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PEP: 596
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Title: Python 3.9 Release Schedule
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Version: $Revision$
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Last-Modified: $Date$
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Author: Łukasz Langa <lukasz@python.org>
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Discussions-To: https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-596-python-3-9-release-schedule-doubling-the-release-cadence/1828
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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: 04-Jun-2019
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Python-Version: 3.9
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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 3.9. 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 beginning of October 2020.
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Release Manager and Crew
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========================
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- 3.9 Release Manager: Łukasz Langa
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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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3.9.0 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 major versions, as defined by
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PEP 602.
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Actual:
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- 3.9 development begins: Tuesday, 2019-06-04
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- 3.9.0 alpha 1: Tuesday, 2019-11-19
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- 3.9.0 alpha 2: Wednesday, 2019-12-18
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- 3.9.0 alpha 3: Saturday, 2020-01-25
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- 3.9.0 alpha 4: Wednesday, 2020-02-26
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- 3.9.0 alpha 5: Monday, 2020-03-23
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- 3.9.0 alpha 6: Tuesday, 2020-04-28
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- 3.9.0 beta 1: Monday, 2020-05-18
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(No new features beyond this point.)
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- 3.9.0 beta 3: Tuesday, 2020-06-09
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(beta 2 was recalled.)
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- 3.9.0 beta 4: Friday, 2020-07-03
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- 3.9.0 beta 5: Monday, 2020-07-20
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- 3.9.0 candidate 1: Tuesday, 2020-08-11
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- 3.9.0 candidate 2: Thursday, 2020-09-17
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- 3.9.0 final: Monday, 2020-10-05
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Bugfix releases
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---------------
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Actual:
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- 3.9.1 candidate 1: Tuesday, 2020-11-24
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- 3.9.1 final: Monday, 2020-12-07
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- 3.9.2 candidate 1: Monday, 2021-02-16
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- 3.9.2 final: Monday, 2021-02-19
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- 3.9.3: Friday, 2021-04-02 (security hotfix; recalled due to bpo-43710)
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- 3.9.4: Sunday, 2021-04-04 (ABI compatibility hotfix)
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- 3.9.5: Monday, 2021-05-03
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- 3.9.6: Monday, 2021-06-28
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Expected:
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- 3.9.7: Monday, 2021-08-30
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- 3.9.8: Monday, 2021-11-01
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- 3.9.9: Monday, 2022-01-03
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- 3.9.10: Monday, 2022-02-28
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Final regular bugfix release with binary installers:
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- 3.9.11: Monday, 2022-05-02
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Source-only security fix releases
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---------------------------------
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Provided irregularly on an "as-needed" basis until October 2025,
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starting with 3.9.12.
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3.9 Lifespan
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------------
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3.9 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 2 months for
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approximately 18 months. Some time after the release of 3.10.0 final,
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the ninth and final 3.9 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 3.9 final, so until approximately
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October 2025.
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Features for 3.9
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================
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Implemented PEPs for 3.9:
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* :pep:`573`, Module State Access from C Extension Methods
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* :pep:`584`, Add Union Operators To dict
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* :pep:`585`, Type Hinting Generics In Standard Collections
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* :pep:`593`, Flexible function and variable annotations
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* :pep:`614`, Relaxing Grammar Restrictions On Decorators
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* :pep:`615`, Support for the IANA Time Zone Database in the Standard Library
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* :pep:`616`, String methods to remove prefixes and suffixes
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* :pep:`617`, New PEG parser for CPython
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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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