python39/PACKAGING-NOTES
Matej Cepl 0e5b96eafc - Update to 3.9.21:
- Tests
    - gh-125041: Re-enable skipped tests for zlib on the
      s390x architecture: only skip checks of the compressed
      bytes, which can be different between zlib’s software
      implementation and the hardware-accelerated implementation.
    - gh-109396: Fix test_socket.test_hmac_sha1() in FIPS
      mode. Use a longer key: FIPS mode requires at least of at
      least 112 bits. The previous key was only 32 bits. Patch by
      Victor Stinner.
    - gh-100454: Fix SSL tests CI for OpenSSL 3.1+
  - Security
    - gh-126623: Upgrade libexpat to 2.6.4
    - gh-122792: Changed IPv4-mapped ipaddress.IPv6Address to
      consistently use the mapped IPv4 address value for deciding
      properties. Properties which have their behavior fixed are
      is_multicast, is_reserved, is_link_local, is_global, and
      is_unspecified.
  - Library
    - gh-124651: Properly quote template strings in venv
      activation scripts.
    - gh-103848: Add checks to ensure that [ bracketed ] hosts
      found by urllib.parse.urlsplit() are of IPv6 or IPvFuture
      format.
  - Documentation
    - gh-95588: Clarified the conflicting advice given in the ast
      documentation about ast.literal_eval() being “safe” for use
      on untrusted input while at the same time warning that it
      can crash the process. The latter statement is true and is
      deemed unfixable without a large amount of work unsuitable

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Notes for packagers of Python3
==============================
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.