[Python-Dev] Proposed schedule for Python 3.4

[Georg Brandl]

On 10/03/2012 01:54 PM, Larry Hastings wrote:
>
> On 10/03/2012 01:45 PM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
>> Is there a rough list of changes for 3.4 written down somewhere, or is that
>> only to be inferred based on PEPs whose Python-Version header reads "3.4"? How
>> confident are you that the schedule you've proposed gives enough time for
>> proposed changes to be implemented and to stablize?
>
> Here's a short list of proposed changes for 3.4--basically all the stuff that
> didn't make it in to 3.3:
>
>     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:
>
>     * Breaking out standard library and docs in separate repos
>     * Addition of the "packaging" module, deprecating "distutils"
>     * Addition of the "regex" module
>     * Email version 6
>     * A standard event-loop interface (PEP by Jim Fulton pending)
>
>
> As for the rest of it, my understanding was that there is no longer any great
> plan written in the stars for Python releases.  Python releases are comprised of
> whatever features people propose, implement, and are willing to support, that
> they can get done in time for the beta cutoff.  From that perspective, the
> schedule drives the features more than the other-way around.
>
> The schedule proposes six weeks between feature-freeze and release.

Looks more like 3 months, which is fine.

Georg