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Priority for next release: Move to stable ABI!!! #240
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With development slowing down, as most major issues have been tackled, releases become more scarce. This affects the ability to remain up to date with the latest python versions.
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rhpvorderman commentedon Nov 4, 2026
The latest python-isal on PyPI has seventy three build artifacts. This is untenable. It makes the release process tedious and long. Also the number of people who get annoyed the second a new stable CPYthon version is released and this library is not available increases. I'd rather do the updates at my own pace.
This will incur a performance cost given that
_PyBytes_Resizecannot be used anymore and memory copying must be used. So be it. For larger blocks (where ISA-L really matters) it does not really matter.[-]Move to stable ABI?[/-][+]Priority for next release: Move to stable ABI!!![/+]