#14494: Document that absolute imports became default in 3.0 instead of 2.7.

Doc/library/__future__.rst

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ language using this mechanism:
 | division         | 2.2.0a2     | 3.0          | :pep:`238`:                                 |
 |                  |             |              | *Changing the Division Operator*            |
 +------------------+-------------+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
-| absolute_import  | 2.5.0a1     | 2.7          | :pep:`328`:                                 |
+| absolute_import  | 2.5.0a1     | 3.0          | :pep:`328`:                                 |
 |                  |             |              | *Imports: Multi-Line and Absolute/Relative* |
 +------------------+-------------+--------------+---------------------------------------------+
 | with_statement   | 2.5.0a1     | 2.6          | :pep:`343`:                                 |

Lib/__future__.py

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ division = _Feature((2, 2, 0, "alpha", 2),
                     CO_FUTURE_DIVISION)
 
 absolute_import = _Feature((2, 5, 0, "alpha", 1),
-                           (2, 7, 0, "alpha", 0),
+                           (3, 0, 0, "alpha", 0),
                            CO_FUTURE_ABSOLUTE_IMPORT)
 
 with_statement = _Feature((2, 5, 0, "alpha", 1),

Misc/ACKS

@@ -598,6 +598,7 @@ Ken Manheimer
 Vladimir Marangozov
 David Marek
 Doug Marien
+Sven Marnach
 Alex Martelli
 Anthony Martin
 Owen Martin

Misc/NEWS

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ What's New in Python 3.2.4
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #14494: Fix __future__.py and its documentation to note that
+  absolute imports are the default behavior in 3.0 instead of 2.7.
+  Patch by Sven Marnach.
+
 - Issue #14761: Fix potential leak on an error case in the import machinery.
 
 - Issue #14699: Fix calling the classmethod descriptor directly.