Notes

Python 3.14.5 Framework

Changes

• Upgraded Python to 3.14.5
  Note: Some of these updates may have breaking changes. Always test your code before deploying to production!

Please see the requirements_recommended.txt for the current libraries being used.

• b060a58 - Add Apple Silicon modernization design spec
• 31813ee - Add Apple Silicon modernization implementation plan
• 24bebe0 - Refactor build script for Apple Silicon
• 85599c2 - Move signed pkg to outputs/ before notarization
• 3525f58 - Drop --no-binary directives (use prebuilt arm64 wheels)
• e4ea005 - Remove minimal and no_customization build flavors
• 560b0b4 - Update README for Apple Silicon, single-flavor build
• 91480ef - Fix PYTHON_BASEURL format string slot count
• 73f524e - Bump Python package pins to latest with cp313 arm64 wheels
• 700848e - Force writable perms on existing FRAMEWORKDIR
• 10a76b1 - Revert RP_SHA to fb4dd9b (last known-good for Apple Silicon)
• 7773030 - Drop --no-unsign and bump RP_SHA to 8ee72fe
• 982881a - Enable Dependabot for GitHub Actions
• 39c591a - Bump 3.11/3.12/3.13 to latest patches; switch to long-flag script invocation
• 1f9922e - Add Python 3.14.5 build workflow
• c06e814 - Mark 3.9 and 3.10 as final releases; switch to long-flag script invocation
• 24bd176 - Document validation findings in design spec and plan
• 3f9727a - Remove orphaned requirement_files/ directory
• 0614679 - Add Python 3.9 holdbacks for 12 more packages
• 0518f79 - tests
• bc3ba05 - Record cross-version validation results
• 5f3cdae - Modernize CI: macos-26 runner, drop pinned Xcode path, bump action pins
• 9e1033e - Bump CI actions to actual latest stable releases
• c7b4685 - remove py 3.9 and 3.10
• 6788370 - Merge branch 'main' into claude
• 277f525 - Merge pull request #77 from macadmins/claude
• e4e1661 - Bump apple-actions/import-codesign-certs
• 555c378 - Bump metcalfc/changelog-generator
• 5793ebc - Merge pull request #81 from macadmins/dependabot/github_actions/apple-actions/import-codesign-certs-5142e029c445c10ffc7149d172e540235a065466
• 1e068ed - Merge pull request #82 from macadmins/dependabot/github_actions/metcalfc/changelog-generator-0440d0932f9a0dd1cc9ecd8412830761351323bd
• 51eb423 - remove old dependencies
• 58b420c - remove other conficts
• 489aae7 - add a sitecustomize
• 3ab1b19 - also look for path
• 4fb4dd2 - Merge 3ab1b19 into 58b420c

Flavors of Python

At this time, the automated build process will only create the Recommended package

Recommended

This is a Python.framework with a recommended set of libraries for tools like Autopkg, Munki, and InstallApplications.

Signing/Notarization

The signed package is fully notarized, including the Python.framework file