Close #20563: Declare ipaddress API stable

diff --git a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
index 7c62750f81308856f43568677da4a73ec5e24cba..9ccf2625fa79ea7a5fe94c3e595d66a98a6b8b2a 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@
 
 --------------
 
-.. note::
-
-   The ``ipaddress`` module has been included in the standard library on a
-   :term:`provisional basis <provisional package>`. Backwards incompatible
-   changes (up to and including removal of the package) may occur if deemed
-   necessary by the core developers.
-
 :mod:`ipaddress` provides the capabilities to create, manipulate and
 operate on IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and networks.
 

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index ac3e47afd473df88df66ce0369ef28031a5d20a7..0be186381ab4ce30085d74a8708c9b995f66f119 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Significantly Improved Library Modules:
   handling <whatsnew_email_contentmanager>` (:issue:`18891`).
 * :mod:`plistlib` has a cleaned up interface and support for binary
   plist files (:issue:`14455`)
+* The :mod:`ipaddress` module API has been declared stable
 
 CPython implementation improvements:
 
@@ -840,6 +841,16 @@ which adds support for functions compiled with Cython. (Contributed
 by Stefan Behnel and Yury Selivanov in :issue:`17159`)
 
 
+ipaddress
+---------
+
+:mod:`ipaddress` was added to the standard library in Python 3.3 as a
+:term:`provisional API`. With the release of Python 3.4, this qualification
+has been removed: :mod:`ipaddress` is now considered a stable API, covered
+by the normal standard library requirements to maintain backwards
+compatibility.
+
+
 logging
 -------
 

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4d8e4c90d30ec5d92ba4fd8a353b50cdb9310f79..a3fef604df9092ec63bf946ca5abbfd25bdebf62 100644 (file)
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #20563: The ipaddress module API is now considered stable.
+
 - Issue #14983: email.generator now always adds a line end after each MIME
   boundary marker, instead of doing so only when there is an epilogue.  This
   fixes an RFC compliance bug and solves an issue with signed MIME parts.