python314/PACKAGING-NOTES
Matej Cepl b4a03c8ca5 - Update to the third development version of 3.14.0:
- Tools/Demos
    - gh-126700: Add support for multi-argument gettext functions
      in pygettext.py.
  - Tests
    - gh-127906: Test the limited C API in test_cppext. Patch by
      Victor Stinner.
    - gh-127637: Add tests for the dis command-line
      interface. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
    - gh-126925: iOS test results are now streamed during test
      execution, and the deprecated xcresulttool is no longer
      used.
    - gh-127076: Disable strace based system call tests when
      LD_PRELOAD is set.
    - gh-127076: Filter out memory-related mmap, munmap, and
      mprotect calls from file-related ones when testing io
      behavior using strace.
  - Security
    - gh-127655: Fixed the
      asyncio.selector_events._SelectorSocketTransport
      transport not pausing writes for the protocol when
      the buffer reaches the high water mark when using
      asyncio.WriteTransport.writelines().
  - Library
    - gh-126907: Fix crash when using atexit concurrently on the
      free-threaded build.
    - gh-127870: Detect recursive calls in ctypes _as_parameter_
      handling. Patch by Victor Stinner.
    - gh-127732: The platform module now correctly detects
      Windows Server 2025.

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Notes for packagers of Python3
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0. Faster build turnaround
--------------------------
By default, python builds with profile-guided optimization. This needs
an additional run of the test suite and it is generally slow.
PGO build takes around 50 minutes.
For development, use "--without profileopt" option to disable PGO. This
shortens the build time to ~5 minutes including test suite.
1. import_failed.map
----------------------
This is a mechanism installed as part of python3-base, that places shim modules
on python's path (through a generated zzzz-import-failed-hooks.pth file, so that
it is imported as much at the end as makes sense; and an _import_failed subdir
of /usr/lib/pythonX.Y). Then when the user tries to import a module that is part
of a subpackage, the ImportError will contain a helpful message telling them
which missing subpackage to install.
This can sometimes cause problems on non-standard configurations, if the pth
gets included too early (for instance if you are using a script to include all
pths by hand in some strange order). Just something to look out for.