Use Python 3.10 as the default Python version for new apps #1296
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Previously if a new app did not specify a Python version via a
runtime.txt
or the appropriatePipfile
config option, then the buildpack would default to the latest Python 3.9 release (currently Python 3.9.11).Now the buildpack will use the latest Python 3.10 release (currently Python 3.10.3).
This does not affect:
Use-cases involving new apps that aren't compatible with Python 3.10 will now need to specify Python 3.9 explicitly:
https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/python-support#specifying-a-python-version
However most apps should be compatible, since Python 3.10 was released some time ago (2021-10-04), and has been happily used by the python-getting-started project since 2021-10-29.
GUS-W-10881777.