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Upgrading Python that ships with Xcode from 3.9.6
Hi. Our IT security team have flagged that on many developer machines they see a deprecated version of Python - 3.9.6. I've done some research on this and the general line is, feel free to upgrade the main version of Python on the Mac, but the version of Python which is internally used by Xcode (3.9.6) must be left unchanged. Our IT security team reached out to Apple and have received conflicting information as to if this Ruby 3.9.6 version can be upgraded. One response for example was "I asked my Solutions Engineer and he has come back with the following: We don’t include Python within macOS anymore, we install 3.9.6 with Xcode to support some of the internal tools - but there’s nothing preventing a customer updating that version: https://mac.install.guide/python/update". Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade to a supported version? Kind regards, Kai.
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Upgrading Python that ships with Xcode from 3.9.6
Hi. Our IT security team have flagged that on many developer machines they see a deprecated version of Python - 3.9.6. I've done some research on this and the general line is, feel free to upgrade the main version of Python on the Mac, but the version of Python which is internally used by Xcode (3.9.6) must be left unchanged. Our IT security team reached out to Apple and have received conflicting information as to if this Ruby 3.9.6 version can be upgraded. One response for example was "I asked my Solutions Engineer and he has come back with the following: We don’t include Python within macOS anymore, we install 3.9.6 with Xcode to support some of the internal tools - but there’s nothing preventing a customer updating that version: https://mac.install.guide/python/update". Does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade to a supported version? Kind regards, Kai.
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