PEP: 596 Title: Python 3.9 Release Schedule Version: $Revision$ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: Łukasz Langa Discussions-To: https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-596-python-3-9-release-schedule-doubling-the-release-cadence/1828 Status: Active Type: Informational Content-Type: text/x-rst Created: 04-Jun-2019 Python-Version: 3.9 Abstract ======== This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 3.9. 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 beginning of October 2020. Release Manager and Crew ======================== - 3.9 Release Manager: Łukasz Langa - Windows installers: Steve Dower - Mac installers: Ned Deily - Documentation: Julien Palard Release Schedule ================ 3.9.0 schedule -------------- Note: the dates below use a 17-month development period that results in a 12-month release cadence between major versions, as defined by PEP 602. Actual: - 3.9 development begins: Tuesday, 2019-06-04 - 3.9.0 alpha 1: Tuesday, 2019-11-19 - 3.9.0 alpha 2: Wednesday, 2019-12-18 - 3.9.0 alpha 3: Saturday, 2020-01-25 - 3.9.0 alpha 4: Wednesday, 2020-02-26 - 3.9.0 alpha 5: Monday, 2020-03-23 - 3.9.0 alpha 6: Tuesday, 2020-04-28 - 3.9.0 beta 1: Monday, 2020-05-18 (No new features beyond this point.) - 3.9.0 beta 3: Tuesday, 2020-06-09 (beta 2 was recalled.) - 3.9.0 beta 4: Friday, 2020-07-03 - 3.9.0 beta 5: Monday, 2020-07-20 - 3.9.0 candidate 1: Tuesday, 2020-08-11 - 3.9.0 candidate 2: Thursday, 2020-09-17 - 3.9.0 final: Monday, 2020-10-05 Bugfix releases --------------- Actual: - 3.9.1 candidate 1: Tuesday, 2020-11-24 - 3.9.1 final: Monday, 2020-12-07 - 3.9.2 candidate 1: Monday, 2021-02-16 - 3.9.2 final: Monday, 2021-02-19 - 3.9.3: Friday, 2021-04-02 (security hotfix; recalled due to bpo-43710) - 3.9.4: Sunday, 2021-04-04 (ABI compatibility hotfix) - 3.9.5: Monday, 2021-05-03 Expected: - 3.9.6: Monday, 2021-06-28 - 3.9.7: Monday, 2021-08-30 - 3.9.8: Monday, 2021-11-01 - 3.9.9: Monday, 2022-01-03 - 3.9.10: Monday, 2022-02-28 Final regular bugfix release with binary installers: - 3.9.11: Monday, 2022-05-02 Source-only security fix releases after that until October 2025. 3.9 Lifespan ------------ 3.9 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 2 months for approximately 18 months. Some time after the release of 3.10.0 final, the ninth and final 3.9 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 3.9 final, so until approximately October 2025. Features for 3.9 ================ Implemented PEPs for 3.9: * :pep:`573`, Module State Access from C Extension Methods * :pep:`584`, Add Union Operators To dict * :pep:`585`, Type Hinting Generics In Standard Collections * :pep:`593`, Flexible function and variable annotations * :pep:`614`, Relaxing Grammar Restrictions On Decorators * :pep:`615`, Support for the IANA Time Zone Database in the Standard Library * :pep:`616`, String methods to remove prefixes and suffixes * :pep:`617`, New PEG parser for CPython 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: 72 coding: utf-8 End: