Issue #3846: Release GIL during calls to sqlite3_prepare. This improves concurrent access to the same database file from multiple threads/processes.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index aca06f2..a31bcd5 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@
- Issue #3103: Reduced globals symbols used by sqlite3 module and made sure all
remaining ones have "pysqlite_" prefix.
+- Issue #3846: Release the GIL during sqlite3_prepare calls. This improves
+ concurrent access to the same SQLite database from multiple
+ threads/processes.
+
Tests
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