### and then add the appropriate paths for the header and library files to configure command.
         ### Link to documentation (https://cpython-devguide.readthedocs.io/setup/#build-dependencies)
-        $configureString += " --with-openssl=/usr/local/opt/openssl@3"
+        if ($this.Version -lt "3.7.0") {
-        $configureString += " --with-tcltk-includes='-I /usr/local/opt/tcl-tk/include/tcl-tk' --with-tcltk-libs='-L/usr/local/opt/tcl-tk/lib -ltcl8.6 -ltk8.6'"
+            $env:LDFLAGS = "-L/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/lib -L/usr/local/opt/zlib/lib"
+            $env:CFLAGS = "-I/usr/local/opt/openssl@3/include -I/usr/local/opt/zlib/include"
+        } else {
+            $configureString += " --with-openssl=/usr/local/opt/openssl@3"
 
-        ### Compile with support of loadable sqlite extensions.
+            # For Python 3.7.2 and 3.7.3 we need to provide PATH for zlib to pack it properly. Otherwise the build will fail
+            # with the error: zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available
+            if ($this.Version -eq "3.7.2" -or $this.Version -eq "3.7.3" -or $this.Version -eq "3.7.17") {
+                $env:LDFLAGS = "-L/usr/local/opt/zlib/lib"
+                $env:CFLAGS = "-I/usr/local/opt/zlib/include"
+            }
+
+         #    if ($this.Version -gt "3.7.12") {
+         #        $configureString += " --with-tcltk-includes='-I /usr/local/opt/tcl-tk/include' --with-tcltk-libs='-L/usr/local/opt/tcl-tk/lib -ltcl8.6 -ltk8.6'"
+	        # }
+
+            if ($this.Version -eq "3.7.17") {
+                $env:LDFLAGS += " -L$(brew --prefix bzip2)/lib -L$(brew --prefix readline)/lib -L$(brew --prefix ncurses)/lib"
+                $env:CFLAGS += " -I$(brew --prefix bzip2)/include -I$(brew --prefix readline)/include -I$(brew --prefix ncurses)/include"
+            }
+        }
+
+        ### Compile with support of loadable sqlite extensions. Unavailable for Python 2.*
         ### Link to documentation (https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html#sqlite3.Connection.enable_load_extension)
-        $configureString += " --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions"
+        if ($this.Version -ge "3.2.0") {
-        $env:LDFLAGS += " -L$(brew --prefix sqlite3)/lib"
+            $configureString += " --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions"
-        $env:CFLAGS += " -I$(brew --prefix sqlite3)/include"
+            $env:LDFLAGS += " -L$(brew --prefix sqlite3)/lib"
-        $env:CPPFLAGS += "-I$(brew --prefix sqlite3)/include"
+            $env:CFLAGS += " -I$(brew --prefix sqlite3)/include"
+            $env:CPPFLAGS += "-I$(brew --prefix sqlite3)/include"
+        }
 
         Write-Host "The passed configure options are: "
         Write-Host $configureString
@@ -117,37 +151,6 @@ class macOSPythonBuilder : NixPythonBuilder {
         return $pkgLocation
     }
 
-    [string] GetFrameworkName() {
-        <#
-        .SYNOPSIS
-        Get the Python installation Package name.
-        #>
-
-        if ($this.IsFreeThreaded()) {
-            return "PythonT.framework"
-        } else {
-            return "Python.framework"
-        }
-    }
-
-    [string] GetPkgChoices() {
-        <#
-        .SYNOPSIS
-        Reads the configuration XML file for the Python installer
-        #>
-
-        $config = if ($this.IsFreeThreaded()) { "freethreaded" } else { "default" }
-        $choicesFile = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "../config/macos-pkg-choices-$($config).xml"
-        $choicesTemplate = Get-Content -Path $choicesFile -Raw
-
-        $variablesToReplace = @{
-            "{{__VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR__}}" = "$($this.Version.Major).$($this.Version.Minor)";
-        }
-
-        $variablesToReplace.keys | ForEach-Object { $choicesTemplate = $choicesTemplate.Replace($_, $variablesToReplace[$_]) }
-        return $choicesTemplate
-    }
-
     [void] CreateInstallationScriptPkg() {
         <#
         .SYNOPSIS
@@ -162,8 +165,6 @@ class macOSPythonBuilder : NixPythonBuilder {
             "{{__VERSION_FULL__}}" = $this.Version;
             "{{__PKG_NAME__}}" = $this.GetPkgName();
             "{{__ARCH__}}" = $this.Architecture;
-            "{{__FRAMEWORK_NAME__}}" = $this.GetFrameworkName();
-            "{{__PKG_CHOICES__}}" = $this.GetPkgChoices();
         }
 
