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PEP: 537
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Title: Python 3.7 Release Schedule
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Version: $Revision$
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Last-Modified: $Date$
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Author: Ned Deily <nad@python.org>
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Status: Active
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Type: Informational
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Content-Type: text/x-rst
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Created: 23-Dec-2016
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Python-Version: 3.7
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Abstract
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========
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This document describes the development and release schedule for
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Python 3.7. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized
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items.
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.. Small features may be added up to the first beta
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release. Bugs may be fixed until the final release,
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which is planned for 2018-06.
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Release Manager and Crew
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========================
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- 3.7 Release Manager: Ned Deily
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- Windows installers: Steve Dower
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- Mac installers: Ned Deily
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- Documentation: Georg Brandl
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3.7 Lifespan
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============
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3.7 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 3-6 months for
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approximately 18 months. After the release of 3.8.0 final, a final
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3.7 bugfix update will be released. After that, it is expected that
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security updates (source only) will be released until 5 years after
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the release of 3.7 final, so until approximately 2023-06.
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Release Schedule
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================
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3.7.0 schedule
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--------------
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Actual:
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- 3.7 development begins: 2016-09-12
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- 3.7.0 alpha 1: 2017-09-19
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- 3.7.0 alpha 2: 2017-10-17
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- 3.7.0 alpha 3: 2017-12-05
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Expected:
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- 3.7.0 alpha 4: 2018-01-08
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- 3.7.0 beta 1: 2018-01-29
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(No new features beyond this point.)
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- 3.7.0 beta 2: 2018-02-26
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- 3.7.0 beta 3: 2018-03-26
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- 3.7.0 beta 4: 2018-04-30
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- 3.7.0 candidate 1: 2018-05-21
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- 3.7.0 candidate 2: 2018-06-04 (if necessary)
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- 3.7.0 final: 2018-06-15
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Features for 3.7
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================
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Implemented changes for 3.7 (as of 3.7.0 alpha 3):
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* :pep:`538`, Coercing the legacy C locale to a UTF-8 based locale
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* :pep:`539`, A New C-API for Thread-Local Storage in CPython
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* :pep:`553`, Built-in breakpoint()
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* :pep:`557`, Data Classes
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* :pep:`564`, Time functions with nanosecond resolution
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Copyright
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=========
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This document has been placed in the public domain.
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