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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index ace814e..c6ecebc 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -139,6 +139,21 @@ Build and C API Changes ``const char *`` rather of ``char *``. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`33818`.) +* The duality of ``Modules/Setup.dist`` and ``Modules/Setup`` has been + removed. Previously, when updating the CPython source tree, one had + to manually copy ``Modules/Setup.dist`` (inside the source tree) to + ``Modules/Setup`` (inside the build tree) in order to reflect any changes + upstream. This was of a small benefit to packagers at the expense of + a frequent annoyance to developers following CPython development, as + forgetting to copy the file could produce build failures. + + Now the build system always reads from ``Modules/Setup`` inside the source + tree. People who want to customize that file are encouraged to maintain + their changes in a git fork of CPython or as patch files, as they would do + for any other change to the source tree. + + (Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`32430`.) + Deprecated ========== |