Close #20563: Declare ipaddress API stable

Doc/library/ipaddress.rst

@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@
 
 --------------
 
-.. note::
-
-   The ``ipaddress`` module has been included in the standard library on a
-   :term:`provisional basis <provisional package>`. Backwards incompatible
-   changes (up to and including removal of the package) may occur if deemed
-   necessary by the core developers.
-
 :mod:`ipaddress` provides the capabilities to create, manipulate and
 operate on IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and networks.
 

Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ Significantly Improved Library Modules:
   handling <whatsnew_email_contentmanager>` (:issue:`18891`).
 * :mod:`plistlib` has a cleaned up interface and support for binary
   plist files (:issue:`14455`)
+* The :mod:`ipaddress` module API has been declared stable
 
 CPython implementation improvements:
 
@@ -840,6 +841,16 @@ which adds support for functions compiled with Cython. (Contributed
 by Stefan Behnel and Yury Selivanov in :issue:`17159`)
 
 
+ipaddress
+---------
+
+:mod:`ipaddress` was added to the standard library in Python 3.3 as a
+:term:`provisional API`. With the release of Python 3.4, this qualification
+has been removed: :mod:`ipaddress` is now considered a stable API, covered
+by the normal standard library requirements to maintain backwards
+compatibility.
+
+
 logging
 -------
 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #20563: The ipaddress module API is now considered stable.
+
 - Issue #14983: email.generator now always adds a line end after each MIME
   boundary marker, instead of doing so only when there is an epilogue.  This
   fixes an RFC compliance bug and solves an issue with signed MIME parts.