Contents

• Abstract
• Release Manager and Crew
• 3.2 Lifespan
• Release Schedule
  • 3.2 schedule
  • 3.2.1 schedule
  • 3.2.2 schedule
  • 3.2.3 schedule
  • 3.2.4 schedule
  • 3.2.5 schedule (regression fix release)
  • 3.2.6 schedule
• Features for 3.2
• References
• Copyright

Abstract

This document describes the development and release schedule for the Python 3.2 series. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items.

Release Manager and Crew

• 3.2 Release Manager: Georg Brandl
• Windows installers: Martin v. Loewis
• Mac installers: Ronald Oussoren
• Documentation: Georg Brandl

3.2 Lifespan

3.2 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 4-6 months for approximately 18 months. After the release of 3.3.0 final (see PEP 398), a final 3.2 bugfix update will be released. After that, security updates (source only) will be released until 5 years after the release of 3.2 final, which was planned for February 2016.

As of 2016-02-20, Python 3.2.x reached end-of-life status. The final source release was 3.2.6 in October 2014.

Release Schedule

Features for 3.2

Note that PEP 3003 1 is in effect: no changes to language syntax and no additions to the builtins may be made.

No large-scale changes have been recorded yet.

References

1

http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3003/

Copyright

This document has been placed in the public domain.