diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index affbd82a709762..bc825c0a188b86 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION        3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION        8
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION        2
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION        3
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       1
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.8.2+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.8.3rc1"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index f1fdb7fc8617c6..ba068f0b2b9f79 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Feb 24 21:52:17 2020
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Wed Apr 29 19:18:01 2020
 topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
            '**********************\n'
            '\n'
@@ -1475,8 +1475,8 @@
           '                     | starred_and_keywords ["," '
           'keywords_arguments]\n'
           '                     | keywords_arguments\n'
-          '   positional_arguments ::= ["*"] expression ("," ["*"] '
-          'expression)*\n'
+          '   positional_arguments ::= positional_item ("," positional_item)*\n'
+          '   positional_item      ::= assignment_expression | "*" expression\n'
           '   starred_and_keywords ::= ("*" expression | keyword_item)\n'
           '                            ("," "*" expression | "," '
           'keyword_item)*\n'
@@ -1872,9 +1872,9 @@
                 '  value is false. A counter-intuitive implication is that '
                 'not-a-number\n'
                 '  values are not equal to themselves.  For example, if "x =\n'
-                '  float(\'NaN\')", "3 < x", "x < 3", "x == x", "x != x" are '
-                'all false.\n'
-                '  This behavior is compliant with IEEE 754.\n'
+                '  float(\'NaN\')", "3 < x", "x < 3" and "x == x" are all '
+                'false, while "x\n'
+                '  != x" is true.  This behavior is compliant with IEEE 754.\n'
                 '\n'
                 '* "None" and "NotImplemented" are singletons.  **PEP 8** '
                 'advises\n'
@@ -2186,8 +2186,8 @@
              '\n'
              'The "if" statement is used for conditional execution:\n'
              '\n'
-             '   if_stmt ::= "if" expression ":" suite\n'
-             '               ("elif" expression ":" suite)*\n'
+             '   if_stmt ::= "if" assignment_expression ":" suite\n'
+             '               ("elif" assignment_expression ":" suite)*\n'
              '               ["else" ":" suite]\n'
              '\n'
              'It selects exactly one of the suites by evaluating the '
@@ -2210,7 +2210,7 @@
              'an\n'
              'expression is true:\n'
              '\n'
-             '   while_stmt ::= "while" expression ":" suite\n'
+             '   while_stmt ::= "while" assignment_expression ":" suite\n'
              '                  ["else" ":" suite]\n'
              '\n'
              'This repeatedly tests the expression and, if it is true, '
@@ -3136,7 +3136,7 @@
                 '\n'
                 'When a description of an arithmetic operator below uses the '
                 'phrase\n'
-                '“the numeric arguments are converted to a common type,” this '
+                '“the numeric arguments are converted to a common type”, this '
                 'means\n'
                 'that the operator implementation for built-in types works as '
                 'follows:\n'
@@ -4402,8 +4402,8 @@
          '\n'
          'The "if" statement is used for conditional execution:\n'
          '\n'
-         '   if_stmt ::= "if" expression ":" suite\n'
-         '               ("elif" expression ":" suite)*\n'
+         '   if_stmt ::= "if" assignment_expression ":" suite\n'
+         '               ("elif" assignment_expression ":" suite)*\n'
          '               ["else" ":" suite]\n'
          '\n'
          'It selects exactly one of the suites by evaluating the expressions '
@@ -4819,7 +4819,7 @@
               '[","]\n'
               '   starred_expression ::= expression | (starred_item ",")* '
               '[starred_item]\n'
-              '   starred_item       ::= expression | "*" or_expr\n'
+              '   starred_item       ::= assignment_expression | "*" or_expr\n'
               '\n'
               'Except when part of a list or set display, an expression list\n'
               'containing at least one comma yields a tuple.  The length of '
@@ -5129,11 +5129,11 @@
                   'only\n'
                   'supported by the numeric types.\n'
                   '\n'
-                  'A general convention is that an empty format string ("""") '
+                  'A general convention is that an empty format specification '
                   'produces\n'
                   'the same result as if you had called "str()" on the value. '
                   'A non-empty\n'
-                  'format string typically modifies the result.\n'
+                  'format specification typically modifies the result.\n'
                   '\n'
                   'The general form of a *standard format specifier* is:\n'
                   '\n'
@@ -5939,19 +5939,18 @@
                'convention.\n'
                '\n'
                '"__*__"\n'
-               '   System-defined names. These names are defined by the '
-               'interpreter\n'
-               '   and its implementation (including the standard library).  '
-               'Current\n'
-               '   system names are discussed in the Special method names '
-               'section and\n'
-               '   elsewhere.  More will likely be defined in future versions '
-               'of\n'
-               '   Python.  *Any* use of "__*__" names, in any context, that '
-               'does not\n'
-               '   follow explicitly documented use, is subject to breakage '
-               'without\n'
-               '   warning.\n'
+               '   System-defined names, informally known as “dunder” names. '
+               'These\n'
+               '   names are defined by the interpreter and its '
+               'implementation\n'
+               '   (including the standard library). Current system names are\n'
+               '   discussed in the Special method names section and '
+               'elsewhere. More\n'
+               '   will likely be defined in future versions of Python.  *Any* '
+               'use of\n'
+               '   "__*__" names, in any context, that does not follow '
+               'explicitly\n'
+               '   documented use, is subject to breakage without warning.\n'
                '\n'
                '"__*"\n'
                '   Class-private names.  Names in this category, when used '
@@ -6087,19 +6086,19 @@
                 'convention.\n'
                 '\n'
                 '"__*__"\n'
-                '   System-defined names. These names are defined by the '
-                'interpreter\n'
-                '   and its implementation (including the standard library).  '
-                'Current\n'
-                '   system names are discussed in the Special method names '
-                'section and\n'
-                '   elsewhere.  More will likely be defined in future versions '
-                'of\n'
-                '   Python.  *Any* use of "__*__" names, in any context, that '
-                'does not\n'
-                '   follow explicitly documented use, is subject to breakage '
-                'without\n'
-                '   warning.\n'
+                '   System-defined names, informally known as “dunder” names. '
+                'These\n'
+                '   names are defined by the interpreter and its '
+                'implementation\n'
+                '   (including the standard library). Current system names '
+                'are\n'
+                '   discussed in the Special method names section and '
+                'elsewhere. More\n'
+                '   will likely be defined in future versions of Python.  '
+                '*Any* use of\n'
+                '   "__*__" names, in any context, that does not follow '
+                'explicitly\n'
+                '   documented use, is subject to breakage without warning.\n'
                 '\n'
                 '"__*"\n'
                 '   Class-private names.  Names in this category, when used '
@@ -6114,8 +6113,8 @@
        '\n'
        'The "if" statement is used for conditional execution:\n'
        '\n'
-       '   if_stmt ::= "if" expression ":" suite\n'
-       '               ("elif" expression ":" suite)*\n'
+       '   if_stmt ::= "if" assignment_expression ":" suite\n'
+       '               ("elif" assignment_expression ":" suite)*\n'
        '               ["else" ":" suite]\n'
        '\n'
        'It selects exactly one of the suites by evaluating the expressions '
@@ -6984,7 +6983,7 @@
             'program is represented by objects or by relations between '
             'objects. (In\n'
             'a sense, and in conformance to Von Neumann’s model of a “stored\n'
-            'program computer,” code is also represented by objects.)\n'
+            'program computer”, code is also represented by objects.)\n'
             '\n'
             'Every object has an identity, a type and a value.  An object’s\n'
             '*identity* never changes once it has been created; you may think '
@@ -9012,7 +9011,7 @@
                  '\n'
                  'If the metaclass has no "__prepare__" attribute, then the '
                  'class\n'
-                 'namespace is initialised as an empty "dict()".\n'
+                 'namespace is initialised as an empty ordered mapping.\n'
                  '\n'
                  'See also:\n'
                  '\n'
@@ -11432,6 +11431,16 @@
           '      then they can be used interchangeably to index the same\n'
           '      dictionary entry.\n'
           '\n'
+          '      Dictionaries preserve insertion order, meaning that keys will '
+          'be\n'
+          '      produced in the same order they were added sequentially over '
+          'the\n'
+          '      dictionary. Replacing an existing key does not change the '
+          'order,\n'
+          '      however removing a key and re-inserting it will add it to '
+          'the\n'
+          '      end instead of keeping its old place.\n'
+          '\n'
           '      Dictionaries are mutable; they can be created by the "{...}"\n'
           '      notation (see section Dictionary displays).\n'
           '\n'
@@ -11440,6 +11449,13 @@
           '"collections"\n'
           '      module.\n'
           '\n'
+          '      Changed in version 3.7: Dictionaries did not preserve '
+          'insertion\n'
+          '      order in versions of Python before 3.6. In CPython 3.6,\n'
+          '      insertion order was preserved, but it was considered an\n'
+          '      implementation detail at that time rather than a language\n'
+          '      guarantee.\n'
+          '\n'
           'Callable types\n'
           '   These are the types to which the function call operation (see\n'
           '   section Calls) can be applied:\n'
@@ -13589,7 +13605,7 @@
           'The "while" statement is used for repeated execution as long as an\n'
           'expression is true:\n'
           '\n'
-          '   while_stmt ::= "while" expression ":" suite\n'
+          '   while_stmt ::= "while" assignment_expression ":" suite\n'
           '                  ["else" ":" suite]\n'
           '\n'
           'This repeatedly tests the expression and, if it is true, executes '
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.3rc1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.3rc1.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f07bf9072bd616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.3rc1.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,884 @@
+.. bpo: 40121
+.. date: 2020-03-30-23-16-25
+.. nonce: p2LIio
+.. release date: 2020-04-29
+.. section: Security
+
+Fixes audit events raised on creating a new socket.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38576
+.. date: 2020-03-14-14-57-44
+.. nonce: OowwQn
+.. section: Security
+
+Disallow control characters in hostnames in http.client, addressing
+CVE-2019-18348. Such potentially malicious header injection URLs now cause a
+InvalidURL to be raised.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39503
+.. date: 2020-01-30-16-15-29
+.. nonce: B299Yq
+.. section: Security
+
+CVE-2020-8492: The :class:`~urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler` class
+of the :mod:`urllib.request` module uses an inefficient regular expression
+which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service. Fix the
+regex to prevent the catastrophic backtracking. Vulnerability reported by
+Ben Caller and Matt Schwager.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 20526
+.. date: 2020-03-23-18-08-34
+.. nonce: NHNZIv
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix :c:func:`PyThreadState_Clear()`. ``PyThreadState.frame`` is a borrowed
+reference, not a strong reference: ``PyThreadState_Clear()`` must not call
+``Py_CLEAR(tstate->frame)``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39965
+.. date: 2020-03-15-03-52-01
+.. nonce: Od3ZdP
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Correctly raise ``SyntaxError`` if *await* is used inside non-async
+functions and ``PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT`` is set (like in the asyncio
+REPL). Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39562
+.. date: 2020-03-12-22-13-50
+.. nonce: E2u273
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Allow executing asynchronous comprehensions on the top level when the
+``PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT`` flag is given. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38894
+.. date: 2020-03-06-21-04-39
+.. nonce: nfcGKv
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a bug that was causing incomplete results when calling
+``pathlib.Path.glob`` in the presence of symlinks that point to files where
+the user does not have read access. Patch by Pablo Galindo and Matt
+Wozniski.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39871
+.. date: 2020-03-06-06-12-37
+.. nonce: dCAj_2
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a possible :exc:`SystemError` in ``math.{atan2,copysign,remainder}()``
+when the first argument cannot be converted to a :class:`float`. Patch by
+Zachary Spytz.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39776
+.. date: 2020-03-02-20-12-33
+.. nonce: fNaxi_
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix race condition where threads created by PyGILState_Ensure() could get a
+duplicate id.
