Features/Python 3.3

Python 3.3

Summary

Update the Python 3 stack in Fedora from 3.2 to 3.3

Owner

• Name: Dave Malcolm

• Email: <dmalcolm@redhat.com>

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 18
• Last updated: 2012-04-13
• Percentage of completion: 0%

Month	Python 3.3 release schedule)	Fedora 18 Schedule	Fedora 19 Schedule
March	3.3.0 alpha 1: March 3, 2012
	3.3.0 alpha 2: March 31, 2012
April	3.3.0 alpha 3: April 28, 2012
May	3.3.0 alpha 4: May 26, 2012
June	3.3.0 beta 1: June 23, 2012: (No new features beyond this point.)
July		2012-07-12 Feature Submission Deadline
	3.3.0 beta 2: July 14, 2012
		2012-07-26 Feature Freeze--Planning & Development Ends
	3.3.0 candidate 1: July 28, 2012
August		2012-08-02 Software String Freeze
		2012-08-02 Alpha Change Deadline
	3.3.0 candidate 2: August 11, 2012
		2012-08-16 Alpha Release
	3.3.0 final: August 18, 2012
		2012-08-30 Software Translation Deadline
September		2012-09-06 Beta Change Deadline / Features 100% Complete
		2012-09-20 Beta Release
October		2012-10-10 Final Change Deadline
		2012-10-11 Compose 'Final' RC
		2012-10-25 Fedora 18 Final Release

Note: Fedora 18 schedule not yet available, so I've based the above on the (original) Fedora 16 schedule, offsetting by a year

Benefit to Fedora

Fedora aims to showcase the latest in free and open source software - we should have the most recent release of Python 3.

How To Test

Interested testers do not need special hardware. If you have a favorite Python 3 script, module, or application, please test it with Python 3.3 and verify that it still works as you expect.

My own test plan:

• Smoketest of the interpreter
• Run the upstream regression test suite (this is done during %check)

User Experience

Users should not notice any difference, other than the availability of the 3.3 interpreter

Dependencies

See notes in "Scope" above.

Comments and Discussion

• See Talk:Features/Python_3.3