bpo-37284: Add note to sys.implementation doc (GH-14328)

Add a brief note to indicate that any new required attributes must go through the PEP process.

https://bugs.python.org/issue37284
(cherry picked from commit 52693c10e82622d883433b779a45d0bd792f17ed)

Co-authored-by: Giovanni Cappellotto <gcappellotto@fb.com>

diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
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@@ -883,6 +883,10 @@ always available.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
+   .. note::
+
+      The addition of new required attributes must go through the normal PEP
+      process. See :pep:`421` for more information.
 
 .. data:: int_info
 

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-13-12-58-20.bpo-37284.rP8WpB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-07-13-12-58-20.bpo-37284.rP8WpB.rst
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+Add a brief note to indicate that any new ``sys.implementation`` required attributes must go through the PEP process.
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