Formal plans for a Python that supports true parallelism are finally on the table. Here’s how a GIL-free Python will finally come together.

The final version of Python 3.9 is scheduled for release in early October, so Python maintainers believe it makes sense to remove the 2.7 compatibility layers.

Installing Python 3.13’s free-threaded version When Python’s free-threaded version was first announced, the plan wasn’t to immediately replace the GIL-equipped version of Python.