changeset:   103282:bd5b38e3db1a
user:        R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>
date:        Wed Sep 07 21:21:58 2016 -0400
files:       Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst Misc/NEWS
description:
#24277: What's New and news entries for previous commit.


diff -r b97118691363 -r bd5b38e3db1a Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Wed Sep 07 21:15:59 2016 -0400
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst	Wed Sep 07 21:21:58 2016 -0400
@@ -462,6 +462,11 @@
 email
 -----
 
+The new email API, enabled via the *policy* keyword to various constructors, is
+no longer provisional.  The :mod:`email` documentation has been reorganized and
+rewritten to focus on the new API, while retaining the old documentation for
+the legacy API.  (Contributed by R. David Murray in :issue:`24277`.)
+
 The :mod:`email.mime` classes now all accept an optional *policy* keyword.
 (Contributed by Berker Peksag in :issue:`27331`.)
 
diff -r b97118691363 -r bd5b38e3db1a Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS	Wed Sep 07 21:15:59 2016 -0400
+++ b/Misc/NEWS	Wed Sep 07 21:21:58 2016 -0400
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #24277: The new email API is no longer provisional, and the docs
+  have been reorganized and rewritten to emphasize the new API.
+
 - lib2to3.pgen3.driver.load_grammar() now creates a stable cache file
   between runs given the same Grammar.txt input regardless of the hash
   randomization setting.