PEP:	429
Title:	Python 3.4 Release Schedule
Version:	3d8a69decbb0
Last-Modified:	2016-05-11 17:24:59 -0400 (Wed, 11 May 2016)
Author:	Larry Hastings <larry at hastings.org>
Status:	Active
Type:	Informational
Content-Type:	text/x-rst
Created:	17-Oct-2012
Python-Version:	3.4

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Abstract

This document describes the development and release schedule for Python 3.4. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items.

Release Manager and Crew

The releases:

(Beta 1 was also "feature freeze"--no new features beyond this point.)

Planned future releases:

Implemented / Final PEPs:

PEP 428, a "pathlib" module providing object-oriented filesystem paths
PEP 435, a standardized "enum" module
PEP 436, a build enhancement that will help generate introspection information for builtins
PEP 442, improved semantics for object finalization
PEP 443, adding single-dispatch generic functions to the standard library
PEP 445, a new C API for implementing custom memory allocators
PEP 446, changing file descriptors to not be inherited by default in subprocesses
PEP 450, a new "statistics" module
PEP 451, standardizing module metadata for Python's module import system
PEP 453, a bundled installer for the pip package manager
PEP 454, a new "tracemalloc" module for tracing Python memory allocations
PEP 456, a new hash algorithm for Python strings and binary data
PEP 3154, a new and improved protocol for pickled objects
PEP 3156, a new "asyncio" module, a new framework for asynchronous I/O

Deferred to post-3.4:

This document has been placed in the public domain.