PEP 494 – Python 3.6 Release Schedule

PEP

494

Title

Python 3.6 Release Schedule

Version

$Revision$

Last-Modified

$Date$

Author

Ned Deily <nad at python.org>

Status

Active

Type

Informational

Content-Type

text/x-rst

Created

30-May-2015

Python-Version

3.6

Abstract

This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 3.6. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items.

Release Manager and Crew

  • 3.6 Release Manager: Ned Deily

  • Windows installers: Steve Dower

  • Mac installers: Ned Deily

  • Documentation: Julien Palard, Georg Brandl

3.6 Lifespan

3.6 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 3 months for about 24 months. Sometime after the release of 3.7.0 final, a final 3.6 bugfix update will be released. After that, it is expected that security updates (source only) will be released as needed until 5 years after the release of 3.6 final, so until approximately 2021-12.

Release Schedule

3.6.0 schedule

  • 3.6 development begins: 2015-05-24

  • 3.6.0 alpha 1: 2016-05-17

  • 3.6.0 alpha 2: 2016-06-13

  • 3.6.0 alpha 3: 2016-07-11

  • 3.6.0 alpha 4: 2016-08-15

  • 3.6.0 beta 1: 2016-09-12 (No new features beyond this point.)

  • 3.6.0 beta 2: 2016-10-10

  • 3.6.0 beta 3: 2016-10-31

  • 3.6.0 beta 4: 2016-11-21

  • 3.6.0 candidate 1: 2016-12-06

  • 3.6.0 candidate 2: 2016-12-16

  • 3.6.0 final: 2016-12-23

3.6.1 schedule (first bugfix release)

  • 3.6.1 candidate: 2017-03-05

  • 3.6.1 final: 2017-03-21

3.6.2 schedule

  • 3.6.2 candidate 1: 2017-06-17

  • 3.6.2 candidate 2: 2017-07-07

  • 3.6.2 final: 2017-07-17

3.6.3 schedule

  • 3.6.3 candidate: 2017-09-19

  • 3.6.3 final: 2017-10-03

3.6.4 schedule

  • 3.6.4 candidate: 2017-12-05

  • 3.6.4 final: 2017-12-19

3.6.5 schedule

  • 3.6.5 candidate: 2018-03-13

  • 3.6.5 final: 2018-03-28

3.6.6 schedule

  • 3.6.6 candidate: 2018-06-12

  • 3.6.6 final: 2018-06-27

3.6.7 schedule

  • 3.6.7 candidate: 2018-09-26

  • 3.6.7 candidate 2: 2018-10-13

  • 3.6.7 final: 2018-10-20

3.6.8 schedule (last bugfix release)

Last binary releases

  • 3.6.8 candidate: 2018-12-11

  • 3.6.8 final: 2018-12-24

3.6.9 schedule (first security-only release)

Source only

  • 3.6.9 candidate 1: 2019-06-18

  • 3.6.9 final: 2019-07-02

3.6.10 schedule

  • 3.6.10 candidate 1: 2019-12-11

  • 3.6.10 final: 2019-12-18

3.6.11 and beyond schedule

Security fixes only, as needed, until 2021-12

  • TBD

Features for 3.6

Implemented changes for 3.6 (as of 3.6.0 beta 1):

  • PEP 468, Preserving Keyword Argument Order

  • PEP 487, Simpler customisation of class creation

  • PEP 495, Local Time Disambiguation

  • PEP 498, Literal String Formatting

  • PEP 506, Adding A Secrets Module To The Standard Library

  • PEP 509, Add a private version to dict

  • PEP 515, Underscores in Numeric Literals

  • PEP 519, Adding a file system path protocol

  • PEP 520, Preserving Class Attribute Definition Order

  • PEP 523, Adding a frame evaluation API to CPython

  • PEP 524, Make os.urandom() blocking on Linux (during system startup)

  • PEP 525, Asynchronous Generators (provisional)

  • PEP 526, Syntax for Variable Annotations (provisional)

  • PEP 528, Change Windows console encoding to UTF-8 (provisional)

  • PEP 529, Change Windows filesystem encoding to UTF-8 (provisional)

  • PEP 530, Asynchronous Comprehensions