Python 3.8.7v3.8.7

21 files changed, 268 insertions, 118 deletions

diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 0fe82eec524..de3694e4821 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        7
-#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              "3.8.7rc1+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.8.7"
 /*--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 93b54c8ef08..723a9b8ac57 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 Dec  7 15:10:25 2020
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Dec 21 17:22:46 2020
 topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
            '**********************\n'
            '\n'
@@ -2376,8 +2376,9 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
              'compatible\n'
              'with an exception if it is the class or a base class of the '
              'exception\n'
-             'object or a tuple containing an item compatible with the '
-             'exception.\n'
+             'object, or a tuple containing an item that is the class or a '
+             'base\n'
+             'class of the exception object.\n'
              '\n'
              'If no except clause matches the exception, the search for an '
              'exception\n'
@@ -5512,44 +5513,51 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
                   '   |           | formats the result in either fixed-point '
                   'format or in      |\n'
                   '   |           | scientific notation, depending on its '
-                  'magnitude.  The      |\n'
-                  '   |           | precise rules are as follows: suppose that '
-                  'the result      |\n'
+                  'magnitude. A         |\n'
+                  '   |           | precision of "0" is treated as equivalent '
+                  'to a precision   |\n'
+                  '   |           | of "1".  The precise rules are as follows: '
+                  'suppose that    |\n'
+                  '   |           | the result formatted with presentation '
+                  'type "\'e\'" and      |\n'
+                  '   |           | precision "p-1" would have exponent '
+                  '"exp".  Then, if "m <= |\n'
+                  '   |           | exp < p", where "m" is -4 for floats and '
+                  '-6 for            |\n'
+                  '   |           | "Decimals", the number is formatted with '
+                  'presentation type |\n'
+                  '   |           | "\'f\'" and precision "p-1-exp".  '
+                  'Otherwise, the number is   |\n'
                   '   |           | formatted with presentation type "\'e\'" '
-                  'and precision "p-1" |\n'
-                  '   |           | would have exponent "exp".  Then, if "m <= '
-                  'exp < p", where |\n'
-                  '   |           | "m" is -4 for floats and -6 for '
-                  '"Decimals", the number is  |\n'
-                  '   |           | formatted with presentation type "\'f\'" '
                   'and precision       |\n'
-                  '   |           | "p-1-exp".  Otherwise, the number is '
-                  'formatted with        |\n'
-                  '   |           | presentation type "\'e\'" and precision '
-                  '"p-1". In both cases |\n'
-                  '   |           | insignificant trailing zeros are removed '
-                  'from the          |\n'
-                  '   |           | significand, and the decimal point is also '
-                  'removed if      |\n'
-                  '   |           | there are no remaining digits following '
-                  'it, unless the     |\n'
-                  '   |           | "\'#\'" option is used.  Positive and '
-                  'negative infinity,     |\n'
-                  '   |           | positive and negative zero, and nans, are '
-                  'formatted as     |\n'
-                  '   |           | "inf", "-inf", "0", "-0" and "nan" '
-                  'respectively,           |\n'
-                  '   |           | regardless of the precision.  A precision '
-                  'of "0" is        |\n'
-                  '   |           | treated as equivalent to a precision of '
-                  '"1". With no       |\n'
-                  '   |           | precision given, uses a precision of "6" '
-                  'significant       |\n'
-                  '   |           | digits for "float", and shows all '
-                  'coefficient digits for   |\n'
-                  '   |           | '
-                  '"Decimal".                                                 '
-                  '|\n'
+                  '   |           | "p-1". In both cases insignificant '
+                  'trailing zeros are      |\n'
+                  '   |           | removed from the significand, and the '
+                  'decimal point is     |\n'
+                  '   |           | also removed if there are no remaining '
+                  'digits following    |\n'
+                  '   |           | it, unless the "\'#\'" option is used.  '
+                  'With no precision    |\n'
+                  '   |           | given, uses a precision of "6" significant '
+                  'digits for      |\n'
+                  '   |           | "float". For "Decimal", the coefficient of '
+                  'the result is   |\n'
+                  '   |           | formed from the coefficient digits of the '
+                  'value;           |\n'
