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Matej Cepl 0b9e0525eb - Update to 3.14.0~b1:
- Tools/Demos
    - gh-130453: Allow passing multiple keyword arguments with
      the same function name in pygettext.
    - gh-130195: Add warning messages when pygettext
      unimplemented -a/--extract-all option is called.
  - Tests
    - gh-133131: The iOS testbed will now select the most
      recently released “SE-class” device for testing if a device
      isn’t explicitly specified.
    - gh-91048: Add ability to externally inspect all pending
      asyncio tasks, even if no task is currently entered on the
      event loop.
    - gh-109981: The test helper that counts the list of open
      file descriptors now uses the optimised /dev/fd approach on
      all Apple platforms, not just macOS. This avoids crashes
      caused by guarded file descriptors.
    - gh-132678: Add --prioritize to -m test. This option allows
      the user to specify which selected tests should execute
      first, even if the order is otherwise randomized. This is
      particularly useful for tests that run the longest.
    - gh-131290: Tests in Lib/test can now be correctly executed
      as standalone scripts.
  - Security
    - gh-115322: The underlying extension modules behind
      readline:, subprocess, and ctypes now raise audit events
      on previously uncovered code paths that could lead to file
      system access related to C function calling and external
      binary execution. The ctypes.call_function audit hook has
      also been fixed to use an unsigned value for its function

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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.