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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst index a2d3af1..e1d1cb4 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst @@ -129,6 +129,19 @@ os (Patch submitted by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`10784`.) +packaging +--------- + +:mod:`distutils` has undergone additions and refactoring under a new name, +:mod:`packaging`, to allow developers to break backward compatibility. +:mod:`distutils` is still provided in the standard library, but users are +encouraged to transition to :mod:`packaging`. For older versions of Python, a +backport compatible with 2.4+ and 3.1+ will be made available on PyPI under the +name :mod:`distutils2`. + +.. TODO add examples and howto to the packaging docs and link to them + + pydoc ----- |