         $variablesToReplace.keys | ForEach-Object { $installationTemplateContent = $installationTemplateContent.Replace($_, $variablesToReplace[$_]) }

builders/nix-python-builder.psm1

@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ class NixPythonBuilder : PythonBuilder {
         Return name of Python binary.
         #>
 
-        return "python3"
+        if ($this.Version.Major -eq 2) { $pythonBinary = "python" } else { $pythonBinary = "python3" }
+        return $pythonBinary
     }
 
     [string] Download() {
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ class NixPythonBuilder : PythonBuilder {
         Write-Debug "make Python $($this.Version)-$($this.Architecture) $($this.Platform)"
         $buildOutputLocation = New-Item -Path $this.WorkFolderLocation -Name "build_output.txt" -ItemType File
         
-        Execute-Command -Command "make 2>&1 | tee $buildOutputLocation" -ErrorAction Continue
+        Execute-Command -Command "make 2>&1 | tee $buildOutputLocation" -ErrorAction Continue	
         Execute-Command -Command "make install" -ErrorAction Continue
 
         Write-Debug "Done; Make log location: $buildOutputLocation"

builders/python-builder.psm1

@@ -94,24 +94,6 @@ class PythonBuilder {
         return "$($this.Version.Major).$($this.Version.Minor).$($this.Version.Patch)"
     }
 
-    [string] GetHardwareArchitecture() {
-        <#
-        .SYNOPSIS
-        The hardware architecture (x64, arm64) without any Python free threading suffix.
-        #>
-
-        return $this.Architecture.Replace("-freethreaded", "")
-    }
-
-    [bool] IsFreeThreaded() {
-        <#
-        .SYNOPSIS
-        Check if Python version is free threaded.
-        #>
-
-        return $this.Architecture.EndsWith("-freethreaded")
-    }
-
     [void] PreparePythonToolcacheLocation() {
         <#
         .SYNOPSIS

builders/ubuntu-python-builder.psm1

@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@ class UbuntuPythonBuilder : NixPythonBuilder {
         $configureString += " --enable-shared"
         $configureString += " --enable-optimizations"
 
-        if ($this.IsFreeThreaded()) {
-            if ($this.Version -lt "3.13.0") {
-                Write-Host "Python versions lower than 3.13.0 do not support free threading"
-                exit 1
-            }
-            $configureString += " --disable-gil"
-        }
-
         ### Compile with support of loadable sqlite extensions.
         ### Link to documentation (https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html#sqlite3.Connection.enable_load_extension)
         $configureString += " --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions"
@@ -61,8 +53,8 @@ class UbuntuPythonBuilder : NixPythonBuilder {
         Prepare system environment by installing dependencies and required packages.
         #>
 
-        if ($this.Version -lt "3.9.0") {
+        if ($this.Version -lt "3.5.3") {
-            Write-Host "Python versions lower than 3.9.0 are not supported"
+            Write-Host "Python versions lower than 3.5.3 are not supported"
             exit 1
         }
 

builders/win-python-builder.psm1

@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ class WinPythonBuilder : PythonBuilder {
         Return extension for required version of Python executable. 
         #>
 
-        return ".exe"
+        $extension = if ($this.Version -lt "3.5" -and $this.Version -ge "2.5") { ".msi" } else { ".exe" }
+
+        return $extension
     }
 
     [string] GetArchitectureExtension() {
@@ -52,9 +54,13 @@ class WinPythonBuilder : PythonBuilder {
         #>
 
         $ArchitectureExtension = ""
-        if ($this.GetHardwareArchitecture() -eq "x64") {
+        if ($this.Architecture -eq "x64") {
-            $ArchitectureExtension = "-amd64"
+            if ($this.Version -ge "3.5") {
-        } elseif ($this.GetHardwareArchitecture() -eq "arm64") {
+                $ArchitectureExtension = "-amd64"
+            } else {
+                $ArchitectureExtension = ".amd64"
+            }
+        }elseif ($this.Architecture -eq "arm64") {
                 $ArchitectureExtension = "-arm64"
         }
 
