CHANGELOG.md

Python Buildpack Changelog

Unreleased

v188 (2020-12-21)

• Python 3.8.7 is now available (CPython) (#1125).

v187 (2020-12-08)

• Python 3.9.1 is now available (CPython) (#1127).

v186 (2020-11-18)

• Update the BUILD_WITH_GEO_LIBRARIES error message (#1121).
• Switch NLTK feature detection away from sp-grep (#1119).
• Switch Django collectstatic feature detection away from sp-grep (#1119).
• Remove vendored sp-grep script (#1119).
• Remove vendored pip-diff script (#1118).
• Remove vendored pip-grep script (#1116).

v185 (2020-11-12)

• Error if the unsupported BUILD_WITH_GEO_LIBRARIES env var is set (#1115).
• Remove deprecated GDAL/GEOS/PROJ support (#1113).
• Remove vendored jq binary (#1112).
• Remove redundant Mercurial install step (#1111).
• Remove support for the Cedar-14 stack (#1110).

v184 (2020-10-21)

• Vendor buildpack-stdlib instead of fetching from S3 (#1100).
• Fix metric names for metrics emitted within sub_env (#1099).

v183 (2020-10-12)

• Add support for Heroku-20 (#968).

v182 (2020-10-06)

• Python 3.9.0 is now available (CPython) (#1090).
• Migrate from the lang-python S3 bucket to heroku-buildpack-python (#1089).
• Remove vendor/shunit2 (#1086).
• Replace BUILDPACK_VENDOR_URL and USE_STAGING_BINARIES with BUILDPACK_S3_BASE_URL (#1085).

v181 (2020-09-29)

• PyPy 2.7 and 3.6, version 7.3.2 are now available (Note: PyPy support is in beta) (#1081).

v180 (2020-09-24)

• Python 3.8.6 is now available (CPython) (#1072).

v179 (2020-09-23)

• Remove duplicate pipenv metric event (#1070).
• Emit metrics for how the Python version was chosen for an app (#1069).
• Emit Python version metric events for all builds, not just clean installs (#1066).

v178 (2020-09-07)

• Python 3.5.10 is now available (CPython) (#1062).

v177 (2020-08-18)

• Python 3.6.12 and 3.7.9 are now available (CPython) (#1054).
• The default Python version for new apps is now 3.6.12 (previously 3.6.11) (#1054).

v176 (2020-08-12)

• Rebuild the Python 3.4.10 archives with the correct version of Python (#1048).
• Fix the security update version check message for apps using PyPy (#1040).
• Remove vendor/test-utils (#1043).

v175 (2020-08-05)

• Update pip from 20.0.2 to 20.1.1 for Python 2.7 and Python 3.5+ (#1030).
• Update setuptools from 39.0.1 to: (#1024)
  • 44.1.1 for Python 2.7
  • 43.0.0 for Python 3.4
  • 47.1.1 for Python 3.5+
• Switch the heroku-buildpack-python repository default branch from master to main (#1029).

v174 (2020-07-30)

• For repeat builds, also manage the installed versions of setuptools/wheel, rather than just that of pip (#1007).
• Install an explicit version of wheel rather than the latest release at the time (#1007).
• Output the installed version of pip, setuptools and wheel in the build log (#1007).
• Errors installing pip/setuptools/wheel are now displayed in the build output and fail the build early (#1007).
• Install pip using itself rather than get-pip.py (#1007).
• Disable pip's version check + cache when installing pip/setuptools/wheel (#1007).
• Install setuptools from PyPI rather than a vendored copy (#1007).
• Reduce the number of environment variables exposed to bin/{pre,post}_compile and other subprocesses (#1011).

v173 (2020-07-21)

• Python 3.8.5 is now available (CPython).

v172 (2020-07-17)

• Python 3.8.4 is now available (CPython).

v171 (2020-07-07)

• Python 3.6.11 and 3.7.8 are now available (CPython).

v170 (2020-05-19)

• Python 2.7.18, 3.5.9, 3.7.7 and 3.8.3 are now available (CPython).
• PyPy 2.7 and 3.6, version 7.3.1 are now available (Note: PyPy support is in beta).
• Docs: Fix explanation of runtime.txt generation when using pipenv.
• Bugfix: Correctly detect Python version when using a python_version of 3.8 in Pipfile.lock.

v169 (2020-04-22)

• Add a Hatchet test for python 3.8.2
• Set Code Owners to @heroku/langauges
• Bugfix: Caching on subsequent redeploys
• Update tests to support latest version of Python

v168 (2020-04-06)

• Doc: Update Readme with version numbers
• update Code Owners to include the Heroku Buildpack Maintainers team
• Deprecation warning: BUILD_WITH_GEO_LIBRARIES is now deprecated. See warning for details.
• Clean up build log output
• Update Python versions in README to match docs
• Django version detection fixed, link updated

v167 (2020-03-26)

• Add failcase for cache busting
• Bugfix: Clearing pip dependencies

v166 (2020-03-05)

