[Python-checkins] cpython: Close #20563: Declare ipaddress API stable

Sun Feb 9 00:18:39 CET 2014

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/2b9c10f3b969
changeset: 89070:2b9c10f3b969
user: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
date: Sun Feb 09 09:18:26 2014 +1000
summary:
 Close #20563: Declare ipaddress API stable
files:
 Doc/library/ipaddress.rst | 7 -------
 Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 11 +++++++++++
 Misc/NEWS | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
--- 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
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 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 @@
 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
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 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.
-- 
Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython
