[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #13156: revert changeset f6feed6ec3f9, which was only relevant for native

["Martin v. Löwis"]

>> -- Issue #10517: After fork(), reinitialize the TLS used by the
>> PyGILState_* -  APIs, to avoid a crash with the pthread implementation in
>> RHEL 5.  Patch -  by Charles-François Natali.
>
> You should restore this NEWS entry and add a new one to say that the patch has
> been reverted.

This may be a done deal, but: no. If a patch is reverted, the NEWS entry 
that got in with it gets out again on reversal. The NEWS file
is for users of the release; there is no point telling them that a
change was made first, and than got undone.

Regards,
Martin