Commit 98cfa3a
doc: recommend supported Python versions
Refs: #50209 (comment)
PR-URL: #50407
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <rlau@redhat.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>1 parent 02dec64 commit 98cfa3a
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@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ The Node.js project supports Python >= 3 for building and testing. | |||
| 230 | 230 | ||
| 231 | 231 | * `gcc` and `g++` >= 10.1 or newer | |
| 232 | 232 | * GNU Make 3.81 or newer | |
| 233 | - * Python >=3.6 <=3.11 (see note above) | ||
| 233 | + * [A supported version of Python][Python versions] | ||
| 234 | 234 | * For test coverage, your Python installation must include pip. | |
| 235 | 235 | ||
| 236 | 236 | Installation via Linux package manager can be achieved with: | |
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ FreeBSD and OpenBSD users may also need to install `libexecinfo`. | |||
| 246 | 246 | #### macOS prerequisites | |
| 247 | 247 | ||
| 248 | 248 | * Xcode Command Line Tools >= 13 for macOS | |
| 249 | - * Python >=3.6 <=3.11 (see note above) | ||
| 249 | + * [A supported version of Python][Python versions] | ||
| 250 | 250 | * For test coverage, your Python installation must include pip. | |
| 251 | 251 | ||
| 252 | 252 | macOS users can install the `Xcode Command Line Tools` by running | |
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ to run it again before invoking `make -j4`. | |||
| 576 | 576 | ||
| 577 | 577 | ##### Option 1: Manual install | |
| 578 | 578 | ||
| 579 | - * [Python 3.11](https://apps.microsoft.com/store/detail/python-311/9NRWMJP3717K) | ||
| 579 | + * The current [version of Python][Python versions] from the | ||
| 580 | + [Microsoft Store](https://apps.microsoft.com/store/search?publisher=Python+Software+Foundation) | ||
| 580 | 581 | * The "Desktop development with C++" workload from | |
| 581 | 582 | [Visual Studio 2022](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) or | |
| 582 | 583 | the "C++ build tools" workload from the | |
@@ -887,3 +888,5 @@ incompatible with the official Node.js builds (e.g. using a ABI incompatible | |||
| 887 | 888 | version of a dependency), please reserve and use a custom `NODE_MODULE_VERSION` | |
| 888 | 889 | by opening a pull request against the registry available at | |
| 889 | 890 | <https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/HEAD/doc/abi_version_registry.json>. | |
| 891 | + | ||
| 892 | + [Python versions]: https://devguide.python.org/versions/ | ||
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