@@ -107,7 +113,6 @@ class WinPythonBuilder : PythonBuilder {
 
         $variablesToReplace = @{
             "{{__ARCHITECTURE__}}" = $this.Architecture;
-            "{{__HARDWARE_ARCHITECTURE__}}" = $this.GetHardwareArchitecture();
             "{{__VERSION__}}" = $this.Version;
             "{{__PYTHON_EXEC_NAME__}}" = $pythonExecName
         }

config/macos-pkg-choices-default.xml

@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-<plist version="1.0">
-<array>
-    <dict>
-   </dict>
-</array>
-</plist>

config/macos-pkg-choices-freethreaded.xml

@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
-<plist version="1.0">
-<array>
-    <dict>
-        <key>attributeSetting</key>
-        <integer>1</integer>
-        <key>choiceAttribute</key>
-        <string>selected</string>
-        <key>choiceIdentifier</key>
-        <string>org.python.Python.PythonTFramework-{{__VERSION_MAJOR_MINOR__}}</string>
-    </dict>
-</array>
-</plist>

config/python-manifest-config.json

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-    "regex": "python-\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+-(\\w+\\.\\d+)?-?(\\w+)-(\\d+\\.\\d+)?-?((x|arm)\\d+(-freethreaded)?)",
+    "regex": "python-\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+-(\\w+\\.\\d+)?-?(\\w+)-(\\d+\\.\\d+)?-?((x|arm)\\d+)",
     "groups": {
         "arch": 4,
         "platform": 2,

installers/macos-pkg-setup-template.sh

@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ set -e
 
 PYTHON_FULL_VERSION="{{__VERSION_FULL__}}"
 PYTHON_PKG_NAME="{{__PKG_NAME__}}"
-PYTHON_FRAMEWORK_NAME="{{__FRAMEWORK_NAME__}}"
-PYTHON_PKG_CHOICES=$(cat << 'EOF'
-{{__PKG_CHOICES__}}
-EOF
-)
 ARCH="{{__ARCH__}}"
 MAJOR_VERSION=$(echo $PYTHON_FULL_VERSION | cut -d '.' -f 1)
 MINOR_VERSION=$(echo $PYTHON_FULL_VERSION | cut -d '.' -f 2)
@@ -25,7 +20,7 @@ fi
 PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_PATH=$TOOLCACHE_ROOT/Python
 PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_VERSION_PATH=$PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_PATH/$PYTHON_FULL_VERSION
 PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_VERSION_ARCH_PATH=$PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_VERSION_PATH/$ARCH
-PYTHON_FRAMEWORK_PATH="/Library/Frameworks/${PYTHON_FRAMEWORK_NAME}/Versions/${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}"
+PYTHON_FRAMEWORK_PATH="/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}"
 PYTHON_APPLICATION_PATH="/Applications/Python ${MAJOR_VERSION}.${MINOR_VERSION}"
 
 echo "Check if Python hostedtoolcache folder exist..."
@@ -43,11 +38,8 @@ else
     done
 fi
 
-PYTHON_PKG_CHOICES_FILES=$(mktemp)
-echo "$PYTHON_PKG_CHOICES" > $PYTHON_PKG_CHOICES_FILES
-
 echo "Install Python binaries from prebuilt package"
-sudo installer -pkg $PYTHON_PKG_NAME -applyChoiceChangesXML $PYTHON_PKG_CHOICES_FILES -target /
+sudo installer -pkg $PYTHON_PKG_NAME -target /
 
 echo "Create hostedtoolcach symlinks (Required for the backward compatibility)"
 echo "Create Python $PYTHON_FULL_VERSION folder"
@@ -61,9 +53,7 @@ ln -s "${PYTHON_FRAMEWORK_PATH}/lib" lib
 
 echo "Create additional symlinks (Required for the UsePythonVersion Azure Pipelines task and the setup-python GitHub Action)"
 ln -s ./bin/$PYTHON_MAJOR_DOT_MINOR python
-chmod +x python
 
-# Note that bin is a symlink so referencing .. from bin will not work as expected
 cd bin/
 
