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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: Julien Palard
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3.7 Lifespan
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============
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3.7 will receive `bugfix updates <https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#maintenance-branches>`_
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approximately every 3 months for about 24 months. Sometime after the release of
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3.8.0 final, a final 3.7 bugfix update will be released.
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After that, it is expected that
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`security updates <https://devguide.python.org/devcycle/#security-branches>`_
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(source only) will be released as needed 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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- 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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- 3.7.0 alpha 4: 2018-01-09
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- 3.7.0 beta 1: 2018-01-31
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(No new features beyond this point.)
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- 3.7.0 beta 2: 2018-02-27
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- 3.7.0 beta 3: 2018-03-29
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- 3.7.0 beta 4: 2018-05-02
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- 3.7.0 beta 5: 2018-05-30
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- 3.7.0 candidate 1: 2018-06-12
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- 3.7.0 final: 2018-06-27
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3.7.1 schedule (first bugfix release)
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-------------------------------------
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- 3.7.1 candidate 1: 2018-09-26
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- 3.7.1 candidate 2: 2018-10-13
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- 3.7.1 final: 2018-10-20
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3.7.2 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.7.2 candidate 1: 2018-12-11
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- 3.7.2 final: 2018-12-24
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3.7.3 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.7.3 candidate 1: 2019-03-12
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- 3.7.3 final: 2019-03-25
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3.7.4 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.7.4 candidate 1: 2019-06-18
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- 3.7.4 candidate 2: 2019-07-02
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- 3.7.4 final: 2019-07-08
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3.7.5 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.7.5 candidate 1: 2019-10-02
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- 3.7.5 final: 2019-10-15
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3.7.6 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.7.6 candidate 1: 2019-12-11
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- 3.7.6 final: 2019-12-18
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3.7.7 schedule
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- 3.7.7 candidate 1: 2020-03-04
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- 3.7.7 final: 2020-03-10
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3.7.8 schedule (last bugfix release)
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------------------------------------
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Last planned release of binaries
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- 3.7.8 candidate 1: 2020-06-15
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- 3.7.8 final: 2020-06-27
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3.7.9 schedule (security/binary release)
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----------------------------------------
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Security fixes plus updated binary installers
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to address 3.7.8 issues; no further binary
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releases are planned.
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- 3.7.9 final: 2020-08-14 (expected)
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3.7.10 and beyond schedule
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--------------------------
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Security fixes only, as needed, until 2023-06
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- TBD
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Features for 3.7
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================
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Implemented PEPs for 3.7 (as of 3.7.0 beta 1):
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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:`540`, ``UTF-8`` mode
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* :pep:`552`, Deterministic ``pyc``
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* :pep:`553`, Built-in breakpoint()
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* :pep:`557`, Data Classes
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* :pep:`560`, Core support for typing module and generic types
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* :pep:`562`, Module ``__getattr__`` and ``__dir__``
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* :pep:`563`, Postponed Evaluation of Annotations
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* :pep:`564`, Time functions with nanosecond resolution
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* :pep:`565`, Show DeprecationWarning in __main__
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* :pep:`567`, Context Variables
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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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