PEP: 392 Title: Python 3.2 Release Schedule Version: $Revision$ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: Georg Brandl Status: Active Type: Informational Content-Type: text/x-rst Created: 30-Dec-2009 Python-Version: 3.2 Abstract ======== This document describes the development and release schedule for the Python 3.2 series. 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, which is planned for February 2011. Release Manager and Crew ======================== - 3.2 Release Manager: Georg Brandl - Windows installers: Martin v. Loewis - Mac installers: Ronald Oussoren - Documentation: Georg Brandl 3.2 Lifespan ============ 3.2 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 4-6 months for approximately 18 months. After the release of 3.3.0 final (see PEP 398), a final 3.2 bugfix update will be released. After that, security updates (source only) will be released until 5 years after the release of 3.2 final, which will be February 2016. Release Schedule ================ 3.2 schedule ------------ - 3.2 alpha 1: August 1, 2010 - 3.2 alpha 2: September 6, 2010 - 3.2 alpha 3: October 12, 2010 - 3.2 alpha 4: November 16, 2010 - 3.2 beta 1: December 6, 2010 (No new features beyond this point.) - 3.2 beta 2: December 20, 2010 - 3.2 candidate 1: January 16, 2011 - 3.2 candidate 2: January 31, 2011 - 3.2 candidate 3: February 14, 2011 - 3.2 final: February 20, 2011 .. don't forget to update final date above as well 3.2.1 schedule -------------- - 3.2.1 beta 1: May 8, 2011 - 3.2.1 candidate 1: May 17, 2011 - 3.2.1 candidate 2: July 3, 2011 - 3.2.1 final: July 11, 2011 3.2.2 schedule -------------- - 3.2.2 candidate 1: August 14, 2011 - 3.2.2 final: September 4, 2011 3.2.3 schedule -------------- - 3.2.3 candidate 1: February 25, 2012 - 3.2.3 candidate 2: March 18, 2012 - 3.2.3 final: April 11, 2012 3.2.4 schedule -------------- - 3.2.4 candidate 1: March 23, 2013 - 3.2.4 final: April 6, 2013 -- Only security releases after 3.2.4 -- Features for 3.2 ================ Note that PEP 3003 [#pep3003]_ is in effect: no changes to language syntax and no additions to the builtins may be made. No large-scale changes have been recorded yet. References ========== .. [#pep3003] http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3003/ 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: