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diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst index 04a56753..23dd2c3b 100644 --- a/CHANGES.rst +++ b/CHANGES.rst @@ -1,9 +1,28 @@ -v36.2.5 +v37.0.0 ------- -* #889: Thanks to test revealed in #1062, identified and - corrected two flaws in disabling the interpolation of setup.cfg - files. +* #889: Thanks to test revealed in #1062, several things + became apparent: + + - The functionality introduced in 32.3.0 was never + activated. Changes in another branch made around the + same time meant that the new behavior was never + called. + - Even if the behavior had been called, there was another + flaw that would cause crashes. + - The Python 2 distutils implementation also performed + interpolation on config files. + + As a result, the scope of #889 is now much broader - to + disable interpolation on config files (mainly setup.cfg) + for all Python versions where previously interpolation was + available. + + This change means that: + + - config files that previously escaped % characters must + now no longer escape those characters. + - config files that used interpolation will no longer work. v36.2.4 ------- |