+
+This affects consumers of tstate->id like the contextvar caching machinery,
+which could return invalid cached objects under heavy thread load (observed
+in embedded scenarios).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39778
+.. date: 2020-03-02-19-21-21
+.. nonce: _YGLEc
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fixed a crash due to incorrect handling of weak references in
+``collections.OrderedDict`` classes. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39520
+.. date: 2020-02-02-00-12-07
+.. nonce: uicBq6
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix unparsing of ext slices with no items (``foo[:,]``). Patch by Batuhan
+Taskaya.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 22490
+.. date: 2018-09-23-16-32-58
+.. nonce: 8e0YDf
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Don't leak environment variable ``__PYVENV_LAUNCHER__`` into the interpreter
+session on macOS.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40138
+.. date: 2020-04-22-00-05-10
+.. nonce: i_oGqa
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix the Windows implementation of :func:`os.waitpid` for exit code larger
+than ``INT_MAX >> 8``. The exit status is now interpreted as an unsigned
+number.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39942
+.. date: 2020-04-20-20-16-02
+.. nonce: NvGnTc
+.. section: Library
+
+Set "__main__" as the default module name when "__name__" is missing in
+:class:`typing.TypeVar`. Patch by Weipeng Hong.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40330
+.. date: 2020-04-19-17-31-29
+.. nonce: DGjoIS
+.. section: Library
+
+In :meth:`ShareableList.__setitem__`, check the size of a new string item
+after encoding it to utf-8, not before.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40287
+.. date: 2020-04-15-17-21-48
+.. nonce: -mkEJH
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed ``SpooledTemporaryFile.seek()`` to return the position.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40260
+.. date: 2020-04-12-21-18-56
+.. nonce: F6VWaE
+.. section: Library
+
+Ensure :mod:`modulefinder` uses :func:`io.open_code` and respects coding
+comments.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40196
+.. date: 2020-04-06-11-05-13
+.. nonce: Jqowse
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a bug in the :mod:`symtable` module that was causing incorrectly report
+global variables as local. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40126
+.. date: 2020-04-04-00-47-40
+.. nonce: Y-bTNP
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed reverting multiple patches in unittest.mock. Patcher's ``__exit__()``
+is now never called if its ``__enter__()`` is failed. Returning true from
+``__exit__()`` silences now the exception.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40089
+.. date: 2020-03-27-17-22-34
+.. nonce: -lFsD0
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix threading._after_fork(): if fork was not called by a thread spawned by
+threading.Thread, threading._after_fork() now creates a _MainThread instance
+for _main_thread, instead of a _DummyThread instance.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39503
+.. date: 2020-03-25-16-02-16
+.. nonce: YmMbYn
+.. section: Library
+
+:class:`~urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler` of :mod:`urllib.request`
+now parses all WWW-Authenticate HTTP headers and accepts multiple challenges
+per header: use the realm of the first Basic challenge.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40014
+.. date: 2020-03-23-17-52-00
+.. nonce: Ya70VG
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix ``os.getgrouplist()``: if ``getgrouplist()`` function fails because the
+group list is too small, retry with a larger group list. On failure, the
+glibc implementation of ``getgrouplist()`` sets ``ngroups`` to the total
+number of groups. For other implementations, double the group list size.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40016
+.. date: 2020-03-19-19-40-27
+.. nonce: JWtxqJ
+.. section: Library
+
+In re docstring, clarify the relationship between inline and argument
+compile flags.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39953
+.. date: 2020-03-19-16-33-03
+.. nonce: yy5lC_
+.. section: Library
+
+Update internal table of OpenSSL error codes in the ``ssl`` module.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39360
+.. date: 2020-03-15-05-41-05
+.. nonce: cmcU5p
+.. section: Library
+
+Ensure all workers exit when finalizing a :class:`multiprocessing.Pool`
+implicitly via the module finalization handlers of multiprocessing. This
+fixes a deadlock situation that can be experienced when the Pool is not
+properly finalized via the context manager or a call to
+``multiprocessing.Pool.terminate``. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya and Pablo
+Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39652
+.. date: 2020-03-11-23-08-25
+.. nonce: gbasrk
+.. section: Library
+
+The column name found in ``sqlite3.Cursor.description`` is now truncated on
+the first '[' only if the PARSE_COLNAMES option is set.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39915
+.. date: 2020-03-10-19-38-47
+.. nonce: CjPeiY
+.. section: Library
+
+Ensure :attr:`unittest.mock.AsyncMock.await_args_list` has call objects in
+the order of awaited arguments instead of using
+:attr:`unittest.mock.Mock.call_args` which has the last value of the call.
+Patch by Karthikeyan Singaravelan.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38662
+.. date: 2020-03-10-15-32-31
+.. nonce: o1DMXj
+.. section: Library
+
+The ``ensurepip`` module now invokes ``pip`` via the ``runpy`` module. Hence
+it is no longer tightly coupled with the internal API of the bundled ``pip``
+version, allowing easier updates to a newer ``pip`` version both internally
+and for distributors.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39916
+.. date: 2020-03-09-18-56-27
+.. nonce: BHHyp3
+.. section: Library
+
+More reliable use of ``os.scandir()`` in ``Path.glob()``. It no longer emits
+a ResourceWarning when interrupted.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39850
+.. date: 2020-03-09-01-45-06
+.. nonce: eaJNIE
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`multiprocessing` now supports abstract socket addresses (if abstract
+sockets are supported in the running platform). Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39828
+.. date: 2020-03-05-00-57-49
+.. nonce: yWq9NJ
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :mod:`json.tool` to catch :exc:`BrokenPipeError`. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 13487
+.. date: 2020-03-04-16-10-59
+.. nonce: gqe4Fb
+.. section: Library
+
+Avoid a possible *"RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration"*
+from :func:`inspect.getmodule` when it tried to loop through
+:attr:`sys.modules`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39794
+.. date: 2020-02-29-19-17-39
+.. nonce: 7VjatS
+.. section: Library
+
+Add --without-decimal-contextvar build option.  This enables a thread-local
+rather than a coroutine local context.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39769
+.. date: 2020-02-29-13-20-33
+.. nonce: hJmxu4
+.. section: Library
+
+The :func:`compileall.compile_dir` function's *ddir* parameter and the
+compileall command line flag `-d` no longer write the wrong pathname to the
+generated pyc file for submodules beneath the root of the directory tree
+being compiled.  This fixes a regression introduced with Python 3.5.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39517
+.. date: 2020-02-29-11-20-50
+.. nonce: voQZb8
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix runpy.run_path() when using pathlike objects
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39764
+.. date: 2020-02-27-18-21-07
+.. nonce: wqPk68
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix AttributeError when calling get_stack on a PyAsyncGenObject Task
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 30566
+.. date: 2020-02-24-03-45-28
+.. nonce: qROxty
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :exc:`IndexError` when trying to decode an invalid string with punycode
+codec.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39667
+.. date: 2020-02-17-22-38-15
+.. nonce: QuzEHH
+.. section: Library
+
+Correct performance degradation in ``zipfile.Path`` as found in zipp 3.0.
