bpo-29708: Add What's New entries for SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH and py_compile (GH-5306)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index 20be158..e52e32c 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -479,6 +479,17 @@
pdb command line now accepts `-m module_name` as an alternative to
script file. (Contributed by Mario Corchero in :issue:`32206`.)
+py_compile
+----------
+
+:func:`py_compile.compile` -- and by extension, :mod:`compileall` -- now
+respects the :envvar:`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` environment variable by
+unconditionally creating ``.pyc`` files for hash-based validation.
+This allows for guaranteeing
+`reproducible builds <https://reproducible-builds.org/>`_ of ``.pyc``
+files when they are created eagerly. (Contributed by Bernhard M. Wiedemann
+in :issue:`29708`.)
+
re
--
@@ -544,6 +555,12 @@
to get per-thread CPU time measurements.
(Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`32025`.)
+unicodedata
+-----------
+
+The internal :mod:`unicodedata` database has been upgraded to use `Unicode 10
+<http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode10.0.0/>`_. (Contributed by Benjamin
+Peterson.)
unittest
--------
@@ -565,20 +582,6 @@
The sealing process is performed recursively. (Contributed by Mario Corchero
in :issue:`30541`.)
-xmlrpc.server
--------------
-
-:meth:`register_function` of :class:`xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher` and
-its subclasses can be used as a decorator. (Contributed by Xiang Zhang in
-:issue:`7769`.)
-
-unicodedata
------------
-
-The internal :mod:`unicodedata` database has been upgraded to use `Unicode 10
-<http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode10.0.0/>`_. (Contributed by Benjamin
-Peterson.)
-
urllib.parse
------------
@@ -624,6 +627,13 @@
not only text in children. Predicates also allow adding spaces for
better readability. (Contributed by Stefan Behnel in :issue:`31648`.)
+xmlrpc.server
+-------------
+
+:meth:`register_function` of :class:`xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher` and
+its subclasses can be used as a decorator. (Contributed by Xiang Zhang in
+:issue:`7769`.)
+
zipapp
------
@@ -680,10 +690,16 @@
Build and C API Changes
=======================
+* :mod:`py_compile` and :mod:`compileall` now support the
+ :envvar:`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH` environment variable by unconditionally
+ building ``.pyc`` files for hash verification instead of potentially
+ timestamp-based ``.pyc`` files. See the notes for the `py_compile`_
+ improvement notes for more details.
+
* A full copy of libffi is no longer bundled for use when building the
:mod:`_ctypes <ctypes>` module on non-OSX UNIX platforms. An installed copy
of libffi is now required when building ``_ctypes`` on such platforms.
- Contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`27979`.
+ (Contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`27979`.)
* The fields :c:member:`name` and :c:member:`doc` of structures
:c:type:`PyMemberDef`, :c:type:`PyGetSetDef`,