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 Library
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+- Issue #11140: Lock.release() now raises a RuntimeError when attempting
+  to release an unacquired lock, as claimed in the threading documentation.
+  The _thread.error exception is now an alias of RuntimeError.
+
 - Issue 8594: ftplib now provides a source_address parameter to specify which
   (address, port) to bind to before connecting.