+While retaining compatibility, this change discourages the use of
+``zipfile.Path.open`` due to the signature change in Python 3.9. For
+compatibility across Python 3.8 and later versions, consider using
+``zipp.Path`` on Python 3.8.x and earlier.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39548
+.. date: 2020-02-06-05-33-52
+.. nonce: DF4FFe
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix handling of header in :class:`urllib.request.AbstractDigestAuthHandler`
+when the optional ``qop`` parameter is not present.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38971
+.. date: 2019-12-20-16-06-28
+.. nonce: fKRYlF
+.. section: Library
+
+Open issue in the BPO indicated a desire to make the implementation of
+codecs.open() at parity with io.open(), which implements a try/except to
+assure file stream gets closed before an exception is raised.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38410
+.. date: 2019-10-09-08-14-25
+.. nonce: _YyoMV
+.. section: Library
+
+Properly handle :func:`sys.audit` failures in
+:func:`sys.set_asyncgen_hooks`. Based on patch by Zackery Spytz.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36541
+.. date: 2019-06-18-19-38-27
+.. nonce: XI8mi1
+.. section: Library
+
+lib2to3 now recognizes named assignment expressions (the walrus operator,
+``:=``)
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 31758
+.. date: 2017-10-14-21-02-40
+.. nonce: 563ZZb
+.. section: Library
+
+Prevent crashes when using an uninitialized ``_elementtree.XMLParser``
+object. Patch by Oren Milman.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 27635
+.. date: 2020-04-01-00-27-03
+.. nonce: VwxUty
+.. section: Documentation
+
+The pickle documentation incorrectly claimed that ``__new__`` isn't called
+by default when unpickling.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39879
+.. date: 2020-03-16-18-12-02
+.. nonce: CnQ7Cv
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Updated :ref:`datamodel` docs to include :func:`dict` insertion order
+preservation. Patch by Furkan Onder and Samy Lahfa.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39868
+.. date: 2020-03-05-16-29-03
+.. nonce: JQoHhO
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Updated the Language Reference for :pep:`572`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 13790
+.. date: 2020-02-28-14-39-25
+.. nonce: hvLaRI
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Change 'string' to 'specification' in format doc.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 17422
+.. date: 2020-02-27-17-35-27
+.. nonce: eS1hVh
+.. section: Documentation
+
+The language reference no longer restricts default class namespaces to dicts
+only.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39530
+.. date: 2020-02-23-13-26-40
+.. nonce: _bCvzQ
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Fix misleading documentation about mixed-type numeric comparisons.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39718
+.. date: 2020-02-21-22-05-20
+.. nonce: xtBoSi
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Update :mod:`token` documentation to reflect additions in Python 3.8
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39677
+.. date: 2020-02-18-14-28-31
+.. nonce: vNHqoX
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Changed operand name of **MAKE_FUNCTION** from *argc* to *flags* for module
+:mod:`dis`
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38387
+.. date: 2019-10-06-23-44-15
+.. nonce: fZoq0S
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Document :c:macro:`PyDoc_STRVAR` macro in the C-API reference.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40436
+.. date: 2020-04-29-16-08-24
+.. nonce: gDMnYl
+.. section: Tests
+
+test_gdb and test.pythoninfo now check gdb command exit code.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40162
+.. date: 2020-04-03-02-40-16
+.. nonce: v3pQW_
+.. section: Tests
+
+Update Travis CI configuration to OpenSSL 1.1.1f.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40146
+.. date: 2020-04-02-02-14-37
+.. nonce: J-Yo9G
+.. section: Tests
+
+Update OpenSSL to 1.1.1f in Azure Pipelines.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40019
+.. date: 2020-03-20-00-30-36
+.. nonce: zOqHpQ
+.. section: Tests
+
+test_gdb now skips tests if it detects that gdb failed to read debug
+information because the Python binary is optimized.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 27807
+.. date: 2020-03-18-16-04-33
+.. nonce: 9gKjET
+.. section: Tests
+
+``test_site.test_startup_imports()`` is now skipped if a path of
+:data:`sys.path` contains a ``.pth`` file.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39793
+.. date: 2020-02-29-12-58-17
+.. nonce: Og2SUN
+.. section: Tests
+
+Use the same domain when testing ``make_msgid``. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1812
+.. date: 2019-11-25-21-46-47
+.. nonce: sAbTbY
+.. section: Tests
+
+Fix newline handling in doctest.testfile when loading from a package whose
+loader has a get_data method. Patch by Peter Donis.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37957
+.. date: 2019-10-30-00-01-43
+.. nonce: X1r78F
+.. section: Tests
+
+test.regrtest now can receive a list of test patterns to ignore (using the
+-i/--ignore argument) or a file with a list of patterns to ignore (using the
+--ignore-file argument). Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38502
+.. date: 2019-10-17-00-49-38
+.. nonce: vUEic7
+.. section: Tests
+
+test.regrtest now uses process groups in the multiprocessing mode (-jN
+command line option) if process groups are available: if :func:`os.setsid`
+and :func:`os.killpg` functions are available.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38360
+.. date: 2020-04-22-02-33-54
+.. nonce: 74C68u
+.. section: Build
+
+Support single-argument form of macOS -isysroot flag.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40204
+.. date: 2020-04-09-00-19-10
+.. nonce: K-S6RZ
+.. section: Build
+
+Pin Sphinx version to 1.8.2 in ``Doc/Makefile``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40158
+.. date: 2020-04-03-17-54-33
+.. nonce: MWUTs4
+.. section: Build
+
+Fix CPython MSBuild Properties in NuGet Package (build/native/python.props)
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38527
+.. date: 2020-03-28-10-43-09
+.. nonce: fqCRgD
+.. section: Build
+
+Fix configure check on Solaris for "float word ordering": sometimes, the
+correct "grep" command was not being used. Patch by Arnon Yaari.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40164
+.. date: 2020-04-04-13-13-44
+.. nonce: SPrSn5
+.. section: Windows
+
+Updates Windows to OpenSSL 1.1.1f
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39930
+.. date: 2020-03-11-10-15-56
+.. nonce: LGHw1j
+.. section: Windows
+
+Ensures the required :file:`vcruntime140.dll` is included in install
+packages.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39847
+.. date: 2020-03-04-17-05-11
+.. nonce: C3N2m3
+.. section: Windows
+
+Avoid hang when computer is hibernated whilst waiting for a mutex (for
+lock-related objects from :mod:`threading`) around 49-day uptime.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38597
+.. date: 2020-03-01-15-04-54
+.. nonce: MnHdYl
+.. section: Windows
+
+:mod:`distutils` will no longer statically link :file:`vcruntime140.dll`
+when a redistributable version is unavailable. All future releases of
+CPython will include a copy of this DLL to ensure distributed extensions can
+continue to load.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38380
+.. date: 2020-02-28-23-51-27
+.. nonce: TpOBCj
+.. section: Windows
+
+Update Windows builds to use SQLite 3.31.1
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39789
+.. date: 2020-02-28-22-46-09
+.. nonce: 67XRoP
+.. section: Windows
+
+Update Windows release build machines to Visual Studio 2019 (MSVC 14.2).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 34803
+.. date: 2020-02-25-18-43-34
+.. nonce: S3VcS0
+.. section: Windows
+
+Package for nuget.org now includes repository reference and bundled icon
+image.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40164
+.. date: 2020-04-21-19-46-35
+.. nonce: 6HA6IC
+.. section: macOS
+
+Update macOS installer builds to use OpenSSL 1.1.1g.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38380
+.. date: 2020-02-28-23-51-47
+.. nonce: u-ySyA
+.. section: macOS
+
+Update macOS builds to use SQLite 3.31.1
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 27115
+.. date: 2020-03-09-02-45-12
+.. nonce: 8hSHMo
+.. section: IDLE
+
+For 'Go to Line', use a Query box subclass with IDLE standard behavior and
+improved error checking.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39885
+.. date: 2020-03-08-14-27-36
+.. nonce: 29ERiR
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Since clicking to get an IDLE context menu moves the cursor, any text
+selection should be and now is cleared.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39852
+.. date: 2020-03-06-01-55-14
+.. nonce: QjA1qF
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Edit "Go to line" now clears any selection, preventing accidental deletion.
