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# Python SDK Roadmap

## Python 3 Support

Work is in progress to add Python 3 support to Beam.  Current goal is to make Beam codebase compatible both with Python 2.7 and Python 3.4.

 - [Proposal](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xDG0MWVlDKDPu_IW9gtMvxi2S9I0GB0VDTkPhjXT0nE)
 - [Kanban Board](https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=245&view=detail)
 - [Python 3 Conversion Quick Start Guide](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s1BJVCY65LB_SYK1SU1u7NbZiFANoq-nEYaEvzRbYlA)

Contributions are welcome! If you are interested to help, you can select an unassigned issue in the Kanban board and assign it to yourself. Comment on the issue if you cannot assign it yourself.
When submitting a new PR, please tag [@RobbeSneyders](https://github.com/robbesneyders), [@aaltay](https://github.com/aaltay), and [@tvalentyn](https://github.com/tvalentyn).

