PEP 398 -- Python 3.3 Release Schedule (original) (raw)

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Contents

• Abstract
• Release Manager and Crew
• 3.3 Lifespan
• Release Schedule
  • 3.3.0 schedule
  • 3.3.1 schedule
  • 3.3.2 schedule
  • 3.3.3 schedule
  • 3.3.4 schedule
  • 3.3.5 schedule
  • 3.3.6 schedule
  • 3.3.7 schedule
• Features for 3.3
• Copyright

Abstract

This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 3.3. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items.

Release Manager and Crew

• 3.3 Release Manager: Georg Brandl
• Windows installers: Martin v. Löwis
• Mac installers: Ronald Oussoren/Ned Deily
• Documentation: Georg Brandl

3.3 Lifespan

3.3 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 4-6 months for approximately 18 months. After the release of 3.4.0 final, a final 3.3 bugfix update will be released. After that, security updates (source only) will be released until 5 years after the release of 3.3 final, which will be September 2017.

3.3.0 schedule

• 3.3.0 alpha 1: March 5, 2012
• 3.3.0 alpha 2: April 2, 2012
• 3.3.0 alpha 3: May 1, 2012
• 3.3.0 alpha 4: May 31, 2012
• 3.3.0 beta 1: June 27, 2012

(No new features beyond this point.)

• 3.3.0 beta 2: August 12, 2012
• 3.3.0 candidate 1: August 24, 2012
• 3.3.0 candidate 2: September 9, 2012
• 3.3.0 candidate 3: September 24, 2012
• 3.3.0 final: September 29, 2012

3.3.1 schedule

• 3.3.1 candidate 1: March 23, 2013
• 3.3.1 final: April 6, 2013

3.3.2 schedule

• 3.3.2 final: May 13, 2013

3.3.3 schedule

• 3.3.3 candidate 1: October 27, 2013
• 3.3.3 candidate 2: November 9, 2013
• 3.3.3 final: November 16, 2013

3.3.4 schedule

• 3.3.4 candidate 1: January 26, 2014
• 3.3.4 final: February 9, 2014

3.3.5 schedule

Python 3.3.5 was the last regular maintenance release before 3.3 entered security-fix only mode.

• 3.3.5 candidate 1: February 22, 2014
• 3.3.5 candidate 2: March 1, 2014
• 3.3.5 final: March 8, 2014

3.3.6 schedule

• 3.3.6 candidate 1 (source-only release): October 4, 2014
• 3.3.6 final (source-only release): October 11, 2014

3.3.7 schedule

• 3.3.7 candidate 1 (source-only release): February 20, 2016
• 3.3.7 final (source-only release): February 27, 2016

Features for 3.3

Implemented / Final PEPs:

• PEP 362: Function Signature Object
• PEP 380: Syntax for Delegating to a Subgenerator
• PEP 393: Flexible String Representation
• PEP 397: Python launcher for Windows
• PEP 399: Pure Python/C Accelerator Module Compatibility Requirements
• PEP 405: Python Virtual Environments
• PEP 409: Suppressing exception context
• PEP 412: Key-Sharing Dictionary
• PEP 414: Explicit Unicode Literal for Python 3.3
• PEP 415: Implement context suppression with exception attributes
• PEP 417: Including mock in the Standard Library
• PEP 418: Add monotonic time, performance counter, and process time functions
• PEP 420: Implicit Namespace Packages
• PEP 421: Adding sys.implementation
• PEP 3118: Revising the buffer protocol (protocol semantics finalised)
• PEP 3144: IP Address manipulation library
• PEP 3151: Reworking the OS and IO exception hierarchy
• PEP 3155: Qualified name for classes and functions

Other final large-scale changes:

• Addition of the "faulthandler" module
• Addition of the "lzma" module, and lzma/xz support in tarfile
• Implementing __import__ using importlib
• Addition of the C decimal implementation
• Switch of Windows build toolchain to VS 2010

Candidate PEPs:

• None

Other planned large-scale changes:

• None

Deferred to post-3.3:

• PEP 395: Qualified Names for Modules
• PEP 3143: Standard daemon process library
• PEP 3154: Pickle protocol version 4
• Breaking out standard library and docs in separate repos
• Addition of the "packaging" module, deprecating "distutils"
• Addition of the "regex" module
• Email version 6
• A standard event-loop interface (PEP by Jim Fulton pending)

Copyright

This document has been placed in the public domain.