Downstream patchesΒΆ
Linux distributions use downstream patches to adapt Python for their needs, backport bugfixes and security fixes, etc.
Debian
python3: debian/patches/ (2019-08-12: 41 files; Python 3.8.0b2)
Fedora
python3.10 (2021-02-04: 4 patches; Python 3.10.0a5)
python3.8 (2021-02-04: 8 patches; Python 3.8.7)
python2.7 (2021-02-04: 53 patches; Python 2.7.18)
Guix
FreeBSD
Gentoo
ArchLinux
No patch at 2022-08-18
https://github.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/tree/packages/python/trunk
See also Python on Android.