downstream.rst

Downstream patches

Linux distributions use downstream patches to adapt Python for their needs, backport bugfixes and security fixes, etc.

• Debian
  • python3: debian/patches/ (2019-08-12: 41 files; Python 3.8.0b2)
• Fedora
  • python3.10 (2021-02-04: 4 patches; Python 3.10.0a5)
  • python3.8 (2021-02-04: 8 patches; Python 3.8.7)
  • python2.7 (2021-02-04: 53 patches; Python 2.7.18)
• Guix
  • http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/patches/python-3-deterministic-build-info.patch
  • http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/patches/python-3-fix-tests.patch
  • http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/patches/python-3-search-paths.patch
• FreeBSD
  • https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/lang/python38/files/
  • https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/lang/python37/files/
  • https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/lang/python36/files/
  • https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/lang/python27/files/
• Gentoo
  • Python 2.7.18: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/fork/cpython.git/log/?h=gentoo-2.7.18-r6
  • All branches: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/fork/cpython.git/refs/?h=gentoo-2.7.18
• ArchLinux
  • No patch at 2022-08-18
  • https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/tree/packages/python/trunk

See also :ref:`Python on Android <android>`.