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PEP: 494
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Title: Python 3.6 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: 30-May-2015
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Python-Version: 3.6
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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 3.6. 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 December 2016.
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Release Manager and Crew
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========================
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- 3.6 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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3.6 Lifespan
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============
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3.6 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 3-6 months for
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approximately 18 months. After the release of 3.7.0 final, a final
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3.6 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 3.6 final, so until approximately December 2021.
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Release Schedule
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================
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3.6.0 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.6 development begins: 2015-05-24
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- 3.6.0 alpha 1: 2016-05-17
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- 3.6.0 alpha 2: 2016-06-13
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- 3.6.0 alpha 3: 2016-07-11
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- 3.6.0 alpha 4: 2016-08-15
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- 3.6.0 beta 1: 2016-09-12 (was 09-07)
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(No new features beyond this point.)
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- 3.6.0 beta 2: 2016-10-03
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- 3.6.0 beta 3: 2016-10-31
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- 3.6.0 beta 4: 2016-11-21
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- 3.6.0 candidate 1: 2016-12-05
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- 3.6.0 candidate 2 (if needed): 2016-12-12
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- 3.6.0 final: 2016-12-16
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Features for 3.6
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================
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Implemented changes for 3.6:
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* PEP 468, Preserving the order of \*\*kwargs in a function
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* PEP 487, Simpler customisation of class creation
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* PEP 495, Local Time Disambiguation
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* PEP 498, Literal String Formatting
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* PEP 506, Adding A Secrets Module To The Standard Library
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* PEP 509, Add a private version to dict
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* PEP 519, Adding a file system path protocol
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* PEP 520, Preserving Class Attribute Definition Order
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* PEP 525, Asynchronous Generators (provisional)
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* PEP 526, Syntax for Variable Annotations (provisional)
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Accepted changes for 3.6:
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* PEP 515, Underscores in Numeric Literals
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* PEP 524, Make os.urandom() blocking on Linux (during system startup)
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* PEP 523, Adding a frame evaluation API to CPython
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Provisionally accepted changes for 3.6:
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* PEP 528, Change Windows console encoding to UTF-8
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* PEP 529, Change Windows filesystem encoding to UTF-8
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* PEP 530, Asynchronous Comprehensions
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Proposed changes for 3.6:
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* PEP 447, Add __getdescriptor__ method to metaclass
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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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