PEP: 375
Title: Python 3.1 Release Schedule
Version: $Revision$
Last-Modified: $Date$
Author: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Status: Active
Type: Informational
Content-Type: text/x-rst
Created: 8-Feb-2009
Python-Version: 3.1


Abstract
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This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 3.1.
The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items.  Small features may
be added up to and including the first beta release.  Bugs may be fixed until
the final release.


Release Manager and Crew
========================

=================== ==================
Position            Name
=================== ==================
3.1 Release Manager Benjamin Peterson
Windows installers  Martin v. Loewis
Mac installers      Ronald Oussoren
=================== ==================


Release Schedule
================

- 3.1a1 March 7, 2009
- 3.1a2 April 4, 2009
- 3.1b1 May 6, 2009
- 3.1rc1 May 30, 2009
- 3.1rc2 June 13, 2009
- 3.1 final June 27, 2009


Features for 3.1
================

- importlib
- io in C
- A reworked email package
- Adding an IP Address library to the stdlib [#iplib]_.
- Update simplejson to the latest external version [#simplejson]_.
- Ordered dictionary for collections [#ordered]_.
- Fixing contextlib.nested() [#contextlib]_.
- auto-numbered replacement fields in str.format() strings [#strformat]_
- Upgrading xml.etree to the latest external version [#etree]_
- Nested with-statements in one with statement


Footnotes
=========

.. [#iplib]
   http://bugs.python.org/issue3959

.. [#simplejson]
   http://bugs.python.org/issue4136

.. [#ordered] PEP 372
   http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0372/

.. [#contextlib]
   http://bugs.python.org/issue5251

.. [#strformat]
   http://bugs.python.org/issue5237

.. [#etree]
   http://bugs.python.org/issue1143



Copyright
=========

This document has been placed in the public domain.



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