PEP: 494 Title: Python 3.6 Release Schedule Version: $Revision$ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: Ned Deily 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 (was 08-08) - 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 ================ Proposed changes for 3.6: * PEP 447, Add __getdescriptor__ method to metaclass * PEP 495, Local Time Disambiguation * PEP 498, Literal String Formatting * PEP 499, python -m foo should bind sys.modules['foo'] in addition to sys.modules['__main__'] Copyright ========= This document has been placed in the public domain. .. Local Variables: mode: indented-text indent-tabs-mode: nil sentence-end-double-space: t fill-column: 70 coding: utf-8 End: