From 96bb437ae8756be672c888a1322c445e64f1eb53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 09:18:26 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Close #20563: Declare ipaddress API stable

---
 Doc/library/ipaddress.rst |  7 -------
 Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst      | 11 +++++++++++
 Misc/NEWS                 |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst b/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
index 7c62750f813..9ccf2625fa7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/ipaddress.rst
+++ b/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.
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index ac3e47afd47..0be186381ab 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/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
 -------
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4d8e4c90d30..a3fef604df9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/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.