From: Brian Curtin <brian@python.org>
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:11:14 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Add NEWS entry for fixing #11939
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.0a1~1769
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=501c8f915fcebc91a7d3fe766e1c05ca6643e608;p=python

Add NEWS entry for fixing #11939
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f626c41d0f..da6fe29a66 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.4.0 Alpha 1?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #11939: Set the st_dev attribute of stat_result to allow Windows to
+  take advantage of the os.path.samefile/sameopenfile/samestat implementations
+  used by other platforms.
+
 - Issue #16772: The int() constructor's second argument (base) no longer
   accepts non integer values.  Consistent with the behavior in Python 2.