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From: Hugo van Kemenade <hugo@python.org>
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Subject: Python 3.14.0 alpha 6
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Here comes the penultimate alpha.

https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-3140a6/

This is an early developer preview of Python 3.14

Major new features of the 3.14 series, compared to 3.13:

Python 3.14 is still in development. This release, 3.14.0a6, is the sixth
of seven planned alpha releases.

Alpha releases are intended to make it easier to test the current state of
new features and bug fixes and to test the release process.

During the alpha phase, features may be added up until the start of the
beta phase (2025-05-06) and, if necessary, may be modified or deleted up
until the release candidate phase (2025-07-22). Please keep in mind that
this is a preview release and its use is not recommended for production
environments.

Many new features for Python 3.14 are still being planned and written.
Among the new major new features and changes so far:

-   PEP 649: deferred evaluation of annotations
-   PEP 741: Python configuration C API
-   PEP 761: Python 3.14 and onwards no longer provides PGP signatures for
release artifacts. Instead, Sigstore is recommended for verifiers.
-   Improved error messages
-   A new type of interpreter. For certain newer compilers, this
interpreter provides significantly better performance. Opt-in for now,
requires building from source.
-   UUID versions 6-8 are now supported by the uuid module, and generation
of versions 3-5 and 8 are up to 40% faster.
-   Python removals and deprecations
-   C API removals and deprecations
-   (Hey, fellow core developer, if a feature you find important is missing
from this list, let Hugo know.)

The next pre-release of Python 3.14 will be the final alpha, 3.14.0a7,
currently scheduled for 2025-04-08.

More resources

-   Online documentation: https://docs.python.org/3.14/
-   PEP 745, 3.14 Release Schedule: https://peps.python.org/pep-0745/
-   Report bugs at https://github.com/python/cpython/issues
-   Help fund Python and its community:
https://www.python.org/psf/donations/

And now for something completely different!

March 14 is celebrated as pi day, because 3.14 is an approximation of =CF=
=80.
The day is observed by eating pies (savoury and/or sweet) and celebrating
=CF=80. The first pi day was organised by physicist and tinkerer Larry Shaw=
 of
the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988. It is also the International Day
of Mathematics and Albert Einstein=E2=80=99s birthday. Let=E2=80=99s all ea=
t some pie,
recite some =CF=80, install and test some py, and wish a happy birthday to
Albert, Loren and all the other pi day children!

Enjoy the new release

Thanks to all of the many volunteers who help make Python Development and
these releases possible! Please consider supporting our efforts by
volunteering yourself or through organisation contributions to the Python
Software Foundation.

Regards from Helsinki as fresh snow falls,

Your release team,
Hugo van Kemenade
Ned Deily
Steve Dower
=C5=81ukasz Langa