PEP 537 – Python 3.7 Release Schedule | peps.python.org (original) (raw)

Author:

Ned Deily

Status:

Final

Type:

Informational

Topic:

Release

Created:

23-Dec-2016

Python-Version:

3.7

Table of Contents

• Abstract
• Release Manager and Crew
• 3.7 Lifespan
• Release Schedule
  • 3.7.0 schedule
  • 3.7.1 schedule (first bugfix release)
  • 3.7.2 schedule
  • 3.7.3 schedule
  • 3.7.4 schedule
  • 3.7.5 schedule
  • 3.7.6 schedule
  • 3.7.7 schedule
  • 3.7.8 schedule (last bugfix release)
  • 3.7.9 schedule (security/binary release)
  • 3.7.10 schedule
  • 3.7.11 schedule
  • 3.7.12 schedule
  • 3.7.13 schedule
  • 3.7.14 schedule
  • 3.7.15 schedule
  • 3.7.16 schedule
  • 3.7.17 schedule (last security-only release)
• Features for 3.7
• Copyright

Abstract

This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 3.7. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items.

Release Manager and Crew

• 3.7 Release Manager: Ned Deily
• Windows installers: Steve Dower
• Mac installers: Ned Deily
• Documentation: Julien Palard

3.7 Lifespan

3.7 will receive bugfix updatesapproximately every 3 months for about 24 months. Sometime after the release of 3.8.0 final, a final 3.7 bugfix update will be released. After that, it is expected thatsecurity updates(source only) will be released as needed until 5 years after the release of 3.7 final, so until approximately 2023-06.

As of 2023-06-27, 3.7 has reached theend-of-life phaseof its release cycle. 3.7.17 was the final security release. The code base for 3.7 is now frozen and no further updates will be provided nor issues of any kind will be accepted on the bug tracker.

Release Schedule

3.7.0 schedule

• 3.7 development begins: 2016-09-12
• 3.7.0 alpha 1: 2017-09-19
• 3.7.0 alpha 2: 2017-10-17
• 3.7.0 alpha 3: 2017-12-05
• 3.7.0 alpha 4: 2018-01-09
• 3.7.0 beta 1: 2018-01-31 (No new features beyond this point.)
• 3.7.0 beta 2: 2018-02-27
• 3.7.0 beta 3: 2018-03-29
• 3.7.0 beta 4: 2018-05-02
• 3.7.0 beta 5: 2018-05-30
• 3.7.0 candidate 1: 2018-06-12
• 3.7.0 final: 2018-06-27

3.7.1 schedule (first bugfix release)

• 3.7.1 candidate 1: 2018-09-26
• 3.7.1 candidate 2: 2018-10-13
• 3.7.1 final: 2018-10-20

3.7.2 schedule

• 3.7.2 candidate 1: 2018-12-11
• 3.7.2 final: 2018-12-24

3.7.3 schedule

• 3.7.3 candidate 1: 2019-03-12
• 3.7.3 final: 2019-03-25

3.7.4 schedule

• 3.7.4 candidate 1: 2019-06-18
• 3.7.4 candidate 2: 2019-07-02
• 3.7.4 final: 2019-07-08

3.7.5 schedule

• 3.7.5 candidate 1: 2019-10-02
• 3.7.5 final: 2019-10-15

3.7.6 schedule

• 3.7.6 candidate 1: 2019-12-11
• 3.7.6 final: 2019-12-18

3.7.7 schedule

• 3.7.7 candidate 1: 2020-03-04
• 3.7.7 final: 2020-03-10

3.7.8 schedule (last bugfix release)

Last planned release of binaries

• 3.7.8 candidate 1: 2020-06-15
• 3.7.8 final: 2020-06-27

3.7.9 schedule (security/binary release)

Security fixes plus updated binary installers to address 3.7.8 issues; no further binary releases are planned.

• 3.7.9 final: 2020-08-17

3.7.10 schedule

• 3.7.10 final: 2021-02-15

3.7.11 schedule

• 3.7.11 final: 2021-06-28

3.7.12 schedule

• 3.7.12 final: 2021-09-04

3.7.13 schedule

• 3.7.13 final: 2022-03-16

3.7.14 schedule

• 3.7.14 final: 2022-09-06

3.7.15 schedule

• 3.7.15 final: 2022-10-11

3.7.16 schedule

• 3.7.16 final: 2022-12-06

3.7.17 schedule (last security-only release)

• 3.7.17 final: 2023-06-06

Features for 3.7

Implemented PEPs for 3.7 (as of 3.7.0 beta 1):

• PEP 538, Coercing the legacy C locale to a UTF-8 based locale
• PEP 539, A New C-API for Thread-Local Storage in CPython
• PEP 540, UTF-8 mode
• PEP 552, Deterministic pyc
• PEP 553, Built-in breakpoint()
• PEP 557, Data Classes
• PEP 560, Core support for typing module and generic types
• PEP 562, Module __getattr__ and __dir__
• PEP 563, Postponed Evaluation of Annotations
• PEP 564, Time functions with nanosecond resolution
• PEP 565, Show DeprecationWarning in __main__
• PEP 567, Context Variables

Copyright

This document has been placed in the public domain.