Changes/Python3.11

Python 3.11

Summary

Update the Python stack in Fedora from Python 3.10 to Python 3.11, the newest major release of the Python programming language.

Owner

• Name: Tomáš Hrnčiar
• Name: Miro Hrončok
• Email: python-maint@redhat.com

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora Linux 37
• Last updated: 2021-09-29
• FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Detailed Description

We would like to upgrade Python to 3.11 in Fedora 37 thus we are proposing this plan early.

See the upstream notes at Features for 3.11 and What's new in 3.11.

Important dates and plan

• 2021-05-03: Python 3.11 development begins
• 2021-10-04: Python 3.11.0 alpha 1
  • Package it as python3.11 for testing purposes
  • Start the bootstrap procedure in Copr
  • Do a mass rebuild against every future release in Copr
• 2021-11-02: Python 3.11.0 alpha 2
• 2021-12-06: Python 3.11.0 alpha 3
• 2022-01-03: Python 3.11.0 alpha 4
• 2022-02-02: Python 3.11.0 alpha 5
• [2022-02-09]: Branch Fedora 36, Rawhide becomes future Fedora 37
  • The earliest point when we can start rebuilding in Koji side-tag
• 2022-02-28: Python 3.11.0 alpha 6
• 2022-04-05: Python 3.11.0 alpha 7
• 2022-05-06: Python 3.11.0 beta 1
  • No new features beyond this point
• 2022-05-30: Python 3.10.0 beta 2
  • The ideal point when we can start rebuilding in Koji
• 2022-06-06: Expected side tag-merge (optimistic)
• 2022-06-16: Python 3.11.0 beta 3
• 2022-06-24: Expected side tag-merge (realistic)
• 2022-07-09: Python 3.11.0 beta 4
• 2022-07-18: Expected side tag-merge (pessimistic)
• [2022-07-21]: Fedora 37 Mass Rebuild
  • The mass rebuild happens with the fourth beta. We might need to rebuild Python packages later in exceptional case.
  • If the Koji side-tag is not merged yet at this point, we defer the change to Fedora 38.
• 2022-08-01: Python 3.11.0 candidate 1
  • This serves as "final" for our purposes.
• [2022-08-10]: Branch Fedora 37, Rawhide becomes future Fedora 38
• [2022-08-10]: Fedora 37 Change Checkpoint: Completion deadline (testable)
• [2022-08-24]: Fedora Beta Freeze
  • If rebuild with 3.11.0rc1 is needed, we should strive to do it before the freeze - there is a window of 3 weeks.
• 2022-09-05: Python 3.11.0 candidate 2
• [2022-09-19]: Fedora 37 Beta Release (Preferred Target)
  • Beta will likely be released with 3.11.0rc2.
• [2022-09-21]: Fedora 37 Beta Target date #1
• 2022-10-03: Python 3.11.0 final
• [2022-10-05]: Fedora 37 Final Freeze
  • We'll update to 3.11.0 final using a freeze exception.
• [2022-10-19]: Fedora 37 Preferred Final Target date
• [2022-10-26]: Fedora 37 Final Target date #1

(From Python 3.11 Release Schedule and Fedora 37 Release Schedule (dates in [] are based on Fedora 35 Release Schedule and will be adjusted accordingly when schedule for Fedora 37 is available).)

The schedule might appear somewhat tight for Fedora 37, but Python's annual release cycle was adapted for Fedora and this worked fine since Python 3.9 and Fedora 33. It is now common that Python is upgraded on a similar schedule in every odd-numbered Fedora release.

Note that upstream's "release candidates" are frozen except for blocker bugs. Since we can and will backport blocker fixes between Fedora and upstream, we essentially treat the Release Candidate as the final release.

Notes from the previous upgrade

There are notes from the previous upgrade available, so this upgrade may go smoother: SIGs/Python/UpgradingPython

Scope

• Proposal owners:

• Other developers:

• Release engineering: #Releng issue number

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Alignment with Objectives:

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)