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PEP: 619
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Title: Python 3.10 Release Schedule
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Author: Pablo Galindo Salgado <pablogsal@python.org>
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Status: Active
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Type: Informational
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Topic: Release
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Content-Type: text/x-rst
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Created: 25-May-2020
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Python-Version: 3.10
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Abstract
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This document describes the development and release schedule for
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Python 3.10. 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 October 2021.
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Release Manager and Crew
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========================
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- 3.10 Release Manager: Pablo Galindo Salgado
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- Windows installers: Steve Dower
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- Mac installers: Ned Deily
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- Documentation: Julien Palard
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Release Schedule
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================
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3.10.0 schedule
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---------------
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Note: the dates below use a 17-month development period that results
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in a 12-month release cadence between feature versions, as defined by
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:pep:`602`.
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Actual:
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- 3.10 development begins: Monday, 2020-05-18
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- 3.10.0 alpha 1: Monday, 2020-10-05
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- 3.10.0 alpha 2: Tuesday, 2020-11-03
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- 3.10.0 alpha 3: Monday, 2020-12-07
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- 3.10.0 alpha 4: Monday, 2021-01-04
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- 3.10.0 alpha 5: Wednesday, 2021-02-03
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- 3.10.0 alpha 6: Monday, 2021-03-01
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- 3.10.0 alpha 7: Tuesday, 2021-04-06
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- 3.10.0 beta 1: Monday, 2021-05-03
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(No new features beyond this point.)
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- 3.10.0 beta 2: Monday, 2021-05-31
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- 3.10.0 beta 3: Thursday, 2021-06-17
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- 3.10.0 beta 4: Saturday, 2021-07-10
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- 3.10.0 candidate 1: Tuesday, 2021-08-03
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- 3.10.0 candidate 2: Tuesday, 2021-09-07
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- 3.10.0 final: Monday, 2021-10-04
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Bugfix releases
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---------------
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Actual:
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- 3.10.1: Monday, 2021-12-06
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- 3.10.2: Friday, 2022-01-14
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- 3.10.3: Wednesday, 2022-03-16
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- 3.10.4: Thursday, 2022-03-24
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- 3.10.5: Monday, 2022-06-06
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- 3.10.6: Tuesday, 2022-08-02
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- 3.10.7: Tuesday, 2022-09-06
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- 3.10.8: Tuesday, 2022-10-11
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- 3.10.9: Tuesday, 2022-12-06
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- 3.10.10: Wednesday, 2023-02-08
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- 3.10.11: Wednesday, 2023-04-05 (final regular bugfix release with binary
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installers)
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Source-only security fix releases
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Provided irregularly on an "as-needed" basis until October 2026.
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- 3.10.12: Tuesday, 2023-06-06
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- 3.10.13: Thursday, 2023-08-24
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3.10 Lifespan
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3.10 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 2 months for
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approximately 18 months. Some time after the release of 3.11.0 final,
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the 11th and final 3.10 bugfix update will be released. After that,
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it is expected that security updates (source only) will be released
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until 5 years after the release of 3.10 final, so until approximately
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October 2026.
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Features for 3.10
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=================
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Some of the notable features of Python 3.10 include:
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* :pep:`604`, Allow writing union types as ``X | Y``
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* :pep:`612`, Parameter Specification Variables
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* :pep:`613`, Explicit Type Aliases
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* :pep:`618`, Add Optional Length-Checking To ``zip``
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* :pep:`626`, Precise line numbers for debugging and other tools
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* :pep:`634`, :pep:`635`, :pep:`636`, Structural Pattern Matching
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* :pep:`644`, Require OpenSSL 1.1.1 or newer
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* :pep:`624`, Remove Py_UNICODE encoder APIs
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* :pep:`597`, Add optional EncodingWarning
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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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