gh-92240 : Include release dates for "What's New In Python 3.X" (GH-92937)

miss-islington · georgically · web-flow · commit 738c730b5cde · 2022-05-28T20:41:40.000-07:00
Co-authored-by: Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Adam Turner <9087854+AA-Turner@users.noreply.github.com> (cherry picked from commit 877ad7b) Co-authored-by: georgically <40323509+georgically@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 2.5.  The final release of
 Python 2.5 is scheduled for August 2006; :pep:`356` describes the planned
-release schedule.
+release schedule.  Python 2.5 was released on September 19, 2006.
 
 The changes in Python 2.5 are an interesting mix of language and library
 improvements. The library enhancements will be more important to Python's user
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.6.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
    This saves the maintainer some effort going through the SVN logs
    when researching a change.
 
-This article explains the new features in Python 2.6, released on October 1
+This article explains the new features in Python 2.6, released on October 1,
 2008.  The release schedule is described in :pep:`361`.
 
 The major theme of Python 2.6 is preparing the migration path to
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 3.0, compared to 2.6.
 Python 3.0, also known as "Python 3000" or "Py3K", is the first ever
-*intentionally backwards incompatible* Python release.  There are more
-changes than in a typical release, and more that are important for all
-Python users.  Nevertheless, after digesting the changes, you'll find
+*intentionally backwards incompatible* Python release. Python 3.0 was released on December 3, 2008.
+There are more changes than in a typical release, and more that are important for all
+Python users. Nevertheless, after digesting the changes, you'll find
 that Python really hasn't changed all that much -- by and large, we're
 mostly fixing well-known annoyances and warts, and removing a lot of
 old cruft.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.1.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
    when researching a change.
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 3.1, compared to 3.0.
+Python 3.1 was released on June 27, 2009.
 
 
 PEP 372: Ordered Dictionaries
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
    when researching a change.
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 3.10, compared to 3.9.
-
+Python 3.10 was released on October 4, 2021.
 For full details, see the :ref:`changelog <changelog>`.
 
 Summary -- Release highlights
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
    This saves the maintainer the effort of going through the SVN log
    when researching a change.
 
-This article explains the new features in Python 3.2 as compared to 3.1.  It
+This article explains the new features in Python 3.2 as compared to 3.1.
+Python 3.2 was released on February 20, 2011. It
 focuses on a few highlights and gives a few examples.  For full details, see the
 `Misc/NEWS
 <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/076ca6c3c8df3030307e548d9be792ce3c1c6eea/Misc/NEWS>`_
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 :Editor: Raymond Hettinger
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 3.8, compared to 3.7.
+Python 3.8 was released on October 14, 2019.
 For full details, see the :ref:`changelog <changelog>`.
 
 .. testsetup::
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.9.rst
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
    when researching a change.
 
 This article explains the new features in Python 3.9, compared to 3.8.
-Python 3.9 was released on October 5th, 2020.
+Python 3.9 was released on October 5, 2020.
 
 For full details, see the :ref:`changelog <changelog>`.
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-05-18-23-58-26.gh-issue-92240.bHvYiz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2022-05-18-23-58-26.gh-issue-92240.bHvYiz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Added release dates for
+"What's New in Python 3.X" for 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.8 and 3.10

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