On behalf of the Python development community and the Python 3.6 release team, I'm happy to announce the availability of Python 3.6.0a4. 3.6.0a4 is the last of four planned alpha releases of Python 3.6, the next major release of Python. During the alpha phase, Python 3.6 remains under heavy development: additional features will be added and existing features may be modified or deleted. Please keep in mind that this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for production environments. You can find Python 3.6.0a4 here: https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-360a4/ The next planned release of Python 3.6 will be 3.6.0b1, currently scheduled for 2016-09-12. 3.6.0b1 will mark the beginning of the beta phase of Python 3.6; at that time, feature development for 3.6 will be complete and the emphasis will change to fixing bugs and regressions. More information about the release schedule can be found here: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0494/ --Ned -- Ned Deily nad@python.org -- []