Python 3.11.0a3

Include/patchlevel.h

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION        11
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION        0
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       2
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       3
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.11.0a2+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.11.0a3"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-10-21-14-38-30.bpo-45561.PVqhZE.rst

-Run smelly.py tool from $(srcdir).

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-03-00-19-50.bpo-45696.eKs46f.rst

-Skip the marshal step for frozen modules by generating C code that produces a set of ready-to-use code objects. This speeds up startup time by another 10% or more.
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Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-05-15-09-49.bpo-45723.gfSxur.rst

-configure.ac now uses custom helper macros and ``AC_CACHE_CHECK`` to
-simplify and speed up configure runs.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-05-20-56-29.bpo-45731.9SDnDf.rst

-``configure --enable-loadable-sqlite-extensions`` is now handled by new ``PY_SQLITE_ENABLE_LOAD_EXTENSION`` macro instead of logic in setup.py.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-07-10-36-12.bpo-45723.JNwKSG.rst

-``configure`` now prints a warning when pkg-config is missing.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-07-10-45-40.bpo-45723.AreusF.rst

-``configure.ac`` is now compatible with autoconf 2.71. Deprecated checks
-``STDC_HEADERS`` and ``AC_HEADER_TIME`` have been removed.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-08-08-58-06.bpo-45743.fZ8CTi.rst

-On macOS, the build system no longer passes ``search_paths_first`` to the
-linker. The flag has been the default since Xcode 4 / macOS 10.6.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-08-11-31-48.bpo-45747.AODmk_.rst

-gdbm and dbm build dependencies are now detected by ``configure``.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-09-10-15-33.bpo-45763.gP-vrX.rst

-The build dependencies for :mod:`zlib`, :mod:`bz2`, and :mod:`lzma` are now
-detected by ``configure``.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-09-23-30-12.bpo-45774.Mwm3ZR.rst

-The build dependencies for :mod:`sqlite3` are now detected by ``configure`` and
-``pkg-config``. Patch by Erlend E. Aasland.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-10-16-13-02.bpo-45723.B5gCB1.rst

-:program:`configure` has a new option ``--with-pkg-config`` to disable or
-require pkg-config.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-13-10-18-22.bpo-45798.IraaTs.rst

-Settings for :mod:`decimal` internal C extension are now detected by
-``configure``. The bundled ``libmpdec`` library is built in ``Makefile``.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-13-16-40-05.bpo-45800.5Hz6nr.rst

-Settings for :mod:`pyexpat` C extension are now detected by ``configure``.
-The bundled ``expat`` library is built in ``Makefile``.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-16-14-44-06.bpo-45816.nbdmVK.rst

-Python now supports building with Visual Studio 2022 (MSVC v143, VS Version 17.0). Patch by Jeremiah Vivian.
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Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-17-19-02-51.bpo-45573.GMNdun.rst

-``configure`` now uses a unified format to set state, compiler flags, and
-linker flags in Makefile. The new macro ``PY_STDLIB_MOD`` sets three
-variables that are consumed by ``Modules/Setup`` and ``setup.py``.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-18-12-18-43.bpo-45573.xsMZzn.rst

-``configure`` now creates ``Modules/Setup.stdlib`` with conditionally
-enabled/disabled extension module lines. The file is not used, yet.

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-11-18-13-31-02.bpo-45573.LCjGB8.rst

-Mandatory core modules, that are required to bootstrap Python, are now in
-``Modules/Setup.bootstrap``.