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Issue #27819: Add more detail in What's New in 3.6.

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@ -306,6 +306,16 @@ directives ``%G``, ``%u`` and ``%V``.
(Contributed by Ashley Anderson in :issue:`12006`.) (Contributed by Ashley Anderson in :issue:`12006`.)
distutils.command.sdist
-----------------------
The ``default_format`` attribute has been removed from
:class:`distutils.command.sdist.sdist` and the ``formats``
attribute defaults to ``['gztar']``. Although not anticipated,
Any code relying on the presence of ``default_format`` may
need to be adapted. See :issue:`27819` for more details.
faulthandler faulthandler
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@ -821,6 +831,19 @@ Changes in the Python API
accepting additional keyword arguments will need to adjust their calls to accepting additional keyword arguments will need to adjust their calls to
:meth:`type.__new__` (whether direct or via :class:`super`) accordingly. :meth:`type.__new__` (whether direct or via :class:`super`) accordingly.
* In :class:`distutils.command.sdist.sdist`, the ``default_format``
attribute has been removed and is no longer honored. Instead, the
gzipped tarfile format is the default on all platforms and no
platform-specific selection is made.
In environments where distributions are
built on Windows and zip distributions are required, configure
the project with a ``setup.cfg`` file containing the following::
[sdist]
formats=zip
This behavior has also been backported to earlier Python versions
by Setuptools 26.0.0.
Changes in the C API Changes in the C API
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