+                  '   |           | scientific notation is used for values '
+                  'smaller than "1e-6" |\n'
+                  '   |           | in absolute value and values where the '
+                  'place value of the  |\n'
+                  '   |           | least significant digit is larger than 1, '
+                  'and fixed-point  |\n'
+                  '   |           | notation is used otherwise.  Positive and '
+                  'negative         |\n'
+                  '   |           | infinity, positive and negative zero, and '
+                  'nans, are        |\n'
+                  '   |           | formatted as "inf", "-inf", "0", "-0" and '
+                  '"nan"            |\n'
+                  '   |           | respectively, regardless of the '
+                  'precision.                 |\n'
                   '   '
                   '+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
                   '   | "\'G\'"     | General format. Same as "\'g\'" except '
@@ -5574,19 +5582,24 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
                   'percent sign.          |\n'
                   '   '
                   '+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
-                  '   | None      | Similar to "\'g\'", except that '
-                  'fixed-point notation, when   |\n'
-                  '   |           | used, has at least one digit past the '
-                  'decimal point. The   |\n'
-                  '   |           | default precision is as high as needed to '
-                  'represent the    |\n'
-                  '   |           | particular value. The overall effect is to '
-                  'match the       |\n'
-                  '   |           | output of "str()" as altered by the other '
-                  'format           |\n'
-                  '   |           | '
-                  'modifiers.                                                 '
-                  '|\n'
+                  '   | None      | For "float" this is the same as "\'g\'", '
+                  'except that when    |\n'
+                  '   |           | fixed-point notation is used to format the '
+                  'result, it      |\n'
+                  '   |           | always includes at least one digit past '
+                  'the decimal point. |\n'
+                  '   |           | The precision used is as large as needed '
+                  'to represent the  |\n'
+                  '   |           | given value faithfully.  For "Decimal", '
+                  'this is the same   |\n'
+                  '   |           | as either "\'g\'" or "\'G\'" depending on '
+                  'the value of         |\n'
+                  '   |           | "context.capitals" for the current decimal '
+                  'context.  The   |\n'
+                  '   |           | overall effect is to match the output of '
+                  '"str()" as        |\n'
+                  '   |           | altered by the other format '
+                  'modifiers.                     |\n'
                   '   '
                   '+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
                   '\n'
@@ -11159,7 +11172,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
         'object is “compatible” with the exception.  An object is compatible\n'
         'with an exception if it is the class or a base class of the '
         'exception\n'
-        'object or a tuple containing an item compatible with the exception.\n'
+        'object, or a tuple containing an item that is the class or a base\n'
+        'class of the exception object.\n'
         '\n'
         'If no except clause matches the exception, the search for an '
         'exception\n'
@@ -11340,7 +11354,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
           'representation\n'
           '   in computers.\n'
           '\n'
-          '   The string representations of the Numeric classes, computed by\n'
+          '   The string representations of the numeric classes, computed by\n'
           '   "__repr__()" and "__str__()", have the following properties:\n'
           '\n'
           '   * They are valid numeric literals which, when passed to their '
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.7.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0688e480ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.8.7.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,195 @@
+.. bpo: 32381
+.. date: 2020-12-04-17-17-44
+.. nonce: NY5t2S
+.. release date: 2020-12-21
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix encoding name when running a ``.pyc`` file on Windows:
+:c:func:`PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags()` now uses the correct encoding to decode
+the filename.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42536
+.. date: 2020-12-02-20-23-31
+.. nonce: Kx3ZOu
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Several built-in and standard library types now ensure that their internal
+result tuples are always tracked by the :term:`garbage collector <garbage
+collection>`:
+
+- :meth:`collections.OrderedDict.items() <collections.OrderedDict>`
+
+- :meth:`dict.items`
+
+- :func:`enumerate`
+
+- :func:`functools.reduce`
+
+- :func:`itertools.combinations`
+
+- :func:`itertools.combinations_with_replacement`
+
+- :func:`itertools.permutations`
+
+- :func:`itertools.product`
+
+- :func:`itertools.zip_longest`
+
+- :func:`zip`
+
+Previously, they could have become untracked by a prior garbage collection.
