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Roadmap
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As of May 2020 the roadmap of Zope looks like the following:

Zope 2.13
---------

* It supports Python 2.7.
* It is currently in security fix only mode.
* It will receive security support until the end of 2020.
(This is when Plone plans to end the security support for Plone releases based on Zope 2.13.)


Zope 4
------

* This is the current stable version.
* It supports Python 2.7, 3.5 up to 3.8.
* It is currently actively developed.
* After the final release of Zope 5 it will be moved into bugfix mode until the end of 2021.
* Until the end of 2022 it will get security fixes.
(This is when Plone plans to end the security support for Plone releases based on Zope 4.)

Zope 5
------

* This the current development version which already has some alpha releases.
* It supports Python 3.5 up to 3.8. (This might shift to 3.6 up to 3.9.)
* It is currently actively supported, all features and bugfixes are backported to Zope 4.
* After the final release only bug fixes will be backported to Zope 4.
* The final release is planned for September 2020.

See `Plone release schedule <https://plone.org/download/release-schedule>`_ for details about the
plans of the Plone development team.
Zope development roadmap
========================

The Zope development and support roadmap. **Last updated: June 2020**


Zope 2.13 - previous version
----------------------------

* Python support:

- 2.7

* Support schedule:

- Full support: -
- Bug fixes: -
- Security fixes: until 12/31/2020 [1]_


Zope 4 - stable version
-----------------------

* Python support:

- 2.7
- 3.5
- 3.6
- 3.7
- 3.8

* Support schedule:

- Full support: until Zope 5.0 is released, planned for September 2020
- Bug fixes: until 12/31/2021
- Security fixes: until 12/31/2022 [2]_


Zope 5 - development version
----------------------------

* Python support:

- 3.6
- 3.7
- 3.8
- 3.9 (may wait until Zope 5.1)

* Support schedule:

- Full support: starting with the Zope 5.0 release, planned
for September 2020
- Bug fixes: TBD
- Security fixes: TBD


See the `Plone release schedule <https://plone.org/download/release-schedule>`_
for details about Plone version support. Zope will track some of their
milestones with its own releases.


.. [1] End of security fix support for Plone releases based on Zope 2.13
.. [2] End of security fix support for Plone releases based on Zope 4

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