+It also updates Ln and Col on the status bar.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39781
+.. date: 2020-02-27-22-17-09
+.. nonce: bbYBeL
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Selecting code context lines no longer causes a jump.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38439
+.. date: 2019-12-05-14-20-53
+.. nonce: j_L2PI
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Add a 256×256 pixel IDLE icon to support more modern environments. Created
+by Andrew Clover. Delete the unused macOS idle.icns icon file.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38689
+.. date: 2019-11-14-12-59-19
+.. nonce: Lgfxva
+.. section: IDLE
+
+IDLE will no longer freeze when inspect.signature fails when fetching a
+calltip.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40179
+.. date: 2020-04-04-19-35-22
+.. nonce: u9FH10
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Fixed translation of ``#elif`` in Argument Clinic.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36184
+.. date: 2020-03-09-13-28-13
+.. nonce: BMPJ0D
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Port python-gdb.py to FreeBSD. python-gdb.py now checks for "take_gil"
+function name to check if a frame tries to acquire the GIL, instead of
+checking for "pthread_cond_timedwait" which is specific to Linux and can be
+a different condition than the GIL.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39889
+.. date: 2020-03-07-18-01-30
+.. nonce: l1czT6
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Fixed ``unparse.py`` for extended slices containing a single element (e.g.
+``a[i:j,]``). Remove redundant tuples when index with a tuple (e.g. ``a[i,
+j]``).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 35370
+.. date: 2020-03-13-16-44-23
+.. nonce: sXRA-r
+.. section: C API
+
+If :c:func:`PySys_Audit` fails in :c:func:`PyEval_SetProfile` or
+:c:func:`PyEval_SetTrace`, log the error as an unraisable exception.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39884
+.. date: 2020-03-12-00-27-26
+.. nonce: CGOJBO
+.. section: C API
+
+:c:func:`PyDescr_NewMethod` and :c:func:`PyCFunction_NewEx` now include the
+method name in the SystemError "bad call flags" error message to ease debug.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38643
+.. date: 2020-03-08-22-56-22
+.. nonce: k2ixx6
+.. section: C API
+
+:c:func:`PyNumber_ToBase` now raises a :exc:`SystemError` instead of
+crashing when called with invalid base.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38913
+.. date: 2020-02-25-20-10-34
+.. nonce: siF1lS
+.. section: C API
+
+Fixed segfault in ``Py_BuildValue()`` called with a format containing "#"
+and undefined PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN whwn an exception is set.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-28-10-43-09.bpo-38527.fqCRgD.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-28-10-43-09.bpo-38527.fqCRgD.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-28-10-43-09.bpo-38527.fqCRgD.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix configure check on Solaris for "float word ordering": sometimes, the correct "grep" command was not being used.
-Patch by Arnon Yaari.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-04-03-17-54-33.bpo-40158.MWUTs4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-04-03-17-54-33.bpo-40158.MWUTs4.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-04-03-17-54-33.bpo-40158.MWUTs4.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix CPython MSBuild Properties in NuGet Package (build/native/python.props)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-04-09-00-19-10.bpo-40204.K-S6RZ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-04-09-00-19-10.bpo-40204.K-S6RZ.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-04-09-00-19-10.bpo-40204.K-S6RZ.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Pin Sphinx version to 1.8.2 in ``Doc/Makefile``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-04-22-02-33-54.bpo-38360.74C68u.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-04-22-02-33-54.bpo-38360.74C68u.rst
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-04-22-02-33-54.bpo-38360.74C68u.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Support single-argument form of macOS -isysroot flag.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-25-20-10-34.bpo-38913.siF1lS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-25-20-10-34.bpo-38913.siF1lS.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e4d1210315d89..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-25-20-10-34.bpo-38913.siF1lS.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed segfault in ``Py_BuildValue()`` called with a format containing "#"
-and undefined PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN whwn an exception is set.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-08-22-56-22.bpo-38643.k2ixx6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-08-22-56-22.bpo-38643.k2ixx6.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-08-22-56-22.bpo-38643.k2ixx6.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:c:func:`PyNumber_ToBase` now raises a :exc:`SystemError` instead of
-crashing when called with invalid base.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-12-00-27-26.bpo-39884.CGOJBO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-12-00-27-26.bpo-39884.CGOJBO.rst
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index c65dfdc21244a9..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-12-00-27-26.bpo-39884.CGOJBO.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:c:func:`PyDescr_NewMethod` and :c:func:`PyCFunction_NewEx` now include the
-method name in the SystemError "bad call flags" error message to ease debug.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-16-44-23.bpo-35370.sXRA-r.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-16-44-23.bpo-35370.sXRA-r.rst
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index d3f1d293b69388..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-16-44-23.bpo-35370.sXRA-r.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-If :c:func:`PySys_Audit` fails in :c:func:`PyEval_SetProfile` or
-:c:func:`PyEval_SetTrace`, log the error as an unraisable exception.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-09-23-16-32-58.bpo-22490.8e0YDf.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-09-23-16-32-58.bpo-22490.8e0YDf.rst
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index a281f024249f59..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-09-23-16-32-58.bpo-22490.8e0YDf.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Don't leak environment variable ``__PYVENV_LAUNCHER__`` into the interpreter
-session on macOS.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-02-00-12-07.bpo-39520.uicBq6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-02-00-12-07.bpo-39520.uicBq6.rst
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index dec67656fa8499..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-02-00-12-07.bpo-39520.uicBq6.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix unparsing of ext slices with no items (``foo[:,]``). Patch by Batuhan
-Taskaya.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-19-21-21.bpo-39778._YGLEc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-19-21-21.bpo-39778._YGLEc.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-19-21-21.bpo-39778._YGLEc.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed a crash due to incorrect handling of weak references in
-``collections.OrderedDict`` classes. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-20-12-33.bpo-39776.fNaxi_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-20-12-33.bpo-39776.fNaxi_.rst
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index e5a00bd96ae47a..00000000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-20-12-33.bpo-39776.fNaxi_.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Fix race condition where threads created by PyGILState_Ensure() could get a
-duplicate id.
-
-This affects consumers of tstate->id like the contextvar caching machinery,
-which could return invalid cached objects under heavy thread load (observed
-in embedded scenarios).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-06-12-37.bpo-39871.dCAj_2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-06-12-37.bpo-39871.dCAj_2.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-06-12-37.bpo-39871.dCAj_2.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix a possible :exc:`SystemError` in ``math.{atan2,copysign,remainder}()``
-when the first argument cannot be converted to a :class:`float`. Patch by
-Zachary Spytz.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-21-04-39.bpo-38894.nfcGKv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-21-04-39.bpo-38894.nfcGKv.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-21-04-39.bpo-38894.nfcGKv.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug that was causing incomplete results when calling
-``pathlib.Path.glob`` in the presence of symlinks that point
-to files where the user does not have read access. Patch by Pablo
-Galindo and Matt Wozniski.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-12-22-13-50.bpo-39562.E2u273.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-12-22-13-50.bpo-39562.E2u273.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-12-22-13-50.bpo-39562.E2u273.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Allow executing asynchronous comprehensions on the top level when the
-``PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT`` flag is given. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-03-52-01.bpo-39965.Od3ZdP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-03-52-01.bpo-39965.Od3ZdP.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-03-52-01.bpo-39965.Od3ZdP.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Correctly raise ``SyntaxError`` if *await* is used inside non-async
-functions and ``PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT`` is set (like in the asyncio
-REPL). Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-23-18-08-34.bpo-20526.NHNZIv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-23-18-08-34.bpo-20526.NHNZIv.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-23-18-08-34.bpo-20526.NHNZIv.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix :c:func:`PyThreadState_Clear()`. ``PyThreadState.frame`` is a borrowed
-reference, not a strong reference: ``PyThreadState_Clear()`` must not call
-``Py_CLEAR(tstate->frame)``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-10-06-23-44-15.bpo-38387.fZoq0S.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-10-06-23-44-15.bpo-38387.fZoq0S.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-10-06-23-44-15.bpo-38387.fZoq0S.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Document :c:macro:`PyDoc_STRVAR` macro in the C-API reference.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-18-14-28-31.bpo-39677.vNHqoX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-18-14-28-31.bpo-39677.vNHqoX.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-18-14-28-31.bpo-39677.vNHqoX.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Changed operand name of **MAKE_FUNCTION** from *argc* to *flags* for module :mod:`dis`
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-21-22-05-20.bpo-39718.xtBoSi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-21-22-05-20.bpo-39718.xtBoSi.rst
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-Fix misleading documentation about mixed-type numeric comparisons.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-27-17-35-27.bpo-17422.eS1hVh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-27-17-35-27.bpo-17422.eS1hVh.rst
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-The language reference no longer restricts default class namespaces to dicts
-only.
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-Change 'string' to 'specification' in format doc.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-05-16-29-03.bpo-39868.JQoHhO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-05-16-29-03.bpo-39868.JQoHhO.rst
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-Updated the Language Reference for :pep:`572`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-16-18-12-02.bpo-39879.CnQ7Cv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-16-18-12-02.bpo-39879.CnQ7Cv.rst
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-Updated :ref:`datamodel` docs to include :func:`dict` insertion order preservation.
-Patch by Furkan Onder and Samy Lahfa.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-04-01-00-27-03.bpo-27635.VwxUty.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-04-01-00-27-03.bpo-27635.VwxUty.rst
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-The pickle documentation incorrectly claimed that ``__new__`` isn't called by
-default when unpickling.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-14-12-59-19.bpo-38689.Lgfxva.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-14-12-59-19.bpo-38689.Lgfxva.rst
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-IDLE will no longer freeze when inspect.signature fails when fetching
-a calltip.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-12-05-14-20-53.bpo-38439.j_L2PI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-12-05-14-20-53.bpo-38439.j_L2PI.rst
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-Add a 256×256 pixel IDLE icon to support more modern environments. Created by Andrew Clover.
-Delete the unused macOS idle.icns icon file.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-02-27-22-17-09.bpo-39781.bbYBeL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-02-27-22-17-09.bpo-39781.bbYBeL.rst
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-Selecting code context lines no longer causes a jump.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-06-01-55-14.bpo-39852.QjA1qF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-06-01-55-14.bpo-39852.QjA1qF.rst
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-Edit "Go to line" now clears any selection, preventing accidental deletion.
-It also updates Ln and Col on the status bar.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-08-14-27-36.bpo-39885.29ERiR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-08-14-27-36.bpo-39885.29ERiR.rst
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-Since clicking to get an IDLE context menu moves the cursor,
-any text selection should be and now is cleared.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-09-02-45-12.bpo-27115.8hSHMo.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-09-02-45-12.bpo-27115.8hSHMo.rst
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-For 'Go to Line', use a Query box subclass with IDLE standard behavior
-and improved error checking.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-10-14-21-02-40.bpo-31758.563ZZb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-10-14-21-02-40.bpo-31758.563ZZb.rst
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-Prevent crashes when using an uninitialized ``_elementtree.XMLParser``
-object. Patch by Oren Milman.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-06-18-19-38-27.bpo-36541.XI8mi1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-06-18-19-38-27.bpo-36541.XI8mi1.rst
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-lib2to3 now recognizes named assignment expressions (the walrus operator,
-``:=``)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-10-09-08-14-25.bpo-38410._YyoMV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-10-09-08-14-25.bpo-38410._YyoMV.rst
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-Properly handle :func:`sys.audit` failures in
-:func:`sys.set_asyncgen_hooks`. Based on patch by Zackery Spytz.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-20-16-06-28.bpo-38971.fKRYlF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-20-16-06-28.bpo-38971.fKRYlF.rst
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-Open issue in the BPO indicated a desire to make the implementation of
-codecs.open() at parity with io.open(), which implements a try/except to
-assure file stream gets closed before an exception is raised.
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-Fix handling of header in :class:`urllib.request.AbstractDigestAuthHandler` when the optional ``qop`` parameter
-is not present.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-17-22-38-15.bpo-39667.QuzEHH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-17-22-38-15.bpo-39667.QuzEHH.rst
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-Correct performance degradation in ``zipfile.Path`` as found in zipp 3.0. While retaining compatibility, this change discourages the use of ``zipfile.Path.open`` due to the signature change in Python 3.9. For compatibility across Python 3.8 and later versions, consider using ``zipp.Path`` on Python 3.8.x and earlier.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-24-03-45-28.bpo-30566.qROxty.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-24-03-45-28.bpo-30566.qROxty.rst
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-Fix :exc:`IndexError` when trying to decode an invalid string with punycode
-codec.
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-Fix AttributeError when calling get_stack on a PyAsyncGenObject Task
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-Fix runpy.run_path() when using pathlike objects
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-The :func:`compileall.compile_dir` function's *ddir* parameter and the
-compileall command line flag `-d` no longer write the wrong pathname to the
-generated pyc file for submodules beneath the root of the directory tree
-being compiled.  This fixes a regression introduced with Python 3.5.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-29-19-17-39.bpo-39794.7VjatS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-29-19-17-39.bpo-39794.7VjatS.rst
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-Add --without-decimal-contextvar build option.  This enables a thread-local
-rather than a coroutine local context.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-04-16-10-59.bpo-13487.gqe4Fb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-04-16-10-59.bpo-13487.gqe4Fb.rst
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-Avoid a possible *"RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration"*
-from :func:`inspect.getmodule` when it tried to loop through
-:attr:`sys.modules`.
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-Fix :mod:`json.tool` to catch :exc:`BrokenPipeError`. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-09-01-45-06.bpo-39850.eaJNIE.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-09-01-45-06.bpo-39850.eaJNIE.rst
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-:mod:`multiprocessing` now supports abstract socket addresses (if abstract sockets
-are supported in the running platform). Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-09-18-56-27.bpo-39916.BHHyp3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-09-18-56-27.bpo-39916.BHHyp3.rst
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-More reliable use of ``os.scandir()`` in ``Path.glob()``. It no longer emits
-a ResourceWarning when interrupted.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-15-32-31.bpo-38662.o1DMXj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-15-32-31.bpo-38662.o1DMXj.rst
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-The ``ensurepip`` module now invokes ``pip`` via the ``runpy`` module.
-Hence it is no longer tightly coupled with the internal API of the bundled
-``pip`` version, allowing easier updates to a newer ``pip`` version both
-internally and for distributors.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-19-38-47.bpo-39915.CjPeiY.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-19-38-47.bpo-39915.CjPeiY.rst
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-Ensure :attr:`unittest.mock.AsyncMock.await_args_list` has call objects in
-the order of awaited arguments instead of using
-:attr:`unittest.mock.Mock.call_args` which has the last value of the call.
-Patch by Karthikeyan Singaravelan.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-11-23-08-25.bpo-39652.gbasrk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-11-23-08-25.bpo-39652.gbasrk.rst
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-The column name found in ``sqlite3.Cursor.description`` is now truncated on
-the first '[' only if the PARSE_COLNAMES option is set.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-15-05-41-05.bpo-39360.cmcU5p.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-15-05-41-05.bpo-39360.cmcU5p.rst
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-Ensure all workers exit when finalizing a :class:`multiprocessing.Pool` implicitly via the module finalization
-handlers of multiprocessing. This fixes a deadlock situation that can be experienced when the Pool is not
-properly finalized via the context manager or a call to ``multiprocessing.Pool.terminate``. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya
-and Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-19-16-33-03.bpo-39953.yy5lC_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-19-16-33-03.bpo-39953.yy5lC_.rst
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-Update internal table of OpenSSL error codes in the ``ssl`` module.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-19-19-40-27.bpo-40016.JWtxqJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-19-19-40-27.bpo-40016.JWtxqJ.rst
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-In re docstring, clarify the relationship between inline and argument compile flags.
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-Fix ``os.getgrouplist()``: if ``getgrouplist()`` function fails because the
-group list is too small, retry with a larger group list. On failure, the glibc
-implementation of ``getgrouplist()`` sets ``ngroups`` to the total number of
-groups. For other implementations, double the group list size.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-25-16-02-16.bpo-39503.YmMbYn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-25-16-02-16.bpo-39503.YmMbYn.rst
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-:class:`~urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler` of :mod:`urllib.request`
-now parses all WWW-Authenticate HTTP headers and accepts multiple challenges
-per header: use the realm of the first Basic challenge.
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-Fix threading._after_fork(): if fork was not called by a thread spawned by
-threading.Thread, threading._after_fork() now creates a _MainThread instance
-for _main_thread, instead of a _DummyThread instance.
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-Fixed reverting multiple patches in unittest.mock. Patcher's ``__exit__()``
-is now never called if its ``__enter__()`` is failed. Returning true from
-``__exit__()`` silences now the exception.
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-Fix a bug in the :mod:`symtable` module that was causing incorrectly report
-global variables as local. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
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-Ensure :mod:`modulefinder` uses :func:`io.open_code` and respects coding comments.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-15-17-21-48.bpo-40287.-mkEJH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-15-17-21-48.bpo-40287.-mkEJH.rst
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-Fixed ``SpooledTemporaryFile.seek()`` to return the position.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-19-17-31-29.bpo-40330.DGjoIS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-19-17-31-29.bpo-40330.DGjoIS.rst
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-In :meth:`ShareableList.__setitem__`, check the size of a new string item
-after encoding it to utf-8, not before.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-20-20-16-02.bpo-39942.NvGnTc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-20-20-16-02.bpo-39942.NvGnTc.rst
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-Set "__main__" as the default module name when "__name__" is missing in
-:class:`typing.TypeVar`. Patch by Weipeng Hong.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-22-00-05-10.bpo-40138.i_oGqa.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-04-22-00-05-10.bpo-40138.i_oGqa.rst
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-Fix the Windows implementation of :func:`os.waitpid` for exit code larger than
-``INT_MAX >> 8``. The exit status is now interpreted as an unsigned number.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-01-30-16-15-29.bpo-39503.B299Yq.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-01-30-16-15-29.bpo-39503.B299Yq.rst
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-CVE-2020-8492: The :class:`~urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler` class of the
-:mod:`urllib.request` module uses an inefficient regular expression which can
-be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service. Fix the regex to
-prevent the catastrophic backtracking. Vulnerability reported by Ben Caller
-and Matt Schwager.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-03-14-14-57-44.bpo-38576.OowwQn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-03-14-14-57-44.bpo-38576.OowwQn.rst
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-Disallow control characters in hostnames in http.client, addressing CVE-2019-18348. Such potentially malicious header injection URLs now cause a InvalidURL to be raised.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-03-30-23-16-25.bpo-40121.p2LIio.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-03-30-23-16-25.bpo-40121.p2LIio.rst
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-Fixes audit events raised on creating a new socket.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-10-17-00-49-38.bpo-38502.vUEic7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-10-17-00-49-38.bpo-38502.vUEic7.rst
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-test.regrtest now uses process groups in the multiprocessing mode (-jN command
-line option) if process groups are available: if :func:`os.setsid` and
-:func:`os.killpg` functions are available.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-10-30-00-01-43.bpo-37957.X1r78F.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-10-30-00-01-43.bpo-37957.X1r78F.rst
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-test.regrtest now can receive a list of test patterns to ignore (using the
--i/--ignore argument) or a file with a list of patterns to ignore (using the
---ignore-file argument). Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-11-25-21-46-47.bpo-1812.sAbTbY.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-11-25-21-46-47.bpo-1812.sAbTbY.rst
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-Fix newline handling in doctest.testfile when loading from a package whose
-loader has a get_data method. Patch by Peter Donis.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-02-29-12-58-17.bpo-39793.Og2SUN.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-02-29-12-58-17.bpo-39793.Og2SUN.rst
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-Use the same domain when testing ``make_msgid``. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-18-16-04-33.bpo-27807.9gKjET.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-18-16-04-33.bpo-27807.9gKjET.rst
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-``test_site.test_startup_imports()`` is now skipped if a path of
-:data:`sys.path` contains a ``.pth`` file.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-20-00-30-36.bpo-40019.zOqHpQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-20-00-30-36.bpo-40019.zOqHpQ.rst
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-test_gdb now skips tests if it detects that gdb failed to read debug
-information because the Python binary is optimized.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-04-02-02-14-37.bpo-40146.J-Yo9G.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-04-02-02-14-37.bpo-40146.J-Yo9G.rst
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-Update OpenSSL to 1.1.1f in Azure Pipelines.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-04-03-02-40-16.bpo-40162.v3pQW_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-04-03-02-40-16.bpo-40162.v3pQW_.rst
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-Update Travis CI configuration to OpenSSL 1.1.1f.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-04-29-16-08-24.bpo-40436.gDMnYl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-04-29-16-08-24.bpo-40436.gDMnYl.rst
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-test_gdb and test.pythoninfo now check gdb command exit code.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2020-03-07-18-01-30.bpo-39889.l1czT6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2020-03-07-18-01-30.bpo-39889.l1czT6.rst
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-Fixed ``unparse.py`` for extended slices containing a single element (e.g.
-``a[i:j,]``). Remove redundant tuples when index with a tuple (e.g. ``a[i,
-j]``).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2020-03-09-13-28-13.bpo-36184.BMPJ0D.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2020-03-09-13-28-13.bpo-36184.BMPJ0D.rst
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-Port python-gdb.py to FreeBSD. python-gdb.py now checks for "take_gil"
-function name to check if a frame tries to acquire the GIL, instead of
-checking for "pthread_cond_timedwait" which is specific to Linux and can be
-a different condition than the GIL.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2020-04-04-19-35-22.bpo-40179.u9FH10.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2020-04-04-19-35-22.bpo-40179.u9FH10.rst
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-Fixed translation of ``#elif`` in Argument Clinic.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-25-18-43-34.bpo-34803.S3VcS0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-25-18-43-34.bpo-34803.S3VcS0.rst
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-Package for nuget.org now includes repository reference and bundled icon
-image.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-28-22-46-09.bpo-39789.67XRoP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-28-22-46-09.bpo-39789.67XRoP.rst
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-Update Windows release build machines to Visual Studio 2019 (MSVC 14.2).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-28-23-51-27.bpo-38380.TpOBCj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-28-23-51-27.bpo-38380.TpOBCj.rst
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-Update Windows builds to use SQLite 3.31.1
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-01-15-04-54.bpo-38597.MnHdYl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-01-15-04-54.bpo-38597.MnHdYl.rst
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-:mod:`distutils` will no longer statically link :file:`vcruntime140.dll`
-when a redistributable version is unavailable. All future releases of
-CPython will include a copy of this DLL to ensure distributed extensions can
-continue to load.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-04-17-05-11.bpo-39847.C3N2m3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-04-17-05-11.bpo-39847.C3N2m3.rst
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-Avoid hang when computer is hibernated whilst waiting for a mutex (for
-lock-related objects from :mod:`threading`) around 49-day uptime.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-11-10-15-56.bpo-39930.LGHw1j.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-11-10-15-56.bpo-39930.LGHw1j.rst
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-Ensures the required :file:`vcruntime140.dll` is included in install
-packages.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-04-04-13-13-44.bpo-40164.SPrSn5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-04-04-13-13-44.bpo-40164.SPrSn5.rst
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-Updates Windows to OpenSSL 1.1.1f
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-02-28-23-51-47.bpo-38380.u-ySyA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-02-28-23-51-47.bpo-38380.u-ySyA.rst
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-Update macOS builds to use SQLite 3.31.1
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-04-21-19-46-35.bpo-40164.6HA6IC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-04-21-19-46-35.bpo-40164.6HA6IC.rst
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-Update macOS installer builds to use OpenSSL 1.1.1g.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index cf74d1d8ee6b32..8bf81f0066f0fa 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.8.2
-============================
+This is Python version 3.8.3rc1
+===============================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=3.8
    :alt: CPython build status on Travis CI