[python-committers] [RELEASE] Python 3.11 release candidate 1 (3.11.0rc1) is available

[Terry Reedy]

On 8/8/2022 12:59 PM, Pablo Galindo Salgado wrote:
> Python 3.11.0 is almost ready. This release, 3.11.0rc1, is the 
> penultimate release preview. You can get it here:
> 
> ## This is the first release candidate of Python 3.11
> 
> https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110rc1/ 
> <https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3110rc1/>
> 
> This release, **3.11.0rc1**, is the penultimate release preview.  
> Entering the release candidate phase, only reviewed code changes which 
> are clear bug fixes are allowed between this release candidate and the 
> final release. The second candidate and the last planned release preview 
> is currently planned for Monday, 2022-09-05 while the official release 
> is planned for Monday, 2022-10-03.
> 
> There will be no ABI changes from this point forward in the 3.11 series 
> and the goal is that there will be as few code changes as possible.

> #### Core developers: all eyes on the docs now
> 
> * Are all your changes properly documented?
> * Did you notice other changes you know of to have insufficient 
> documentation?

Pablo, are you going to unlock 3.11 and revert merges you don't like, or 
keep it locked and merge PRs you think are OK?