Abstract
PEP: | 494 |
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Title: | Python 3.6 Release Schedule |
Version: | $Revision$ |
Last-Modified: | $Date$ |
Author: | Ned Deily <nad at python.org> |
Status: | Active |
Type: | Informational |
Content-Type: | text/x-rst |
Created: | 30-May-2015 |
Python-Version: | 3.6 |
Contents
This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 3.6. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items.
Release Manager and Crew
- 3.6 Release Manager: Ned Deily
- Windows installers: Steve Dower
- Mac installers: Ned Deily
- Documentation: Georg Brandl
3.6 Lifespan
3.6 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 3-6 months for approximately 18 months. After the release of 3.7.0 final, a final 3.6 bugfix update will be released. After that, it is expected that security updates (source only) will be released until 5 years after the release of 3.6 final, so until approximately December 2021.
Release Schedule
3.6.0 schedule
Actual:
- 3.6 development begins: 2015-05-24
- 3.6.0 alpha 1: 2016-05-17
- 3.6.0 alpha 2: 2016-06-13
- 3.6.0 alpha 3: 2016-07-11
- 3.6.0 alpha 4: 2016-08-15
- 3.6.0 beta 1: 2016-09-12 (No new features beyond this point.)
- 3.6.0 beta 2: 2016-10-10
- 3.6.0 beta 3: 2016-10-31
- 3.6.0 beta 4: 2016-11-21
- 3.6.0 candidate 1: 2016-12-06
- 3.6.0 candidate 2: 2016-12-16
- 3.6.0 final: 2016-12-23
3.6.1 schedule
- 3.6.1 candidate: 2017-03-05
- 3.6.1 final: 2017-03-20 (expected, was 2017-03-13)
Features for 3.6
Implemented changes for 3.6 (as of 3.6.0 beta 1):
- PEP 468, Preserving Keyword Argument Order
- PEP 487, Simpler customisation of class creation
- PEP 495, Local Time Disambiguation
- PEP 498, Literal String Formatting
- PEP 506, Adding A Secrets Module To The Standard Library
- PEP 509, Add a private version to dict
- PEP 515, Underscores in Numeric Literals
- PEP 519, Adding a file system path protocol
- PEP 520, Preserving Class Attribute Definition Order
- PEP 523, Adding a frame evaluation API to CPython
- PEP 524, Make os.urandom() blocking on Linux (during system startup)
- PEP 525, Asynchronous Generators (provisional)
- PEP 526, Syntax for Variable Annotations (provisional)
- PEP 528, Change Windows console encoding to UTF-8 (provisional)
- PEP 529, Change Windows filesystem encoding to UTF-8 (provisional)
- PEP 530, Asynchronous Comprehensions
Copyright
This document has been placed in the public domain.