From c81f9e2d0a78d37209142471dad0fd433220f2ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Miss Islington (bot)" <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2020 02:51:21 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update FAQ release schedule and estimated users (GH-21180) Update FAQ to include: * The new yearly release schedule from PEP 602 * Estimated users from "tens of thousands" to "millions" (cherry picked from commit 3fa4799c3f9d9de7cac30e5db3627e9e125b9ce5) Co-authored-by: E-Paine <63801254+E-Paine@users.noreply.github.com> --- Doc/faq/general.rst | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/faq/general.rst b/Doc/faq/general.rst index 70837341b1b..eee3c3c203e 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/general.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/general.rst @@ -296,8 +296,8 @@ How stable is Python? --------------------- Very stable. New, stable releases have been coming out roughly every 6 to 18 -months since 1991, and this seems likely to continue. Currently there are -usually around 18 months between major releases. +months since 1991, and this seems likely to continue. As of version 3.9, +Python will have a major new release every 12 months (:pep:`602`). The developers issue "bugfix" releases of older versions, so the stability of existing releases gradually improves. Bugfix releases, indicated by a third @@ -315,8 +315,8 @@ be maintained after January 1, 2020 ` How many people are using Python? --------------------------------- -There are probably tens of thousands of users, though it's difficult to obtain -an exact count. +There are probably millions of users, though it's difficult to obtain an exact +count. Python is available for free download, so there are no sales figures, and it's available from many different sites and packaged with many Linux distributions,