Python 3.6 in stretch

[Galbo Branbert]

I couldn't find any official statement if Python 3.6 will be the default
interpreter in stretch (as it was the current stable when the soft freeze
happened it should be, right?)

Some reasons for it: (https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.6.html)
-)SHA-3, formatted string literals, file system path protocol
-)secrets module has been added to simplify the generation of
cryptographically strong pseudo-random number
-)Dicts need 20-25% less memory (kinda a huge deal)

Re: Python 3.6 in stretch

[Galbo Branbert]

Thanks for the info, didn't know that the transition freeze was actually
the version freeze for minor versions of Python. (and that 3.6 is not in
Stretch, oops)
For the next version of Debian it would be nice to know the version that
will be included in the 'Bits from the Stable Release Managers' message
(that one got quite many views around where I work)