PEP: 494
Title: Python 3.6 Release Schedule
Version: $Revision$
Last-Modified: $Date$
Author: Ned Deily <nad@python.org>
Status: Active
Type: Informational
Content-Type: text/x-rst
Created: 30-May-2015
Python-Version: 3.6


Abstract
========

This document describes the development and release schedule for
Python 3.6.  The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized
items.

.. Small features may be added up to the first beta
   release.  Bugs may be fixed until the final release,
   which is planned for December 2016.


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
--------------

- 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 (was 09-07)

(No new features beyond this point.)

- 3.6.0 beta 2: 2016-10-03
- 3.6.0 beta 3: 2016-10-31
- 3.6.0 beta 4: 2016-11-21
- 3.6.0 candidate 1: 2016-12-05
- 3.6.0 candidate 2 (if needed): 2016-12-12
- 3.6.0 final: 2016-12-16


Features for 3.6
================

Implemented changes for 3.6:

* PEP 468, Preserving the order of \*\*kwargs in a function
* 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 519, Adding a file system path protocol
* PEP 520, Preserving Class Attribute Definition Order
* PEP 525, Asynchronous Generators (provisional)
* PEP 526, Syntax for Variable Annotations (provisional)
* PEP 530, Asynchronous Comprehensions

Accepted changes for 3.6:

* PEP 515, Underscores in Numeric Literals
* PEP 524, Make os.urandom() blocking on Linux (during system startup)
* PEP 523, Adding a frame evaluation API to CPython

Provisionally accepted changes for 3.6:

* PEP 528, Change Windows console encoding to UTF-8
* PEP 529, Change Windows filesystem encoding to UTF-8

Proposed changes for 3.6:

* PEP 447, Add __getdescriptor__ method to metaclass


Copyright
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This document has been placed in the public domain.



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