https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c81f9e2d0a78d37209142471dad0fd43322... commit: c81f9e2d0a78d37209142471dad0fd433220f2ae branch: 3.8 author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> committer: GitHub <noreply@github.com> date: 2020-06-30T02:51:21-07:00 summary: Update FAQ release schedule and estimated users (GH-21180) Update FAQ to include: * The new yearly release schedule from PEP 602 * Estimated users from "tens of thousands" to "millions" (cherry picked from commit 3fa4799c3f9d9de7cac30e5db3627e9e125b9ce5) Co-authored-by: E-Paine <63801254+E-Paine@users.noreply.github.com> files: M Doc/faq/general.rst diff --git a/Doc/faq/general.rst b/Doc/faq/general.rst index 70837341b1b33..eee3c3c203efa 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/general.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/general.rst @@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ How stable is Python? --------------------- Very stable. New, stable releases have been coming out roughly every 6 to 18 -months since 1991, and this seems likely to continue. Currently there are -usually around 18 months between major releases. +months since 1991, and this seems likely to continue. As of version 3.9, +Python will have a major new release every 12 months (:pep:`602`). The developers issue "bugfix" releases of older versions, so the stability of existing releases gradually improves. Bugfix releases, indicated by a third @@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ be maintained after January 1, 2020 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/>` How many people are using Python? --------------------------------- -There are probably tens of thousands of users, though it's difficult to obtain -an exact count. +There are probably millions of users, though it's difficult to obtain an exact +count. Python is available for free download, so there are no sales figures, and it's available from many different sites and packaged with many Linux distributions,