Add :issue: directive for easy linking to bugs.python.org.

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diff --git a/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py b/Doc/tools/sphinxext/pyspecific.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    pyspecific.py
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Sphinx extension with Python doc-specific markup.
+
+    :copyright: 2008 by Georg Brandl.
+    :license: Python license.
+"""
+
+ISSUE_URI = 'http://bugs.python.org/issue%s'
+
+from docutils import nodes, utils
+
+def issue_role(typ, rawtext, text, lineno, inliner, options={}, content=[]):
+    issue = utils.unescape(text)
+    text = 'issue ' + issue
+    refnode = nodes.reference(text, text, refuri=ISSUE_URI % issue)
+    return [refnode], []
+
+
+def setup(app):
+    app.add_role('issue', issue_role)