 # This symlink already exists if Python version with the same major.minor version is installed,
@@ -72,15 +62,11 @@ if [ ! -f $PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR ]; then
     ln -s $PYTHON_MAJOR_DOT_MINOR $PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f $PYTHON_MAJOR ]; then
-    ln -s $PYTHON_MAJOR_DOT_MINOR $PYTHON_MAJOR
-fi
-
 if [ ! -f python ]; then
     ln -s $PYTHON_MAJOR_DOT_MINOR python
 fi
 
-chmod +x $PYTHON_MAJOR $PYTHON_MAJOR_DOT_MINOR $PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR python
+chmod +x ../python $PYTHON_MAJOR $PYTHON_MAJOR_DOT_MINOR $PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR python
 
 echo "Upgrading pip..."
 export PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION=ignore

installers/nix-setup-template.sh

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ echo "Check if Python hostedtoolcache folder exist..."
 if [ ! -d $PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_PATH ]; then
     echo "Creating Python hostedtoolcache folder..."
     mkdir -p $PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_PATH
-elif [ -d $PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_VERSION_ARCH_PATH ]; then
+elif [ -d $PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_VERSION_PATH ]; then
-    echo "Deleting Python $PYTHON_FULL_VERSION ($ARCH)"
+    echo "Deleting Python $PYTHON_FULL_VERSION"
-    rm -rf $PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_VERSION_ARCH_PATH
+    rm -rf $PYTHON_TOOLCACHE_VERSION_PATH
 fi
 
 echo "Create Python $PYTHON_FULL_VERSION folder"

installers/win-setup-template.ps1

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 [String] $Architecture = "{{__ARCHITECTURE__}}"
-[String] $HardwareArchitecture = "{{__HARDWARE_ARCHITECTURE__}}"
 [String] $Version = "{{__VERSION__}}"
 [String] $PythonExecName = "{{__PYTHON_EXEC_NAME__}}"
 
@@ -11,7 +10,12 @@ function Get-RegistryVersionFilter {
     )
 
     $archFilter = if ($Architecture -eq 'x86') { "32-bit" } else { "64-bit" }
-    "Python $MajorVersion.$MinorVersion.*($archFilter)"
+    ### Python 2.7 x86 have no architecture postfix
+    if (($Architecture -eq "x86") -and ($MajorVersion -eq 2)) {
+        "Python $MajorVersion.$MinorVersion.\d+$"
+    } else {
+        "Python $MajorVersion.$MinorVersion.*($archFilter)"
+    }
 }
 
 function Remove-RegistryEntries {
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ function Remove-RegistryEntries {
         [Parameter(Mandatory)][Int32] $MinorVersion
     )
 
-    $versionFilter = Get-RegistryVersionFilter -Architecture $HardwareArchitecture -MajorVersion $MajorVersion -MinorVersion $MinorVersion
+    $versionFilter = Get-RegistryVersionFilter -Architecture $Architecture -MajorVersion $MajorVersion -MinorVersion $MinorVersion
 
     $regPath = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products"
     if (Test-Path -Path Registry::$regPath) {
@@ -57,15 +61,13 @@ function Remove-RegistryEntries {
 function Get-ExecParams {
     param(
         [Parameter(Mandatory)][Boolean] $IsMSI,
-        [Parameter(Mandatory)][Boolean] $IsFreeThreaded,
         [Parameter(Mandatory)][String] $PythonArchPath
     )
 
     if ($IsMSI) {
         "TARGETDIR=$PythonArchPath ALLUSERS=1"
     } else {
-        $Include_freethreaded = if ($IsFreeThreaded) { "Include_freethreaded=1" } else { "" }
+        "DefaultAllUsersTargetDir=$PythonArchPath InstallAllUsers=1"
-        "DefaultAllUsersTargetDir=$PythonArchPath InstallAllUsers=1 $Include_freethreaded"
     }
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +81,6 @@ $PythonVersionPath = Join-Path -Path $PythonToolcachePath -ChildPath $Version
 $PythonArchPath = Join-Path -Path $PythonVersionPath -ChildPath $Architecture
 
 $IsMSI = $PythonExecName -match "msi"
-$IsFreeThreaded = $Architecture -match "-freethreaded"
 
 $MajorVersion = $Version.Split('.')[0]
 $MinorVersion = $Version.Split('.')[1]
@@ -119,21 +120,17 @@ Write-Host "Copy Python binaries to $PythonArchPath"
 Copy-Item -Path ./$PythonExecName -Destination $PythonArchPath | Out-Null
 
