Title: _pyrepl module AttributeError: module 'readline' has no attribute 'backend' · Issue #1966 · winpython/winpython · GitHub
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Description: In both the 2025.5 and 2025.5 post 1, there seems to be a python/lib/_pyrel folder. Not sure why it's there, but I get the error below. (I used the slim zip file). Python 3.14.2 (main, Dec 5 2025, 20:21:42) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)] on...
Open Graph Description: In both the 2025.5 and 2025.5 post 1, there seems to be a python/lib/_pyrel folder. Not sure why it's there, but I get the error below. (I used the slim zip file). Python 3.14.2 (main, Dec 5 2025, ...
X Description: In both the 2025.5 and 2025.5 post 1, there seems to be a python/lib/_pyrel folder. Not sure why it's there, but I get the error below. (I used the slim zip file). Python 3.14.2 (main, Dec 5 20...
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