[Info-vax] VSI Python 3.8.2 port, with a OpenVMS Shark Logo...

[John H. Reinhardt]

On 11/23/2020 10:27 AM, Craig A. Berry wrote:
> On 11/23/20 8:27 AM, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:

>> I find it more noteworthy that JFP has a Python 3.10 available for IA64
>> since some time back (this summer) while the VSI version is currently on
>> 3.9 or 3.8.6.
> 
> JFP's work is exemplary but 3.10 is still in pre-release and really
> should not be used in production.  VSI's release of 3.8.2 is pretty much
> in line with what other vendors are doing, assuming they have even moved
> to Python 3.

To further elaborate, here is the actual and expected release schedule for Python V3.10.0. Note that a BETA release isn't expected until May 2021 and a final until October 2021.  Si it seems reasonable that, with many other things to do, VSI is not putting public effort into a V3.10 release yet.

<https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0619/>

     3.10 development begins: Monday, 2020-05-18
     3.10.0 alpha 1: Monday, 2020-10-05

Expected:

     3.10.0 alpha 2: Monday, 2020-11-02
     3.10.0 alpha 3: Monday, 2020-12-07
     3.10.0 alpha 4: Monday, 2021-01-04
     3.10.0 alpha 5: Monday, 2021-02-01
     3.10.0 alpha 6: Monday, 2021-03-01
     3.10.0 alpha 7: Monday, 2021-04-05
     3.10.0 beta 1: Monday, 2021-05-03 (No new features beyond this point.)
     3.10.0 beta 2: Tuesday, 2021-05-25
     3.10.0 beta 3: Thursday, 2021-06-17
     3.10.0 beta 4: Saturday, 2021-07-10
     3.10.0 candidate 1: Monday, 2021-08-02
     3.10.0 candidate 2: Monday, 2021-09-06 (if necessary)
     3.10.0 final: Monday, 2021-10-04


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John H. Reinhardt