Python 3.12 Apple App Store conflict

June 28, 2024

LWN.net reports on changes to Python 3.13 urllib standard library. It was deduced that Apple rejected Python 3.12 apps due to a string in the Python stdlib that was rejected, regardless of code execution. There naturally was some very good discussion linked to in the LWN.net article that illustrates the conflict between closed commercial platforms with great financial might and open source software. The Python 3.13 patch has already been merged. A pull request backport patch for Python 3.12 has also been created, and illustrates the clean nature of the patch and new configure flag.