I'm unable to build Python 3.6.12 using PyEnv on macOS 13.0 as well as Ubuntu 22.10. Bumping the patch version fixes that issue on both systems.
A workaround is to add .python-version to your local git excludes and then do pyenv local 3.6.15, but this won't persist when you switch branches. Another workaround is to disable pyenv, but then you're potentially not running the test suite against the oldest supported Python version.
A workaround is to add .python-version to your local git excludes and then do pyenv local 3.6.15, but this won't persist when you switch branches. Another workaround is to disable pyenv,
You can set PYENV_VERSION=3.6.15 in your zsh / bash / whatever profile, or prefix Python commands with it, and use whichever Python version you like, without requiring any source changes, or messing around with pyenv / git excludes.
If anything, the patch version should just be removed, so any 3.6.x version will work.
PyEnv needs a full version number, at least it did last time I tried: #14954 (comment)
I don't want to use Python 3.6.15 with any other project, so overriding it in zsh profile seems the wrong approach.
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