PEP: 373 Title: Python 2.7 Release Schedule Version: $Revision$ Last-Modified: $Date$ Author: Benjamin Peterson Status: Active Type: Informational Content-Type: text/x-rst Created: 3-Nov-2008 Python-Version: 2.7 Abstract ======== This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 2.7. 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 ============================ ================== 2.7 Release Manager Benjamin Peterson Windows installers Martin v. Loewis Mac installers Ned Deily ============================ ================== Release Schedule ================ The current schedule is: - 2.7 alpha 1 2009-12-05 - 2.7 alpha 2 2010-01-09 - 2.7 alpha 3 2010-02-06 - 2.7 alpha 4 2010-03-06 - 2.7 beta 1 2010-04-03 - 2.7 beta 2 2010-05-08 - 2.7 rc1 2010-06-05 - 2.7 rc2 2010-06-19 - 2.7 final 2010-07-03 Maintenance releases ==================== Being the last of the 2.x series, 2.7 will have an extended period of maintenance. The current plan is to support it for at least 5 years from the initial 2.7 release. This means there will be bugfix releases until 2015. Planned future release dates: - 2.7.6rc1 October 26 2013 - 2.7.6 November 2 2013 - 2.7.7 May 2014 - 2.7.8 November 2014 - 2.7.9 May 2015 Dates of previous maintenance releases: - 2.7.1 2010-11-27 - 2.7.2 2011-07-21 - 2.7.3rc1 2012-02-23 - 2.7.3rc2 2012-03-15 - 2.7.3 2012-03-09 - 2.7.4rc1 2013-03-23 - 2.7.4 2013-04-06 - 2.7.5 2013-05-12 Possible features for 2.7 ========================= Nothing here. [Note that a moratorium on core language changes is in effect.] References ========== None yet! 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: