Issue #5799: ntpath (ie, os.path on Windows) fully supports UNC pathnames.
By Larry Hastings, reviewed eric.smith and mark.hammond.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #5799: ntpath (ie, os.path on Windows) fully supports UNC pathnames
+ in all operations, including splitdrive, split, etc. splitunc() now issues
+ a PendingDeprecation warning.
+
- Issue #5920: For float.__format__, change the behavior with the
empty presentation type (that is, not one of 'e', 'f', 'g', or 'n')
to be like 'g' but with at least one decimal point and with a