PEP 429 – Python 3.4 Release Schedule

PEP

429

Title

Python 3.4 Release Schedule

Version

$Revision$

Last-Modified

$Date$

Author

Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org>

Status

Final

Type

Informational

Content-Type

text/x-rst

Created

17-Oct-2012

Python-Version

3.4

Abstract

This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 3.4. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items.

Release Manager and Crew

  • 3.4 Release Manager: Larry Hastings

  • Windows installers: Martin v. Löwis

  • Mac installers: Ned Deily

  • Documentation: Georg Brandl

Release Schedule

Python 3.4 has now reached its end-of-life and has been retired. No more releases will be made.

These are all the historical releases of Python 3.4, including their release dates.

  • 3.4.0 alpha 1: August 3, 2013

  • 3.4.0 alpha 2: September 9, 2013

  • 3.4.0 alpha 3: September 29, 2013

  • 3.4.0 alpha 4: October 20, 2013

  • 3.4.0 beta 1: November 24, 2013

  • 3.4.0 beta 2: January 5, 2014

  • 3.4.0 beta 3: January 26, 2014

  • 3.4.0 candidate 1: February 10, 2014

  • 3.4.0 candidate 2: February 23, 2014

  • 3.4.0 candidate 3: March 9, 2014

  • 3.4.0 final: March 16, 2014

  • 3.4.1 candidate 1: May 5, 2014

  • 3.4.1 final: May 18, 2014

  • 3.4.2 candidate 1: September 22, 2014

  • 3.4.2 final: October 6, 2014

  • 3.4.3 candidate 1: February 8, 2015

  • 3.4.3 final: February 25, 2015

  • 3.4.4 candidate 1: December 6, 2015

  • 3.4.4 final: December 20, 2015

  • 3.4.5 candidate 1: June 12, 2016

  • 3.4.5 final: June 26, 2016

  • 3.4.6 candidate 1: January 2, 2017

  • 3.4.6 final: January 17, 2017

  • 3.4.7 candidate 1: July 25, 2017

  • 3.4.7 final: August 9, 2017

  • 3.4.8 candidate 1: January 23, 2018

  • 3.4.8 final: February 4, 2018

  • 3.4.9 candidate 1: July 19, 2018

  • 3.4.9 final: August 2, 2018

  • 3.4.10 candidate 1: March 4, 2019

  • 3.4.10 final: March 18, 2019

Features for 3.4

Implemented / Final PEPs:

  • PEP 428, a “pathlib” module providing object-oriented filesystem paths

  • PEP 435, a standardized “enum” module

  • PEP 436, a build enhancement that will help generate introspection information for builtins

  • PEP 442, improved semantics for object finalization

  • PEP 443, adding single-dispatch generic functions to the standard library

  • PEP 445, a new C API for implementing custom memory allocators

  • PEP 446, changing file descriptors to not be inherited by default in subprocesses

  • PEP 450, a new “statistics” module

  • PEP 451, standardizing module metadata for Python’s module import system

  • PEP 453, a bundled installer for the pip package manager

  • PEP 454, a new “tracemalloc” module for tracing Python memory allocations

  • PEP 456, a new hash algorithm for Python strings and binary data

  • PEP 3154, a new and improved protocol for pickled objects

  • PEP 3156, a new “asyncio” module, a new framework for asynchronous I/O

Deferred to post-3.4:

  • PEP 431, improved support for time zone databases

  • PEP 441, improved Python zip application support

  • PEP 447, support for __locallookup__ metaclass method

  • PEP 448, additional unpacking generalizations

  • PEP 455, key transforming dictionary