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PEP:429
Title:Python 3.4 Release Schedule
Version:79e95f487a33
Last-Modified:2012-10-18 08:31:44 +0100 (Thu, 18 Oct 2012)
Author:Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org>
Status:Active
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 / Ronald Oussoren
  • Documentation: Georg Brandl

Release Schedule

The anticipated schedule:

  • 3.4.0 alpha 1: August 3, 2013
  • 3.4.0 alpha 2: August 31, 2013
  • 3.4.0 alpha 3: September 28, 2013
  • 3.4.0 alpha 4: October 19, 2013
  • 3.4.0 beta 1: November 23, 2013

(Beta 1 is also "feature freeze"--no new features beyond this point.)

  • 3.4.0 beta 2: January 4, 2014
  • 3.4.0 candidate 1: January 18, 2014
  • 3.4.0 candidate 2: February 1, 2014
  • 3.4.0 final: February 22, 2014

Every release day listed here is the prospective day of tagging the release; the actual availability of the release for download on python.org depends on the schedules of the crew.

Features for 3.4

Implemented / Final PEPs:

  • None so far

Other final large-scale changes:

  • None so far

Candidate PEPs:

  • PEP 395: Qualified Names for Modules
  • PEP 3143: Standard daemon process library
  • PEP 3154: Pickle protocol version 4

Other proposed large-scale changes:

  • New packaging libraries, possibly deprecating "distutils"
  • Addition of the "regex" module
  • Email version 6
  • A standard event-loop interface
  • Breaking out standard library and docs into separate repos

Deferred to post-3.4:

  • None so far