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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: Final
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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: 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.
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.. 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 September 2012.
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Release Manager and Crew
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========================
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- 3.3 Release Managers: Georg Brandl, Ned Deily (3.3.7+)
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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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3.3 Lifespan
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============
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3.3 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 4-6 months for
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approximately 18 months. After the release of 3.4.0 final, a final
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3.3 bugfix update will be released. After that, security updates
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(source only) will be released until 5 years after the release of 3.3
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final, which will be September 2017.
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As of 2017-09-29, Python 3.3.x reached end-of-life status.
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Release Schedule
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================
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3.3.0 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.3.0 alpha 1: March 5, 2012
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- 3.3.0 alpha 2: April 2, 2012
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- 3.3.0 alpha 3: May 1, 2012
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- 3.3.0 alpha 4: May 31, 2012
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- 3.3.0 beta 1: June 27, 2012
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(No new features beyond this point.)
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- 3.3.0 beta 2: August 12, 2012
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- 3.3.0 candidate 1: August 24, 2012
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- 3.3.0 candidate 2: September 9, 2012
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- 3.3.0 candidate 3: September 24, 2012
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- 3.3.0 final: September 29, 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 depends
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on the schedules of the crew.
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3.3.1 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.3.1 candidate 1: March 23, 2013
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- 3.3.1 final: April 6, 2013
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3.3.2 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.3.2 final: May 13, 2013
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3.3.3 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.3.3 candidate 1: October 27, 2013
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- 3.3.3 candidate 2: November 9, 2013
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- 3.3.3 final: November 16, 2013
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3.3.4 schedule
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--------------
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- 3.3.4 candidate 1: January 26, 2014
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- 3.3.4 final: February 9, 2014
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3.3.5 schedule
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--------------
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Python 3.3.5 was the last regular maintenance release before 3.3 entered
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security-fix only mode.
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- 3.3.5 candidate 1: February 22, 2014
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- 3.3.5 candidate 2: March 1, 2014
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- 3.3.5 final: March 8, 2014
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3.3.6 schedule
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--------------
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Security fixes only
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- 3.3.6 candidate 1 (source-only release): October 4, 2014
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- 3.3.6 final (source-only release): October 11, 2014
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3.3.7 schedule
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--------------
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Security fixes only
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- 3.3.7 candidate 1 (source-only release): September 6, 2017
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- 3.3.7 final (source-only release): September 19, 2017
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3.3.x end-of-life
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-----------------
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- September 29, 2017
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Features for 3.3
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================
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Implemented / Final PEPs:
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* :pep:`362`: Function Signature Object
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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:`397`: Python launcher for Windows
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* :pep:`399`: Pure Python/C Accelerator Module Compatibility Requirements
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* :pep:`405`: Python Virtual Environments
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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:`415`: Implement context suppression with exception attributes
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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:`420`: Implicit Namespace Packages
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* :pep:`421`: Adding sys.implementation
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* :pep:`3118`: Revising the buffer protocol (protocol semantics finalised)
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* :pep:`3144`: IP Address manipulation library
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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 "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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* Switch of Windows build toolchain to VS 2010
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Candidate PEPs:
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* None
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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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* None
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Deferred to post-3.3:
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* :pep:`395`: Qualified Names for Modules
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* :pep:`3143`: Standard daemon process library
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* :pep:`3154`: Pickle protocol version 4
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* Breaking out standard library and docs in separate repos
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* Addition of the "packaging" module, deprecating "distutils"
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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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Copyright
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=========
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This document has been placed in the public domain.
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