 Write-Host "Install Python $Version in $PythonToolcachePath..."
-$ExecParams = Get-ExecParams -IsMSI $IsMSI -IsFreeThreaded $IsFreeThreaded -PythonArchPath $PythonArchPath
+$ExecParams = Get-ExecParams -IsMSI $IsMSI -PythonArchPath $PythonArchPath
 
 cmd.exe /c "cd $PythonArchPath && call $PythonExecName $ExecParams /quiet"
 if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
     Throw "Error happened during Python installation"
 }
 
-if ($IsFreeThreaded) {
-    # Delete python.exe and create a symlink to free-threaded exe
-    Remove-Item -Path "$PythonArchPath\python.exe" -Force
-    New-Item -Path "$PythonArchPath\python.exe" -ItemType SymbolicLink -Value "$PythonArchPath\python${MajorVersion}.${MinorVersion}t.exe"
-}
-
 Write-Host "Create `python3` symlink"
-New-Item -Path "$PythonArchPath\python3.exe" -ItemType SymbolicLink -Value "$PythonArchPath\python.exe"
+if ($MajorVersion -ne "2") {
+    New-Item -Path "$PythonArchPath\python3.exe" -ItemType SymbolicLink -Value "$PythonArchPath\python.exe"
+}
 
 Write-Host "Install and upgrade Pip"
 $Env:PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION = "ignore"

tests/ManifestConfig.Tests.ps1

@@ -4,33 +4,19 @@ $ConfigurationFile = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "../config/python-manifest-config.j
 $Configuration = Read-ConfigurationFile -Filepath $ConfigurationFile
 
 $stableTestCases = @(
-
+    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.8.3-darwin-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "darwin"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.13.0-darwin-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "darwin"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64"} },
+    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.8.3-linux-20.04-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "20.04"; arch = "x64"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.13.0-linux-20.04-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "20.04"; arch = "x64"} },
+    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.8.3-linux-22.04-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "22.04"; arch = "x64"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.13.0-linux-22.04-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "22.04"; arch = "x64"} },
+    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.8.3-win32-x64.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.13.0-win32-x64.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64"} },
+    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.8.3-win32-x86.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x86"} }
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.13.0-win32-x86.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x86"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.13.0-darwin-x64-freethreaded.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "darwin"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64-freethreaded"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.13.0-linux-20.04-x64-freethreaded.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "20.04"; arch = "x64-freethreaded"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.13.0-linux-22.04-x64-freethreaded.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "22.04"; arch = "x64-freethreaded"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.13.0-win32-x64-freethreaded.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64-freethreaded"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.13.0-win32-x86-freethreaded.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x86-freethreaded"} }
-
 ) | ForEach-Object { $_.Configuration = $Configuration; $_ }
 
 $unstableTestCases = @(
-
+    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.9.0-alpha.2-darwin-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "darwin"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64"} },
-   @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.14.0-alpha.5-darwin-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "darwin"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64"} },
+    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.9.0-beta.2-linux-20.04-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "20.04"; arch = "x64"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.14.0-alpha.5-linux-20.04-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "20.04"; arch = "x64"} },
+    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.9.0-rc.4-linux-22.04-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "22.04"; arch = "x64"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.14.0-alpha.5-linux-22.04-x64.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "22.04"; arch = "x64"} },
+    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.9.0-beta.2-win32-x64.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.14.0-alpha.5-win32-x64.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64"} },
+    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.9.0-beta.2-win32-x86.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x86"} }
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.14.0-alpha.5-win32-x86.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x86"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.14.0-alpha.5-darwin-x64-freethreaded.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "darwin"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64-freethreaded"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.14.0-alpha.5-linux-20.04-x64-freethreaded.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "20.04"; arch = "x64-freethreaded"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.14.0-alpha.5-linux-22.04-x64-freethreaded.tar.gz"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "linux"; platform_version = "22.04"; arch = "x64-freethreaded"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.14.0-alpha.5-win32-x64-freethreaded.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x64-freethreaded"} },
-    @{ ReleaseName = "python-3.14.0-alpha.5-win32-x86-freethreaded.zip"; ExpectedResult = @{ platform = "win32"; platform_version = $null; arch = "x86-freethreaded"} }
-
 ) | ForEach-Object { $_.Configuration = $Configuration; $_ }
 
