Monday, October 14, 2019 Python 3.8.0 is now available

I am attempting to install the latest Python 3.8.0 on CentOS 8, but it does not seem possible.

I search in Software Collections, and find nothing. The latest release there is Python 3.6 (released nearly three years ago - no updates in three years!!! - I'm abandoning Software Collections).

Python 3.6 was released on December 23rd, 2016, nearly three years ago.

I check in the RHEL / CentOS repos, and same darn thing, no python update in nearly three years.

#dnf list --available | grep python3

Nothing there for Python 3.8.0 or even Python 3.7.x for that matter. I'm not sure what the deal is with Python enthusiasts or RHEL/CentOS users that someone somewhere has not simply updated some repo somewhere, I can try and get involved.

Use the source:

https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.0/Python-3.8.0.tgz

I download the Python 3.8.0 source from the link above, look at the dependencies and try to get those installed first, but no luck. The dependencies for 3.8.0 cannot be found or installed.

Dependencies attempted install via:

#!/bin/bash
#dnf install dnf-plugins-core  # install this to use 'dnf builddep'
#dnf builddep python3
#dnf update -y

Results:

No matching package to install: 'libnsl2-devel'
No matching package to install: 'bluez-libs-devel'
No matching package to install: 'tix-devel'
Not all dependencies satisfied
Error: Some packages could not be found.

When I search for these, I find nothing in the repos:

#dnf list --available | grep libnsl2-devel
#dnf list --available | grep bluez-libs-devel
#dnf list --available | grep tix-devel

Nothing is returned for any of these dependencies.

What has to be done to get these dependencies in a repo somewhere so they can be installed so I can build the source code?

Better yet, how do I get Python 3.8.0 in some freaking repo some where, it's been three years since any RHEL or CentOS repo has been updated.

It's nearly 2020 already, can we please move forward please.