Python 3.8.4v3.8.4

17 files changed, 136 insertions, 32 deletions

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index ab739e915e..41901a585f 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION        3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION        8
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION        4
-#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_GAMMA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       1
+#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       0
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.8.4rc1+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.8.4"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index 0320964e5c..d4473aaa6e 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Jun 29 22:24:24 2020
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Jul 13 13:47:56 2020
 topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
            '**********************\n'
            '\n'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.4.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4e0c3720ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.4.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+.. bpo: 41162
+.. date: 2020-07-03-20-41-29
+.. nonce: tb8pVj
+.. release date: 2020-07-13
+.. section: Security
+
+Audit hooks are now cleared later during finalization to avoid missing
+events.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 29778
+.. date: 2020-07-03-17-21-37
+.. nonce: cR_fGS
+.. section: Security
+
+Ensure :file:`python3.dll` is loaded from correct locations when Python is
+embedded (CVE-2020-15523).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41247
+.. date: 2020-07-08-22-03-54
+.. nonce: PndYIk
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Always cache the running loop holder when running
+``asyncio.set_running_loop``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41252
+.. date: 2020-07-08-21-55-23
+.. nonce: nBWL-Y
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix incorrect refcounting in _ssl.c's ``_servername_callback()``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41218
+.. date: 2020-07-06-13-35-17
+.. nonce: oKnSr2
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Python 3.8.3 had a regression where compiling with
+ast.PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT would aggressively mark list comprehension
+with CO_COROUTINE. Now only list comprehension making use of async/await
+will tagged as so.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41175
+.. date: 2020-06-30-20-17-31
+.. nonce: acJoXB
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Guard against a NULL pointer dereference within bytearrayobject triggered by
+the ``bytearray() + bytearray()`` operation.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39960
+.. date: 2020-06-23-18-32-41
+.. nonce: Kez3fP
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+The "hackcheck" that prevents sneaking around a type's __setattr__() by
+calling the superclass method was rewritten to allow C implemented heap
+types.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41235
+.. date: 2020-07-07-21-56-26
+.. nonce: H2csMU
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix the error handling in :meth:`ssl.SSLContext.load_dh_params`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41193
+.. date: 2020-07-02-11-53-45
+.. nonce: 8-Tnql
+.. section: Library
+
+The ``write_history()`` atexit function of the readline completer now
+ignores any :exc:`OSError` to ignore error if the filesystem is read-only,
+instead of only ignoring :exc:`FileNotFoundError` and
+:exc:`PermissionError`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41043
+.. date: 2020-06-20-00-19-30
+.. nonce: p-Pk-H
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed the use of :func:`~glob.glob` in the stdlib: literal part of the path
+is now always correctly escaped.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39384
+.. date: 2020-05-30-12-44-29
+.. nonce: Iqxy3q
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed email.contentmanager to allow set_content() to set a null string.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37765
+.. date: 2020-07-07-18-44-30
+.. nonce: umc1o8
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Add keywords to module name completion list.  Rewrite Completions section of
+IDLE doc.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41152
+.. date: 2020-06-29-14-51-15
+.. nonce: d6mV0C
+.. section: IDLE
+
+The encoding of ``stdin``, ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` in IDLE is now always
+UTF-8.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-23-18-32-41.bpo-39960.Kez3fP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-23-18-32-41.bpo-39960.Kez3fP.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f69fccfa4d..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-23-18-32-41.bpo-39960.Kez3fP.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-The "hackcheck" that prevents sneaking around a type's __setattr__() by calling the
-superclass method was rewritten to allow C implemented heap types.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-30-20-17-31.bpo-41175.acJoXB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-30-20-17-31.bpo-41175.acJoXB.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 844fb804c0..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-06-30-20-17-31.bpo-41175.acJoXB.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Guard against a NULL pointer dereference within bytearrayobject triggered by
-the ``bytearray() + bytearray()`` operation.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-07-06-13-35-17.bpo-41218.oKnSr2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-07-06-13-35-17.bpo-41218.oKnSr2.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d98b3433ef..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-07-06-13-35-17.bpo-41218.oKnSr2.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Python 3.8.3 had a regression where compiling with
-ast.PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT would aggressively mark list comprehension
-with CO_COROUTINE. Now only list comprehension making use of async/await
-will tagged as so.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-07-08-21-55-23.bpo-41252.nBWL-Y.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-07-08-21-55-23.bpo-41252.nBWL-Y.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 65f3189c83..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-07-08-21-55-23.bpo-41252.nBWL-Y.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix incorrect refcounting in _ssl.c's ``_servername_callback()``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-07-08-22-03-54.bpo-41247.PndYIk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-07-08-22-03-54.bpo-41247.PndYIk.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 08699b6e4a..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-07-08-22-03-54.bpo-41247.PndYIk.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Always cache the running loop holder when running
-``asyncio.set_running_loop``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-06-29-14-51-15.bpo-41152.d6mV0C.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-06-29-14-51-15.bpo-41152.d6mV0C.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 434be10b53..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-06-29-14-51-15.bpo-41152.d6mV0C.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-The encoding of ``stdin``, ``stdout`` and ``stderr`` in IDLE is now always
-UTF-8.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-07-07-18-44-30.bpo-37765.umc1o8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-07-07-18-44-30.bpo-37765.umc1o8.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f8b53ca482..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-07-07-18-44-30.bpo-37765.umc1o8.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Add keywords to module name completion list.  Rewrite Completions
-section of IDLE doc.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-30-12-44-29.bpo-39384.Iqxy3q.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-30-12-44-29.bpo-39384.Iqxy3q.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 482ae624da..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-05-30-12-44-29.bpo-39384.Iqxy3q.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed email.contentmanager to allow set_content() to set a null string.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-20-00-19-30.bpo-41043.p-Pk-H.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-20-00-19-30.bpo-41043.p-Pk-H.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c6020eb8d..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-20-00-19-30.bpo-41043.p-Pk-H.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed the use of :func:`~glob.glob` in the stdlib: literal part of the path
-is now always correctly escaped.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-02-11-53-45.bpo-41193.8-Tnql.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-02-11-53-45.bpo-41193.8-Tnql.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 8807d9c21f..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-02-11-53-45.bpo-41193.8-Tnql.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-The ``write_history()`` atexit function of the readline completer now
-ignores any :exc:`OSError` to ignore error if the filesystem is read-only,
-instead of only ignoring :exc:`FileNotFoundError` and
-:exc:`PermissionError`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-07-21-56-26.bpo-41235.H2csMU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-07-21-56-26.bpo-41235.H2csMU.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index c55275bb1c..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-07-21-56-26.bpo-41235.H2csMU.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix the error handling in :meth:`ssl.SSLContext.load_dh_params`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-03-17-21-37.bpo-29778.cR_fGS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-03-17-21-37.bpo-29778.cR_fGS.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 998ffb1ee6..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-03-17-21-37.bpo-29778.cR_fGS.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Ensure :file:`python3.dll` is loaded from correct locations when Python is
-embedded (CVE-2020-15523).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-03-20-41-29.bpo-41162.tb8pVj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-03-20-41-29.bpo-41162.tb8pVj.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f0333ac4a7..0000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-07-03-20-41-29.bpo-41162.tb8pVj.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Audit hooks are now cleared later during finalization to avoid missing events.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a64d80f4c8..51a053025f 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-This is Python version 3.8.4rc1
-===============================
+This is Python version 3.8.4
+============================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=3.8
    :alt: CPython build status on Travis CI