[Python-Dev] undocumented help() function change in Python 3.4?

[Georg Brandl]

Am 11.03.2014 08:00, schrieb Ned Deily:
> In article <lfmbjj$nka$2 at ger.gmane.org>,
>  Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>> Am 11.03.2014 06:31, schrieb Ned Deily:
>> > In article 
>> > <CADiSq7eif2yBkwR4NQLxi800CRqZWwVzmS11eNMt0PQnA23cLA at mail.gmail.com>,
>> >  Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> On 11 March 2014 11:29, R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
>> >> > The whatsnew updates (including the one for help) weren't copied into
>> >> > rc3.  They will be in final though, unless Larry forgets.
>> >> 
>> >> Oh, cool - yes, it will be good to have an up to date What's New
>> >> shipped, especially as part of the compiled Windows docs.
>> > 
>> > I was going to bring that point up today. How are all the new whatsnew 
>> > updates going to get into the 3.4.0 release?  They've, correctly, been 
>> > being pushed to the default branch.  But, AFAIK, for them to show up in 
>> > the 3.4.0 released docs we ship, all of the doc changes are going to 
>> > need to be cherry picked (or a big mass diff from the default branch) 
>> > into the 3.4 release branch, otherwise they will not be part of the 
>> > release.  (They certainly won't be part of the docs included with the 
>> > installers I build unless they are in the 3.4 releasing branch.)
>> 
>> Copying the file from default and doing just one commit in the releasing
>> branch should be the easiest way.
> 
> That covers the whatsnew file but the changes RDM have been making 
> affect other parts of the documentation and Misc/NEWS, too.

NEWS can also be copied of course.  As long as the others aren't critical
updates, just skip it for the final.

Most people read the online docs anyway.

Georg