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Python: explain deterministic builds in release notes

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Frederik Rietdijk 2017-02-22 15:56:16 +01:00
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@ -253,6 +253,17 @@ following incompatible changes:</para>
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<listitem>
<para>
Python 2.7, 3.5 and 3.6 are now built deterministically and 3.4 mostly.
Minor modifications had to be made to the interpreters in order to generate
deterministic bytecode. This has security implications and is relevant for
those using Python in a <literal>nix-shell</literal>. See the Nixpkgs manual
for details.
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