Issue #23491: Implement PEP 441: Improving Python Zip Application Support

Thanks to Paul Moore for the PEP and implementation.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index 17be2a2af1..2f7984812e 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ New syntax features:
 
 New library modules:
 
-* None yet.
+* :mod:`zipapp`: :ref:`Improving Python ZIP Application Support
+  <whatsnew-zipapp>` (:pep:`441`).
 
 New built-in features:
 
@@ -166,10 +167,22 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
 New Modules
 ===========
 
-.. module name
-.. -----------
+.. _whatsnew-zipapp:
 
-* None yet.
+zipapp
+------
+
+The new :mod:`zipapp` module (specified in :pep:`441`) provides an API and
+command line tool for creating executable Python Zip Applications, which
+were introduced in Python 2.6 in :issue:`1739468` but which were not well
+publicised, either at the time or since.
+
+With the new module, bundling your application is as simple as putting all
+the files, including a ``__main__.py`` file, into a directory ``myapp``
+and running::
+
+    $ python -m zipapp myapp
+    $ python myapp.pyz
 
 
 Improved Modules