 Describe "Python manifest config" {

tests/python-tests.ps1

@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ param (
     $Architecture
 )
 
-$HardwareArchitecture = $Architecture -replace "-freethreaded", ""
-
 Import-Module (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "../helpers/pester-extensions.psm1")
 Import-Module (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "../helpers/common-helpers.psm1")
 Import-Module (Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "../builders/python-version.psm1")
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ Describe "Tests" {
     #     }
     # }
 
-    if (($Version -lt "3.11.0") -and (($Platform -ne "darwin") -or ($HardwareArchitecture -ne "arm64"))) {
+    if (($Version -ge "3.2.0") -and ($Version -lt "3.11.0") -and (($Platform -ne "darwin") -or ($Architecture -ne "arm64"))) {
         It "Check if sqlite3 module is installed" {
             "python ./sources/python-sqlite3.py" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode
         }
@@ -92,6 +90,16 @@ Describe "Tests" {
         }
     }
 
+    # Pyinstaller 3.5 does not support Python 3.8.0. Check issue https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/4311
+    if ($Version -lt "3.8.0" -and $Version.Major -ne "2") {
+        It "Validate Pyinstaller" {
+            "pip install pyinstaller" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode
+            "pyinstaller --onefile ./sources/simple-test.py" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode
+            $distPath = [IO.Path]::Combine($pwd, "dist", "simple-test")
+            "$distPath" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode
+        }
+    }
+
     It "Check urlopen with HTTPS works" {
         "python ./sources/python-urlopen-https.py" | Should -ReturnZeroExitCode
     }

tests/sources/python-config-test.py

@@ -8,31 +8,25 @@ os_type = platform.system()
 version = sys.argv[1]
 nativeVersion = sys.argv[2]
 architecture = sys.argv[3]
-hw_architecture = architecture.replace('-freethreaded', '')
 
 versions=version.split(".")
 version_major=int(versions[0])
 version_minor=int(versions[1])
 
-pkg_installer = os_type == 'Darwin' and ((version_major == 3 and version_minor >= 11) or (hw_architecture == "arm64"))
+pkg_installer = os_type == 'Darwin' and ((version_major == 3 and version_minor >= 11) or (architecture == "arm64"))
 
 lib_dir_path = sysconfig.get_config_var('LIBDIR')
 ld_library_name = sysconfig.get_config_var('LDLIBRARY')
 
 is_shared = sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_ENABLE_SHARED')
 have_libreadline = sysconfig.get_config_var("HAVE_LIBREADLINE")
-is_free_threaded = sysconfig.get_config_var('Py_GIL_DISABLED')
 
 ### Define expected variables
 if os_type == 'Linux': expected_ld_library_extension = 'so'
 if os_type == 'Darwin': expected_ld_library_extension = 'dylib'
-if is_free_threaded:
-    framework_name = 'PythonT.framework'
-else:
-    framework_name = 'Python.framework'
 
 if pkg_installer:
-    expected_lib_dir_path = f'/Library/Frameworks/{framework_name}/Versions/{version_major}.{version_minor}/lib'
+    expected_lib_dir_path = f'/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/{version_major}.{version_minor}/lib'
 else:
     expected_lib_dir_path = f'{os.getenv("AGENT_TOOLSDIRECTORY")}/Python/{version}/{architecture}/lib'
 

tests/sources/python-modules.py

@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ Make sure all the optional modules are installed.
 This is needed for Linux since we build from source.
 """
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 import importlib
 import sys
 
