- Issue #13150, #17512: sysconfig no longer parses the Makefile and config.h
files when imported, instead doing it at build time. This makes importing
sysconfig faster and reduces Python startup time by 20%.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e2ed81c..57e0cc6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #13150, #17512: sysconfig no longer parses the Makefile and config.h
+ files when imported, instead doing it at build time. This makes importing
+ sysconfig faster and reduces Python startup time by 20%.
+
- Issue #13163: Rename operands in smtplib.SMTP._get_socket to correct names;
fixes otherwise misleading output in tracebacks and when when debug is on.