[Python-checkins] r77932 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst

[tarek.ziade]

Author: tarek.ziade
Date: Wed Feb  3 00:43:21 2010
New Revision: 77932

Log:
Merged revisions 77930 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r77930 | tarek.ziade | 2010-02-03 00:39:40 +0100 (Wed, 03 Feb 2010) | 1 line
  
  added a note in the whatsnew file for sysconfig
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   python/branches/py3k/   (props changed)
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst	Wed Feb  3 00:43:21 2010
@@ -825,6 +825,14 @@
 .. ======================================================================
 .. whole new modules get described in subsections here
 
+* XXX A new :mod:`sysconfig` module has been extracted from :mod:`distutils`
+  and put in the standard library.
+
+  The :mod:`sysconfig` module provides access to Python's configuration
+  information like the list of installation paths and the configuration
+  variables relevant for the current platform.
+
+
 Unit Testing Enhancements
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