[Python-Dev] usefulness of "extension modules" section in Misc/NEWS

[Brett Cannon]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 6:02 AM, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 10:56:51 +0100
> Charles-François Natali <cf.natali at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > What's exactly the guideline for choosing between the "Library" and
> > "Extension modules" section when updating Misc/NEWS?
> > Is it just the fact that the modified files live under Lib/ or Modules/?
> >
> > I've frequently made a mistake when updating Misc/NEWS, and when
> > looking at it, I'm not the only one.
> >
> > Is there really a good reason for having distinct sections?
> >
> > If the intended audience for this file are end users, ISTM that the
> > only things that matters is that it's a library change, the fact that
> > the modification impacted Python/C code isn't really relevant.
>
> Agreed. I think "we" should merge them (for some value of a motivated
> we :-)).
>

"We" is "me" and it was a 2 line delete in 1fabff717ef4
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