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PEP: 398
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Title: Python 3.3 Release Schedule
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Version: $Revision$
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Last-Modified: $Date$
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Author: Georg Brandl <georg@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-Mar-2011
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Python-Version: 3.3
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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 3.3. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized
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items. Small features may be added up to and including the first beta
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release. Bugs may be fixed until the final release, which is planned
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for August 2012.
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Release Manager and Crew
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========================
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- 3.3 Release Manager: Georg Brandl
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- Windows installers: Martin v. Löwis
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- Mac installers: Ronald Oussoren/Ned Deily
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- Documentation: Georg Brandl
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Release Schedule
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================
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The current schedule is:
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- 3.3.0 alpha 1: March 3, 2012
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- 3.3.0 alpha 2: April 1, 2012
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- 3.3.0 alpha 3: May 1, 2012
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- 3.3.0 alpha 4: May 26, 2012
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- 3.3.0 beta 1: June 23, 2012
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(No new features beyond this point.)
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- 3.3.0 beta 2: July 14, 2012
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- 3.3.0 candidate 1: July 28, 2012
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- 3.3.0 candidate 2: August 11, 2012
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- 3.3.0 final: August 25, 2012
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.. don't forget to update final date above as well
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Every release day listed here is the prospective day of tagging the release;
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the actual availability of the release for download on python.org will depend
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on the schedules of the crew.
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Features for 3.3
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================
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Implemented / Final PEPs:
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* PEP 380: Syntax for Delegating to a Subgenerator
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* PEP 393: Flexible String Representation
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* PEP 399: Pure Python/C Accelerator Module Compatibility Requirements
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* PEP 409: Suppressing exception context
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* PEP 412: Key-Sharing Dictionary
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* PEP 414: Explicit Unicode Literal for Python 3.3
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* PEP 417: Including mock in the Standard Library
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* PEP 418: Add monotonic time, performance counter, and process time functions
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* PEP 3118: Revising the buffer protocol (protocol semantics finalised)
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* PEP 3151: Reworking the OS and IO exception hierarchy
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* PEP 3155: Qualified name for classes and functions
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Other final large-scale changes:
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* Addition of the "packaging" module, deprecating "distutils"
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* Addition of the "faulthandler" module
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* Addition of the "lzma" module, and lzma/xz support in tarfile
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* Implementing ``__import__`` using importlib
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* Addition of the C decimal implementation
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Candidate PEPs:
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* PEP 362: Function Signature Object
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* PEP 397: Python launcher for Windows
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* PEP 405: Python Virtual Environments
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* PEP 415: Implementing PEP 409 differently
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* PEP 420: Implicit Namespace Packages
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* PEP 421: Adding sys.implementation
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* PEP 3143: Standard daemon process library
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* PEP 3144: IP Address manipulation library
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* PEP 3154: Pickle protocol version 4
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(Note that these are not accepted yet and even if they are, they might
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not be finished in time for Python 3.3.)
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Other planned large-scale changes:
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* Addition of the "regex" module
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* Email version 6
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* A standard event-loop interface (PEP by Jim Fulton pending)
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* Switch of Windows build toolchain to VS 2010 or 2012 (depending on
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availability and platform support)
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Deferred to post-3.3:
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* PEP 395: Qualified Names for Modules
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* Breaking out standard library and docs in separate repos
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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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