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authorNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2014-02-09 09:18:26 +1000
committerNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2014-02-09 09:18:26 +1000
commit96bb437ae8756be672c888a1322c445e64f1eb53 (patch)
tree2929e3ef046099cc2153cb6be49617bfddea3474
parent66c3d18af1d20b780e7eabbbfb95049c48e3ce48 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-96bb437ae8756be672c888a1322c445e64f1eb53.tar.gz
Close #20563: Declare ipaddress API stable
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/ipaddress.rst7
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst11
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS2
3 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
index 7c62750f81..9ccf2625fa 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@
--------------
-.. note::
-
- The ``ipaddress`` module has been included in the standard library on a
- :term:`provisional basis <provisional package>`. Backwards incompatible
- changes (up to and including removal of the package) may occur if deemed
- necessary by the core developers.
-
:mod:`ipaddress` provides the capabilities to create, manipulate and
operate on IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and networks.
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index ac3e47afd4..0be186381a 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Significantly Improved Library Modules:
handling <whatsnew_email_contentmanager>` (:issue:`18891`).
* :mod:`plistlib` has a cleaned up interface and support for binary
plist files (:issue:`14455`)
+* The :mod:`ipaddress` module API has been declared stable
CPython implementation improvements:
@@ -840,6 +841,16 @@ which adds support for functions compiled with Cython. (Contributed
by Stefan Behnel and Yury Selivanov in :issue:`17159`)
+ipaddress
+---------
+
+:mod:`ipaddress` was added to the standard library in Python 3.3 as a
+:term:`provisional API`. With the release of Python 3.4, this qualification
+has been removed: :mod:`ipaddress` is now considered a stable API, covered
+by the normal standard library requirements to maintain backwards
+compatibility.
+
+
logging
-------
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4d8e4c90d3..a3fef604df 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #20563: The ipaddress module API is now considered stable.
+
- Issue #14983: email.generator now always adds a line end after each MIME
boundary marker, instead of doing so only when there is an epilogue. This
fixes an RFC compliance bug and solves an issue with signed MIME parts.