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title="Accepted and implementation complete, or no longer active">Final</abbr></dd> <dt class="field-odd">Type<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-odd"><abbr title="Non-normative PEP containing background, guidelines or other information relevant to the Python ecosystem">Informational</abbr></dd> <dt class="field-even">Topic<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-even"><a class="reference external" href="../topic/release/">Release</a></dd> <dt class="field-odd">Created<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-odd">30-Dec-2009</dd> <dt class="field-even">Python-Version<span class="colon">:</span></dt> <dd class="field-even">3.2</dd> </dl> <hr class="docutils" /> <section id="contents"> <details><summary>Table of Contents</summary><ul class="simple"> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#abstract">Abstract</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#release-manager-and-crew">Release Manager and Crew</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#lifespan">3.2 Lifespan</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#release-schedule">Release Schedule</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#schedule">3.2 schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#id1">3.2.1 schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#id2">3.2.2 schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#id3">3.2.3 schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#id4">3.2.4 schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#schedule-regression-fix-release">3.2.5 schedule (regression fix release)</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#id5">3.2.6 schedule</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#features-for-3-2">Features for 3.2</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li> </ul> </details></section> <section id="abstract"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#abstract" role="doc-backlink">Abstract</a></h2> <p>This document describes the development and release schedule for the Python 3.2 series. The schedule primarily concerns itself with PEP-sized items.</p> </section> <section id="release-manager-and-crew"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#release-manager-and-crew" role="doc-backlink">Release Manager and Crew</a></h2> <ul class="simple"> <li>3.2 Release Manager: Georg Brandl</li> <li>Windows installers: Martin v. Loewis</li> <li>Mac installers: Ronald Oussoren</li> <li>Documentation: Georg Brandl</li> </ul> </section> <section id="lifespan"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#lifespan" role="doc-backlink">3.2 Lifespan</a></h2> <p>3.2 will receive bugfix updates approximately every 4-6 months for approximately 18 months. After the release of 3.3.0 final (see PEP 398), a final 3.2 bugfix update will be released. After that, security updates (source only) will be released until 5 years after the release of 3.2 final, which was planned for February 2016.</p> <p>As of 2016-02-20, Python 3.2.x reached end-of-life status. The final source release was 3.2.6 in October 2014.</p> </section> <section id="release-schedule"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#release-schedule" role="doc-backlink">Release Schedule</a></h2> <section id="schedule"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#schedule" role="doc-backlink">3.2 schedule</a></h3> <ul class="simple"> <li>3.2 alpha 1: August 1, 2010</li> <li>3.2 alpha 2: September 6, 2010</li> <li>3.2 alpha 3: October 12, 2010</li> <li>3.2 alpha 4: November 16, 2010</li> <li>3.2 beta 1: December 6, 2010</li> </ul> <p>(No new features beyond this point.)</p> <ul class="simple"> <li>3.2 beta 2: December 20, 2010</li> <li>3.2 candidate 1: January 16, 2011</li> <li>3.2 candidate 2: January 31, 2011</li> <li>3.2 candidate 3: February 14, 2011</li> <li>3.2 final: February 20, 2011</li> </ul> </section> <section id="id1"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1" role="doc-backlink">3.2.1 schedule</a></h3> <ul class="simple"> <li>3.2.1 beta 1: May 8, 2011</li> <li>3.2.1 candidate 1: May 17, 2011</li> <li>3.2.1 candidate 2: July 3, 2011</li> <li>3.2.1 final: July 11, 2011</li> </ul> </section> <section id="id2"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" role="doc-backlink">3.2.2 schedule</a></h3> <ul class="simple"> <li>3.2.2 candidate 1: August 14, 2011</li> <li>3.2.2 final: September 4, 2011</li> </ul> </section> <section id="id3"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" role="doc-backlink">3.2.3 schedule</a></h3> <ul class="simple"> <li>3.2.3 candidate 1: February 25, 2012</li> <li>3.2.3 candidate 2: March 18, 2012</li> <li>3.2.3 final: April 11, 2012</li> </ul> </section> <section id="id4"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id4" role="doc-backlink">3.2.4 schedule</a></h3> <ul class="simple"> <li>3.2.4 candidate 1: March 23, 2013</li> <li>3.2.4 final: April 6, 2013</li> </ul> </section> <section id="schedule-regression-fix-release"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#schedule-regression-fix-release" role="doc-backlink">3.2.5 schedule (regression fix release)</a></h3> <ul class="simple"> <li>3.2.5 final: May 13, 2013</li> </ul> <p>– Only security releases after 3.2.5 –</p> </section> <section id="id5"> <h3><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" role="doc-backlink">3.2.6 schedule</a></h3> <ul class="simple"> <li>3.2.6 candidate 1 (source-only release): October 4, 2014</li> <li>3.2.6 final (source-only release): October 11, 2014</li> </ul> </section> </section> <section id="features-for-3-2"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#features-for-3-2" role="doc-backlink">Features for 3.2</a></h2> <p>Note that <a class="pep reference internal" href="../pep-3003/" title="PEP 3003 – Python Language Moratorium">PEP 3003</a> is in effect: no changes to language syntax and no additions to the builtins may be made.</p> <p>No large-scale changes have been recorded yet.</p> </section> <section id="copyright"> <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#copyright" role="doc-backlink">Copyright</a></h2> <p>This document has been placed in the public domain.</p> </section> </section> <hr class="docutils" /> <p>Source: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-0392.rst">https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-0392.rst</a></p> <p>Last modified: <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/python/peps/commits/main/peps/pep-0392.rst">2025-02-01 08:59:27 GMT</a></p> </article> <nav id="pep-sidebar"> <h2>Contents</h2> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#abstract">Abstract</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#release-manager-and-crew">Release Manager and Crew</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#lifespan">3.2 Lifespan</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#release-schedule">Release Schedule</a><ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#schedule">3.2 schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#id1">3.2.1 schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#id2">3.2.2 schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#id3">3.2.3 schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#id4">3.2.4 schedule</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#schedule-regression-fix-release">3.2.5 schedule (regression fix release)</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#id5">3.2.6 schedule</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#features-for-3-2">Features for 3.2</a></li> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li> </ul> <br> <a id="source" href="https://github.com/python/peps/blob/main/peps/pep-0392.rst">Page Source (GitHub)</a> </nav> </section> <script src="../_static/colour_scheme.js"></script> <script src="../_static/wrap_tables.js"></script> <script src="../_static/sticky_banner.js"></script> </body> </html>