Release Date: june 2021 Wanted: - Infrastructure: - [x] include SHA3-256, as SQlite uses it, and it's there since Python-3.6 - [x] Python-3.9.5, Python-3.10beta3 - [x] Python-3.7+ **PyPy** 64 bit beta variant (belief: PyPy3 problems of now are also cPython-3.11 speed problems) - [x] Jupyterlab-3.0.16 - [x] Spyder-5.0.3 for Qt able versions - Improve Dashboarding experience: (seeing [this](https://github.com/holoviz/panel/pull/2198)) - integration with Jupyterlab-3 and VSCode, - ship an example for each (Panel, Voila, ...) - [x] a big WinPython-3.10 (with cPython-3.10 beta3) Focus: - pushing a PyPy3 variant to see if it can run [ahead of the others](https://us.pycon.org/2021/summits/language/)) - Web Technology: Dashboarding, Web API, WASM - [Data Engineering](https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/302/the-data-engineering-landscape-in-2021): dagster, dagster-dask, dbt, prefect, meltano, SQLite - Machine Learning: Integrated Windows ML, Fastai Postponed: - Jupyterlab-3.1 moved to next release (seems for late july) - improved Qt flexibility: - a better life in non-Qt world: wppm WinPython can work without Qt - Qt-6.1 compatibility: compatibility for WinPython, QtConsole, PyQtGraph, when [Matplotlib support is there](https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/pull/19255) is the missing basic , Qt-6.1 requires Matplotlib-3.5.0 Hopes/Wishes for 2021: - Q3 2021 PyPy: - gets more care from python package owners, - get 3.8 compatibility (alpha this september), - a PEP for Hpy interface is written for a convergence point with cPython-3.11 or 3.12 - a solution to create launcher icons without NSIS ([shimmy ](https://github.com/pfmoore/shimmy) didn't arrive there).