When PyGILState_Ensure() is called in a non-Python thread before
PyEval_InitThreads(), only call PyEval_InitThreads() after calling
PyThreadState_New() to fix a crash.
Add an unit test in test_embed.
Enhance also embedded tests, backport from master:
* Add test_pre_initialization_api()
* Set PYTHONIOENCODING environment variable in
test_forced_io_encoding()
(cherry picked from commit b4d1e1f7c1)
Fix a memory corruption in getpath.c due to mixed memory allocators
between Py_GetPath() and Py_SetPath().
The fix use the Raw allocator to mimic the windows version.
This patch should be used from python3.6 to the current version
for more details, see the bug report and
https://github.com/pyinstaller/pyinstaller/issues/2812
(cherry picked from commit 3d1e2ab584)
CPython workflow is changing! We're going to start using "blurb"
to manage Misc/NEWS entries:
https://github.com/python/core-workflow
(This will be a big win for release managers, honest.)
This checkin simply populates the "Misc/NEWS.d" subdirectory tree
so that people can start putting their news entries in there.
No other changes (yet).