• Correct ftp to https in vendored file
• Warn for Django 1.11 approaching EOL, provide link to roadmap

v165 (2020-02-27)

• Python 3.8.2 now available.

v164 (2020-02-20)

• Update requirements.txt builds to use Pip 20.0.2
• Download get-pip.py to tmpdir instead of root dir

v163 (2019-12-23)

• New pythons released: Python 3.8.1, 3.7.6, 3.6.10 (CPython) Beta Release: Pypy 2.7 and 3.6, version 7.2.0

v162 (2019-12-06)

• Bug fix: fragile sqlite3 install

v161 (2019-12-2)

• Bug fix: Sqlite3 version bump

v160 (2019-10-23)

• Bugfix: Pipenv no longer installs twice in CI

v159 (2019-10-22)

• Python 2.7.17 now available on Heroku 18 and 16.

v158 (2019-10-21)

• Python 3.7.5 and 3.8.0 now available on Heroku 18 and 16.
• Add support for Python 3.8 branch
• Sqlite3 Update:
  • Test Improvements
• Add support for staging binary testing

v157 (2019-09-18)

• Typo fixes

v156 (2019-09-12)

• Python 3.6.9 and 3.7.4 now available.

• Move get-pip utility to S3

• Build utility and documentation updates

• Bump Hatchet tests to point at new default python version.

v155 (2019-08-22)

add docs and make target for heroku-18 bob builds

v154 (2019-07-17)

Fix python 3.5.7 formula actually building 3.7.2

v153 (2019-06-21)

Hotfix for broken heroku-16 deploys

v152 (2019-04-04)

Python 3.7.3 now available.

v151 (2019-03-21)

Python 3.5.7 and 3.4.10 now available on all Heroku stacks.

v150 (2019-03-13)

Python 2.7.16 now available on all Heroku stacks.

v149 (2019-03-04)

Hotfix for broken Cedar 14 deploys

v148 (2019-02-21)

No user facing changes, improving internal metrics

v147 (2019-02-07)

Python 3.7.2 and 3.6.8 now available on all Heroku stacks.

v146 (2018-11-11)

Python 3.7.1, 3.6.7, 3.5.6 and 3.4.9 now available on all Heroku stacks.

v145 (2018-11-08)

Testing and tooling expanded to better support new runtimes

v144 (2018-10-10)

Switch to cautious upgrade for Pipenv install to ensure the pinned pip version is used with Pipenv

v143 (2018-10-09)

Add support for detecting SLUGIFY_USES_TEXT_UNIDECODE, which is required to install Apache Airflow version 1.10 or higher.

v142 (2018-10-08)

Improvements to Python install messaging

v139, 140, 141

No user-facing changes, documenting for version clarity

v138 (2018-08-01)

Use stack image SQLite3 instead of vendoring

v137 (2018-07-17)

Prevent 3.7.0 from appearing as unsupported in buildpack messaging.

v136 (2018-06-28)

Upgrade to 3.6.6 and support 3.7.0 on all runtimes.

v135 (2018-05-29)

Upgrade Pipenv to v2018.5.18.

v134 (2018-05-02)

Default to 3.6.5, bugfixes.

v133

Fixes for Pip 10 release.

v132

Improve pip installation, with the release of v9.0.2.

v131

Fix bug with pip.

v130

Better upgrade strategy for pip.

v129

Don't upgrade pip (from v128).

v128

Upgrade pip, pin to Pipenv v11.8.2.

v127

Pin to Pipenv v11.7.1.

v126

Bugfixes.

v125

Bugfixes.

v124

Update buildpack to automatically install [dev-packages] during Heroku CI Pipenv builds.

• Skip installs if Pipfile.lock hasn't changed, and uninstall stale dependencies with Pipenv.
• Set PYTHONPATH during collectstatic runs.
• No longer warn if there is no Procfile.
• Update Pipenv's "3.6" runtime specifier to point to "3.6.4".

v123

Update gunicorn init.d script to allow overrides.

v122

Update default Python to v3.6.4.

v121

Update default Python to v3.6.3.

v120

Use $ pipenv --deploy.

v119

Improvements to Pipenv support, warning on unsupported Python versions.

• We now warn when a user is not using latest 2.x or 3.x Python.
• Heroku now supports [requires] python_full_version in addition to python_version.

v118

Improvements to Pipenv support.

v117

Bug fix.

v116

Vendoring improvements.

• Geos libraries should work on Heroku-16 now.
• The libffi/libmemcached vendoring step is now skipped on Heroku-16 (since they are installed in the base image).

v115

Revert a pull request.

• No longer using sub_env for pip install step.

v114

• Bugfixes.

Blacklisting PYTHONHOME and PYTHONPATH for older apps. Upgrades to nltk support.

v113

Updates to Pipenv support.

v112

Bugfix.

• Fixed grep output bug.

v111

Linting, bugfixes.

v110

Update default Python to 3.6.2.

v109

Update Default Python to 3.6.1, bugfixes.

