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diff --git a/Doc/faq/general.rst b/Doc/faq/general.rst index 7083734..eee3c3c 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, |