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 Library
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+- Issue #19744: the ensurepip installation step now just prints a warning to
+  stderr rather than failing outright if SSL/TLS is unavailable. This allows
+  local installation of POSIX builds without SSL/TLS support.
+
 - Issue #20594: Avoid name clash with the libc function posix_close.