- Issue #14701: Fix missing support for 'raise ... from' in parser module.
+- Add support for timeouts to the acquire() methods of
+ multiprocessing's lock/semaphore/condition proxies.
+
+- Issue #13989: Add support for text mode to gzip.open().
+
+- Issue #14127: The os.stat() result object now provides three additional
+ fields: st_ctime_ns, st_mtime_ns, and st_atime_ns, providing those times as an
+ integer with nanosecond resolution. The functions os.utime(), os.lutimes(),
+ and os.futimes() now accept a new parameter, ns, which accepts mtime and atime
+ as integers with nanosecond resolution.
+
+- Issue #14127 and #10148: shutil.copystat now preserves exact mtime and atime
+ on filesystems providing nanosecond resolution.
+
+Tools/Demos
+-----------
+
+- Issue #14695: Bring Tools/parser/unparse.py support up to date with
+ the Python 3.3 Grammar.
+
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue #14472: Update .gitignore. Patch by Matej Cepl.
+
+- Upgrade Windows library versions: bzip 1.0.6, OpenSSL 1.0.1c.
+
+- Issue #14693: Under non-Windows platforms, hashlib's fallback modules are
+ always compiled, even if OpenSSL is present at build time.
+
+- Issue #13210: Windows build now uses VS2010, ported from VS2008.
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+- Issue #14588: The language reference now accurately documents the Python 3
+ class definition process. Patch by Nick Coghlan.
+
++- Issue #14943: Correct a default argument value for winreg.OpenKey
++ and correctly list the argument names in the function's explanation.
+
+
+What's New in Python 3.3.0 Alpha 3?
+===================================
+
+*Release date: 01-May-2012*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+- Issue #14699: Fix calling the classmethod descriptor directly.
+
+- Issue #14433: Prevent msvcrt crash in interactive prompt when stdin is closed.
+
+- Issue #14521: Make result of float('nan') and float('-nan') more consistent
+ across platforms.
+
+- Issue #14646: __import__() sets __loader__ if the loader did not.
+
+- Issue #14605: No longer have implicit entries in sys.meta_path. If
+ sys.meta_path is found to be empty, raise ImportWarning.
+
+- Issue #14605: No longer have implicit entries in sys.path_hooks. If
+ sys.path_hooks is found to be empty, a warning will be raised. None is now
+ inserted into sys.path_importer_cache if no finder was discovered. This also
+ means imp.NullImporter is no longer implicitly used.
+
+- Issue #13903: Implement PEP 412. Individual dictionary instances can now share
+ their keys with other dictionaries. Classes take advantage of this to share
+ their instance dictionary keys for improved memory and performance.
+
+- Issue #11603 (again): Setting __repr__ to __str__ now raises a RuntimeError
+ when repr() or str() is called on such an object.
+
+- Issue #14658: Fix binding a special method to a builtin implementation of a
+ special method with a different name.
+
+- Issue #14630: Fix a memory access bug for instances of a subclass of int
+ with value 0.
+
+- Issue #14339: Speed improvements to bin, oct and hex functions. Patch by
+ Serhiy Storchaka.
+
+- Issue #14098: New functions PyErr_GetExcInfo and PyErr_SetExcInfo.
+ Patch by Stefan Behnel.
+
+- Issue #14385: It is now possible to use a custom type for the __builtins__
+ namespace, instead of a dict. It can be used for sandboxing for example.
+ Raise also a NameError instead of ImportError if __build_class__ name if not
+ found in __builtins__.
+
+- Issue #12599: Be more strict in accepting None compared to a false-like
+ object for importlib.util.module_for_loader and
+ importlib.machinery.PathFinder.
+
+- Issue #14612: Fix jumping around with blocks by setting f_lineno.
+
+- Issue #14592: Attempting a relative import w/o __package__ or __name__ set in
+ globals raises a KeyError.
+
+- Issue #14607: Fix keyword-only arguments which started with ``__``.
+
+- Issue #10854: The ImportError raised when an extension module on Windows
+ fails to import now uses the new path and name attributes from
+ Issue #1559549.
+
+- Issue #13889: Check and (if necessary) set FPU control word before calling
+ any of the dtoa.c string <-> float conversion functions, on MSVC builds of
+ Python. This fixes issues when embedding Python in a Delphi app.
+
+- __import__() now matches PEP 328 and documentation by defaulting 'index' to 0
+ instead of -1 and removing support for negative values.
+
+- Issue #2377: Make importlib the implementation of __import__().
+
+- Issue #1559549: ImportError now has 'name' and 'path' attributes that are set
+ using keyword arguments to its constructor. They are currently not set by
+ import as they are meant for use by importlib.
+
+- Issue #14474: Save and restore exception state in thread.start_new_thread()
+ while writing error message if the thread leaves a unhandled exception.
+
+- Issue #13019: Fix potential reference leaks in bytearray.extend(). Patch
+ by Suman Saha.
+
+Library
+-------
+
+- Issue #14768: os.path.expanduser('~/a') doesn't works correctly when HOME is '/'.
+
+- Issue #14371: Support bzip2 in zipfile module. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
+
- Issue #13183: Fix pdb skipping frames after hitting a breakpoint and running
step. Patch by Xavier de Gaye.
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