# \[ANN\] pyjulia version 0.6.0
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-pyjulia-version-0-6-0/90652
**Category:** Package Announcements
**Tags:** announcement, pyjulia
**Created:** [November 22, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-pyjulia-version-0-6-0/90652 "2022-11-22T16:14:18Z")
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### Author:  [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2022, 4:14pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-pyjulia-version-0-6-0/90652/1 "2022-11-22T16:14:19Z")
# pyjulia 0.6.0 has been released.
> **[Release v0.6.0 · JuliaPy/pyjulia](https://github.com/JuliaPy/pyjulia/releases/tag/v0.6.0)**
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> What's Changed
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> Bump to 0.5.8.dev by @tkf in #471
> Fix --no-julia; declare missing dependencies by @tkf in #469
> Retry upon test failure if in Windows by @tkf in #468
> fix sysimage argument to julia.c...
## Key changes:
1. Dropped support for Python 2.7
2. Allow for a custom system image on init
3. Pass “threads” and “min-optimize” options
See the link above for details and other changes.
## Distribution
The package is available on [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/julia/) and [conda-forge](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pyjulia).
## Maintainership
pyjulia development and maintenance has been led by @tkf for many years. Release version 0.6.0 was initiated by @MilesCranmer under my supervision under the PyJulia Github organization. Thank you to @StefanKarpinski for providing the permissions to faclitate this.
@viralbshah could you add [Miles](https://pypi.org/user/mcranmer/) and [I](https://pypi.org/user/mkitti/) as maintainers to the PyPI package? We plan on continuing maintenance.
## Acknowledgements
Thank you to all who helped to contribute to this release including @dpinol, @MilesCranmer , @Jasha10 , and @droodman . Also thank you to all maintainers and contributors past and present. We build on the shoulder of giants.
## Alternatives
A similar package, [juliacall](https://pypi.org/project/juliacall/), also exists and has similar and advanced functionality.
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### Author:  [@oschulz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oschulz)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-pyjulia-version-0-6-0/90652/2 "2022-11-22T17:35:21Z")
Congrats!
Are there plans to borrow juliacall’s method [to deal with statically linked](https://github.com/JuliaPy/pyjulia/issues/496) Python executables in future versions?
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### Author:  [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 12:26am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-pyjulia-version-0-6-0/90652/3 "2022-11-23T00:26:38Z")
I’m actively thinking about it.
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### Author:  [@oschulz](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/oschulz)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2022, 9:53am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-pyjulia-version-0-6-0/90652/4 "2022-11-23T09:53:56Z")
Thanks!!