[Python-checkins] Update FAQ release schedule and estimated users (GH-21180)

Tue Jun 30 05:51:25 EDT 2020

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c81f9e2d0a78d37209142471dad0fd433220f2ae
commit: c81f9e2d0a78d37209142471dad0fd433220f2ae
branch: 3.8
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2020年06月30日T02:51:21-07:00
summary:
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 at users.noreply.github.com>
files:
M Doc/faq/general.rst

diff --git a/Doc/faq/general.rst b/Doc/faq/general.rst
index 70837341b1b33..eee3c3c203efa 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 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0373/>`
 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,
