Release 2026-04 follow-up #2085

date: mid October 2026

wanted:

• WinPython-3.15 slim with:
  • 82% of packages (no qt stack)
  • maybe not jupyterlab: blocked by pywinpty loss of maintainer
• speeding-up with AI:
  • simplify the monitoring process of new packages versions
  • automate to improve security of the publishing process
• usefull "Local AI" level
• one more python-3.13 binaries, as last cycle as the cython-3.30a1 flaw

remark:

• AI allows to re-establish maintenance of packages of value, like statsmodels, helps to fix security
• free-threading becomes easy with Python-3.16: PEP-805-safe-parallel-python
• Jit should add value with python-3.16 or 3.17: PEP 836 – JIT Go Brrr
• Local AI hypothesis:
  • Q4 2026 for MainStream Laptops,
  • Q2 2027 for Most Laptops
• as said "uv" Charlie Marsh, AI implies unsafe memory langages must die very quickly