Ooh, seems there is a new syntax for declaring the types of kwargs [1]:

  from typing import TypedDict, Unpack
  
  class Movie(TypedDict):
    name: str
    year: int

  def foo(*kwargs: Unpack[Movie]): ...

Maybe now I'll be able to actually figure out what data to send libraries without actually reading their source code.

1. https://docs.python.org/3.12/whatsnew/3.12.html#pep-692-usin...

Finally! I've been waiting for this for years.

Now I just have to wait 5 more years until 3.12 is sufficiently old that work lets me use it.

Bets on user-upgradable Python on Linux by 2030?

Software is always user-upgradable on Linux. Just install it somewhere in your home directory. GNU Stow [0] can be helpful as a very lightweight way to manage the packages.

(Of course, then you take on the responsibility of keeping up with patch releases yourself, which is why we use distros. But if it's just a small number of packages on top of a distro-managed base system, it's perhaps not so bad.)

[0] https://www.gnu.org/software/stow/

Sure and how do you install Python 3.12 on RHEL 8 without compiling it from source?

Just run the miniforge install script if you want a very friction-free install. I'm not a big conda fan, but the "install in my home directory" use case is very well covered by miniforge. https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/