Fixed #6377: distutils compiler switch ignored (and added a deprecation warning if compiler is not used as supposed = a string option)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e18fe3c..65efcfc 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@
Library
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+- Issue #6377: Enabled the compiler option, and deprecate its usage as an
+ attribute.
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- Issue #6413: Fixed the log level in distutils.dist for announce.
- Issue #3392: The subprocess communicate() method no longer fails in select()