[Python-checkins] bpo-42603: Add whatsnew and ACKS entries. (GH-24675)

[ned-deily]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a65b050516a4ec8f5fc591119b94ceaaa5f7afe3
commit: a65b050516a4ec8f5fc591119b94ceaaa5f7afe3
branch: master
author: Ned Deily <nad at python.org>
committer: ned-deily <nad at python.org>
date: 2021-03-01T00:27:20-05:00
summary:

bpo-42603: Add whatsnew and ACKS entries. (GH-24675)

files:
M Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
M Misc/ACKS

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
index 26b7076420c87..49681cab4e523 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.10.rst
@@ -1123,6 +1123,12 @@ Build Changes
 
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`43103`.)
 
+* The ``configure`` script now uses the ``pkg-config`` utility, if available,
+  to detect the location of Tcl/Tk headers and libraries.  As before, those
+  locations can be explicitly specified with the ``--with-tcltk-includes``
+  and ``--with-tcltk-libs`` configuration options.
+  (Contributed by Manolis Stamatogiannakis in :issue:`42603`.)
+
 
 C API Changes
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diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index ca222e4371f5e..d1cee7d02b786 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1660,6 +1660,7 @@ RajGopal Srinivasan
 Tage Stabell-Kulo
 Quentin Stafford-Fraser
 Frank Stajano
+Manolis Stamatogiannakis
 Joel Stanley
 Kyle Stanley
 Brandon Stansbury