[Python-Dev] Reminder: 12 weeks to 3.7 feature code cutoff

[Jelle Zijlstra]

2017-11-03 16:44 GMT-07:00 Joao S. O. Bueno <jsbueno at python.org.br>:

> This just popped up in Brython's issue tracker discussion:
>
> """
> Pierre Quentel <notifications at github.com>
>
> 04:57 (16 hours ago)
> to brython-dev/br., Subscribed
>
> I think it's better to rename all occurences of async now, although
> it's strange that :
>
> there is currently no deprecation warning in CPython with code that
> uses it as a variable name, PEP492 said that "async and await names
> will be softly deprecated in CPython 3.5 and 3.6"
> there is no mention of async and await becoming keywords in What's new
> in Python 3.7
>
> Maybe the idea was finally given up, but I can't find a reference.
>
> """
>
> So, what is the status of promoting async and await to full keyword for
> 3.7?
>
> This was implemented, and it's in NEWS:
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/1669.

>
> On 1 November 2017 at 19:47, Ned Deily <nad at python.org> wrote:
> > Happy belated Halloween to those who celebrate it; I hope it wasn't too
> scary!  Also possibly scary: we have just a little over 12 weeks remaining
> until Python 3.7's feature code cutoff, 2018-01-29.  Those 12 weeks include
> a number of traditional holidays around the world so, if you are planning
> on writing another PEP for 3.7 or working on getting an existing one
> approved or getting feature code reviewed, please plan accordingly.
> If you have something in the pipeline, please either let me know or, when
> implemented, add the feature to PEP 537, the 3.7 Release Schedule PEP.  As
> you may recall, the release schedule calls for 4 alpha preview releases
> prior to the feature code cutoff with the first beta release.  We have
> already produced the first two alphas.  Reviewing the schedule recently, I
> realized that I had "front-loaded" the alphas, leaving a bigger gap between
> the final alphas and the first beta.  So I have adjusted the schedule a
> bit, pushing alpha 3 and 4 out.  The new
>   d
> >  ates are:
> >
> > - 3.7.0 alpha 3: 2017-11-27 (was 2017-11-13)
> > - 3.7.0 alpha 4: 2018-01-08 (was 2017-12-18)
> > - 3.7.0 beta 1:  2018-01-29 (feature freeze - unchanged)
> >
> > I hope the new dates give you a little bit more time to get your bits
> finished and get a little bit of exposure prior to the feature freeze.
> >
> > Considering how quickly and positively it has been adopted, 3.6 is going
> to be a tough act to follow.  But we can do it again.  Thank you all for
> your ongoing efforts!
> >
> > --Ned
> >
> > --
> >   Ned Deily
> >   nad at python.org -- []
> >
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