| 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
Copyright
This document has been placed in the public domain.