-# The Python standard library as of Python 3.9
+# The Python standard library as of Python 3.0
 standard_library = [
     'abc',
     'aifc',
@@ -15,7 +17,6 @@ standard_library = [
     'ast',
     'asynchat',
     'asyncore',
-    'asyncio',
     'base64',
     'bdb',
     'binhex',
@@ -33,17 +34,14 @@ standard_library = [
     'collections',
     'colorsys',
     'compileall',
-    'concurrent',
     'configparser',
     'contextlib',
-    'contextvars',
     'copy',
     'copyreg',
     'crypt',
     'csv',
     'ctypes',
     'curses',
-    'dataclasses',
     'datetime',
     'dbm',
     'decimal',
@@ -51,11 +49,9 @@ standard_library = [
     'dis',
     'distutils',
     'doctest',
+    'dummy_threading',
     'email',
     'encodings',
-    'ensurepip',
-    'enum',
-    'faulthandler',
     'filecmp',
     'fileinput',
     'fnmatch',
@@ -81,14 +77,13 @@ standard_library = [
     'importlib',
     'inspect',
     'io',
-    'ipaddress',
     'json',
     'keyword',
     'lib2to3',
     'linecache',
     'locale',
     'logging',
-    'lzma',
+    'macpath',
     'mailbox',
     'mailcap',
     'mimetypes',
@@ -103,7 +98,6 @@ standard_library = [
     'operator',
     'optparse',
     'os',
-    'pathlib',
     'pdb',
     'pickle',
     'pickletools',
@@ -130,8 +124,6 @@ standard_library = [
     'rlcompleter',
     'runpy',
     'sched',
-    'secrets',
-    'selectors',
     'shelve',
     'shlex',
     'shutil',
@@ -149,7 +141,6 @@ standard_library = [
     'ssl',
     '_ssl',
     'stat',
-    'statistics',
     'string',
     'stringprep',
     'struct',
@@ -172,17 +163,14 @@ standard_library = [
     'tokenize',
     'trace',
     'traceback',
-    'tracemalloc',
     'tty',
     'turtle',
     'turtledemo',
     'types',
-    'typing',
     'unittest',
     'urllib',
     'uu',
     'uuid',
-    'venv',
     'warnings',
     'wave',
     'weakref',
@@ -191,12 +179,83 @@ standard_library = [
     'xdrlib',
     'xml',
     'xmlrpc',
-    'zipapp',
     'zipfile'
 ]
 
+# Modules that had different names in Python 2
+if sys.version_info.major == 2:
+    def replace(lst, old, new):
+        lst[lst.index(old)] = new
+
+    # Keys are the Python 2 names
+    # Values are the Python 3 names
+    renames = {
+        'ConfigParser': 'configparser',
+        'copy_reg': 'copyreg',
+        'HTMLParser': 'html',
+        'httplib': 'http',
+        'Queue': 'queue',
+        'repr': 'reprlib',
+        'SocketServer': 'socketserver',
+        'xmlrpclib': 'xmlrpc',
+        'Tkinter': 'tkinter'
+    }
+
+    # All of the Python 3 names should be in the list
+    for python2name, python3name in renames.items():
+        replace(standard_library, python3name, python2name)
+
 # Add new modules
 # See https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/index.html
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 2):
+    standard_library.extend([
+        'concurrent',
+    ])
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 3):
+    standard_library.extend([
+        'ipaddress',
+        'faulthandler',
+        'lzma',
+        'venv',
+    ])
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 4):
+    standard_library.extend([
+        'asyncio',
+        'ensurepip',
+        'enum',
+        'pathlib',
+        'selectors',
+        'statistics',
+        'tracemalloc',
+    ])
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 5):
+    standard_library.extend([
+        'typing',
+        'zipapp',
+    ])
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 6):
+    standard_library.extend([
+        'secrets',
+    ])
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
+    standard_library.extend([
+        'contextvars',
+        'dataclasses',
+    ])
+
+# 'macpath' module has been removed from Python 3.8
+if sys.version_info > (3, 7):
+    standard_library.remove('macpath')
+
+# 'dummy_threading' module has been removed from Python 3.9
+if sys.version_info > (3, 8):
+    standard_library.remove('dummy_threading')
+
 # 'symbol' and 'formatter' modules have been removed from Python 3.10
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 10):
     standard_library.remove('symbol')
@@ -236,17 +295,6 @@ if sys.version_info >= (3, 13):
     standard_library.remove('uu')
     standard_library.remove('xdrlib')
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
-    standard_library.extend([
-        'annotationlib',
-    ])
-
-# https://docs.python.org/3.15/whatsnew/3.15.html
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 15):
-    standard_library.remove('sre_compile')
-    standard_library.remove('sre_constants')
-    standard_library.remove('sre_parse')
-
 # Remove tkinter and Easter eggs
 excluded_modules = [
     'antigravity',

tests/sources/python-urlopen-https.py

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import sys
-from urllib.request import urlopen
+
+if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
+    from urllib2 import urlopen
+else:
+    from urllib.request import urlopen
 
 response = urlopen("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/actions/python-versions/c641695f6a07526c18f10e374e503e649fef9427/.gitignore")
 data = response.read()