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 months for approximately 24 months. After the release of 3.7.0 final, two more 3.6 bugfix updates 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 -------------- Actual: - 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 - 3.6.0 beta 1: 2016-09-12 (No new features beyond this point.) - 3.6.0 beta 2: 2016-10-10 - 3.6.0 beta 3: 2016-10-31 - 3.6.0 beta 4: 2016-11-21 - 3.6.0 candidate 1: 2016-12-06 - 3.6.0 candidate 2: 2016-12-16 - 3.6.0 final: 2016-12-23 3.6.1 schedule -------------- - 3.6.1 candidate: 2017-03-05 - 3.6.1 final: 2017-03-21 3.6.2 schedule -------------- - 3.6.2 candidate 1: 2017-06-17 - 3.6.2 candidate 2: 2017-07-07 - 3.6.2 final: 2017-07-17 3.6.3 schedule -------------- - 3.6.3 candidate: 2017-09-19 - 3.6.3 final: 2017-10-03 3.6.4 schedule -------------- - 3.6.4 candidate: 2017-12-05 - 3.6.4 final: 2017-12-19 3.6.5 schedule -------------- - 3.6.5 candidate: 2018-03-13 - 3.6.5 final: 2018-03-28 3.6.6 schedule -------------- - 3.6.6 candidate: 2018-06-12 - 3.6.6 final: 2018-06-27 (expected) Expected: 3.6.7 schedule -------------- - 3.6.7 candidate: 2018-09-10 (tentative) - 3.6.7 final: 2018-09-24 (tentative) 3.6.8 schedule -------------- Final maintenance mode release, final binary releases. - 3.6.8 candidate: 2018-12-03 (tentative) - 3.6.8 final: 2018-12-16 (tentative) 3.6.9 and beyond schedule ------------------------- Security fixes only, as needed, until 2021-12 - TBD Features for 3.6 ================ Implemented changes for 3.6 (as of 3.6.0 beta 1): * :pep:`468`, Preserving Keyword Argument Order * :pep:`487`, Simpler customisation of class creation * :pep:`495`, Local Time Disambiguation * :pep:`498`, Literal String Formatting * :pep:`506`, Adding A Secrets Module To The Standard Library * :pep:`509`, Add a private version to dict * :pep:`515`, Underscores in Numeric Literals * :pep:`519`, Adding a file system path protocol * :pep:`520`, Preserving Class Attribute Definition Order * :pep:`523`, Adding a frame evaluation API to CPython * :pep:`524`, Make os.urandom() blocking on Linux (during system startup) * :pep:`525`, Asynchronous Generators (provisional) * :pep:`526`, Syntax for Variable Annotations (provisional) * :pep:`528`, Change Windows console encoding to UTF-8 (provisional) * :pep:`529`, Change Windows filesystem encoding to UTF-8 (provisional) * :pep:`530`, Asynchronous Comprehensions 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: