[Python-checkins] cpython: whatsnew: porting note for sysconfig 'SO' key deprecation.

[r.david.murray]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/39b2679ec4e5
changeset:   89548:39b2679ec4e5
user:        R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
date:        Sun Mar 09 20:39:52 2014 -0400
summary:
  whatsnew: porting note for sysconfig 'SO' key deprecation.

files:
  Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst |  5 +++++
  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -2249,6 +2249,11 @@
   future have no default, all calls to :func:`hmac.new` should be changed to
   explicitly specify a *digestmod* (:issue:`17276`).
 
+* Calling :func:`sysconfig.get_config_var` with the ``SO`` key, or looking
+  ``SO`` up in the results of a call to :func:`sysconfig.get_config_vars`
+  is deprecated.  This key should be replaced by ``EXT_SUFFIX`` or
+  ``SHLIB_SUFFIX``, depending on the context (:issue:`19555`).
+
 * Any calls to ``open`` functions that specify ``U`` should be modified.
   ``U`` is ineffective in Python3 and will eventually raise an error if used.
   Depending on the function, the equivalent of its old Python2 behavior can be

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/cpython