• Fixed automatic pip uninstall of dependencies removed from requirements.txt.

v108

Fix output for collectstatic step.

v107

Bugfix for C dependency installation.

v106

Don't install packages that could mess up packaging.

• The Python buildpack will automatically remove six, pyparsing, appdirs, setuptools, and distribute from a requirements.txt file now, as these packages are provided by the Python buildpack.

v105

Improvements to output messaging.

v104

General improvements.

• Fix for Heroku CI.
• Use pkg_resources to check if a distribution is installed instead of parsing requirements.txt. (#395)

v103

Bug fixes and improvements.

• Fix for Pipenv.
• Fix for Heroku CI.
• Improve handling of WEB_CONCURRENCY when using multiple buildpacks.
• Adjust environment variables set during the build to more closely match those in the dyno environment (DYNO is now available, STACK is not).
• Restore the build cache prior to running bin/pre_compile.

v102

Buildpack code cleanup.

• Improved messaging around NLTK.

v101

Updated setuptools installation method.

• Improved pipenv support.

v100

Preliminary pipenv support.

v99

Cleanup.

v98

Official NLTK support and other improvements.

• Support for nltk.txt file for declaring corpora to be downloaded.
• Leading zeros for auto-set WEB_CONCURRENCY.

v97

Improved egg-link functionality.

v96

Bugfix.

v95

Improved output support.

v94

Improved support for PyPy.

v93

Improved support for PyPy.

v92

Improved cache functionality and fix egg-links regression.

v91

Bugfix, rolled back to v88.

v90

Bugfix.

v89

Improved cache functionality and fix egg-links regression.

v88

Fixed bug with editable pip installations.

v87

Updated default Python 2.7.13.

• Python 2.7.13 uses UCS-4 build, more compatible with linux wheels.
• Updated setuptools to v32.1.0.

v86

Refactor and multi-buildpack compatibility.

v85

Packaging fix.

v84

Updated pip and setuptools.

• Updated pip to v9.0.1.
• Updated setuptools to v28.8.0.

v83

Support for Heroku CI.

• Cffi support for argon2

v82 (2016-08-22)

Update to library detection mechanisms (pip-pop).

• Updated setuptools to v25.5.0

v81 (2016-06-28)

Updated default Python to 2.7.11.

• Updated pip to v8.1.2.
• Updated setuptools to v23.1.0.

v80 (2016-04-05)

Improved pip-pop compatibility with latest pip releases.

v79 (2016-03-22)

Compatibility improvements with heroku-apt-buildpack.

v78 (2016-03-18)

Added automatic configuration of Gunicorn's FORWARDED_ALLOW_IPS setting.

Improved detection of libffi dependency when using bcrypt via Django[bcrypt].

Improved GDAL support.

• GDAL dependency detection now checks for pygdal and is case-insensitive.
• The vendored GDAL library has been updated to 1.11.1.
• GDAL bootstrapping now also installs the GEOS and Proj.4 libraries.

Updated pip to 8.1.1 and setuptools to 20.3.

v77 (2016-02-10)

Improvements to warnings and minor bugfix.

v76 (2016-02-08)

Improved Django collectstatic support.

• $ python manage.py collectstatic will only be run if Django is present in requirements.txt.
• If collectstatic fails, the build fails. Full traceback is provided.
• $DISABLE_COLLECTSTATIC: skip collectstatic step completely (not new).
• $DEBUG_COLLECTSTATIC: echo environment variables upon collectstatic failure.
• Updated build output style.
• New warning for outdated Python (via pip InsecurePlatform warning).

v75 (2016-01-29)

Updated pip and Setuptools.

v74 (2015-12-29)

Added warnings for lack of Procfile.

v72 (2015-12-07)

Updated default Python to 2.7.11.

v72 (2015-12-03)

Added friendly warnings for common build failures.

v70 (2015-10-29)

Improved compatibility with multi and node.js buildpacks.

v69 (2015-10-12)

Revert to v66.

v68 (2015-10-12)

Fixed .heroku/venv error with modern apps.

v67 (2015-10-12)

Further improved cache compatibility with multi and node.js buildpacks.

v66 (2015-10-09)

Improved compatibility with multi and node.js buildpacks.

v65 (2015-10-08)

Reverted v64.

v64 (2015-10-08)

Improved compatibility with multi and node.js buildpacks.

v63 (2015-10-08)

Updated Pip and Setuptools.

• Setuptools updated to v18.3.2
• Pip updated to v7.1.2

v62 (2015-08-07)

Updated Pip and Setuptools.

• Setuptools updated to v18.1
• Pip updated to v7.1.0

v61 (2015-06-30)

Updated Pip and Setuptools.

• Setuptools updated to v18.0.1
• Pip updated to v7.0.3

v60 (2015-05-27)

Default Python is now latest 2.7.10. Updated Pip and Distribute.

• Default Python version is v2.7.10
• Setuptools updated to v16.0
• Pip updated to v7.0.1