+Patch by Brandt Bucher.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42630
+.. date: 2020-12-15-17-51-27
+.. nonce: jf4jBl
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`tkinter` functions and constructors which need a default root window
+raise now :exc:`RuntimeError` with descriptive message instead of obscure
+:exc:`AttributeError` or :exc:`NameError` if it is not created yet or cannot
+be created automatically.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42644
+.. date: 2020-12-15-10-00-04
+.. nonce: XgLCNx
+.. section: Library
+
+`logging.disable` will now validate the types and value of its parameter. It
+also now accepts strings representing the levels (as does `loging.setLevel`)
+instead of only the numerical values.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36541
+.. date: 2020-12-14-08-23-57
+.. nonce: qdEtZv
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed lib2to3.pgen2 to be able to parse PEP-570 positional only argument
+syntax.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42375
+.. date: 2020-11-19-04-13-53
+.. nonce: U8bp4s
+.. section: Library
+
+subprocess module update for DragonFlyBSD support.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39825
+.. date: 2020-10-20-08-28-26
+.. nonce: n6KnG0
+.. section: Library
+
+Windows: Change ``sysconfig.get_config_var('EXT_SUFFIX')`` to the expected
+full ``platform_tag.extension`` format. Previously it was hard-coded to
+``.pyd``, now it is compatible with ``distutils.sysconfig`` and will result
+in something like ``.cp38-win_amd64.pyd``. This brings windows into
+conformance with the other platforms.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39101
+.. date: 2020-10-11-21-43-03
+.. nonce: -I49Pm
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed tests using IsolatedAsyncioTestCase from hanging on BaseExceptions.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41907
+.. date: 2020-10-02-10-19-49
+.. nonce: wiIEsz
+.. section: Library
+
+fix `format()` behavior for `IntFlag`
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41889
+.. date: 2020-10-01-16-17-11
+.. nonce: qLkNh8
+.. section: Library
+
+Enum: fix regression involving inheriting a multiply-inherited enum
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41891
+.. date: 2020-09-30-13-35-29
+.. nonce: pNAeYI
+.. section: Library
+
+Ensure asyncio.wait_for waits for task completion
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40219
+.. date: 2020-07-13-19-43-11
+.. nonce: MUoJEP
+.. section: Library
+
+Lowered :class:`tkinter.ttk.LabeledScale` dummy widget to prevent hiding
+part of the content label.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40084
+.. date: 2020-03-29-21-32-00
+.. nonce: MCYwcv
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix ``Enum.__dir__``: dir(Enum.member) now includes attributes as well as
+methods.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 17140
+.. date: 2020-12-16-21-06-16
+.. nonce: 1leSEg
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Add documentation for the :class:`multiprocessing.pool.ThreadPool` class.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42604
+.. date: 2020-12-20-02-35-28
+.. nonce: gRd89w
+.. section: Build
+
+Now all platforms use a value for the "EXT_SUFFIX" build variable derived
+from SOABI (for instance in freeBSD, "EXT_SUFFIX" is now ".cpython-310d.so"
+instead of ".so"). Previosuly only Linux, Mac and VxWorks were using a value
+for "EXT_SUFFIX" that included "SOABI".
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42598
+.. date: 2020-12-13-14-43-10
+.. nonce: 7ipr5H
+.. section: Build
+
+Fix implicit function declarations in configure which could have resulted in
+incorrect configuration checks.  Patch contributed by Joshua Root.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42613
+.. date: 2020-12-16-09-10-32
+.. nonce: J-jnm5
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Fix ``freeze.py`` tool to use the prope config and library directories.
+Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-13-14-43-10.bpo-42598.7ipr5H.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-13-14-43-10.bpo-42598.7ipr5H.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 7dafc105c45..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-13-14-43-10.bpo-42598.7ipr5H.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix implicit function declarations in configure which could have resulted in
-incorrect configuration checks.  Patch contributed by Joshua Root.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-20-02-35-28.bpo-42604.gRd89w.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-20-02-35-28.bpo-42604.gRd89w.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index caaada41cf9..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-20-02-35-28.bpo-42604.gRd89w.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Now all platforms use a value for the "EXT_SUFFIX" build variable derived
-from SOABI (for instance in freeBSD, "EXT_SUFFIX" is now ".cpython-310d.so"
-instead of ".so"). Previosuly only Linux, Mac and VxWorks were using a value
-for "EXT_SUFFIX" that included "SOABI".
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-02-20-23-31.bpo-42536.Kx3ZOu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-02-20-23-31.bpo-42536.Kx3ZOu.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ccacab1f64..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-02-20-23-31.bpo-42536.Kx3ZOu.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-Several built-in and standard library types now ensure that their internal
-result tuples are always tracked by the :term:`garbage collector
-<garbage collection>`:
-
-- :meth:`collections.OrderedDict.items() <collections.OrderedDict>`
-
-- :meth:`dict.items`
-
-- :func:`enumerate`
-
-- :func:`functools.reduce`
-
-- :func:`itertools.combinations`
-
-- :func:`itertools.combinations_with_replacement`
-
-- :func:`itertools.permutations`
-
-- :func:`itertools.product`
-
-- :func:`itertools.zip_longest`
-
-- :func:`zip`
-
-Previously, they could have become untracked by a prior garbage collection.
-Patch by Brandt Bucher.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-04-17-17-44.bpo-32381.NY5t2S.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-04-17-17-44.bpo-32381.NY5t2S.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-04-17-17-44.bpo-32381.NY5t2S.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix encoding name when running a ``.pyc`` file on Windows:
-:c:func:`PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags()` now uses the correct encoding to decode
-the filename.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-12-16-21-06-16.bpo-17140.1leSEg.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-12-16-21-06-16.bpo-17140.1leSEg.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index cb1fd23a56e..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-12-16-21-06-16.bpo-17140.1leSEg.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add documentation for the :class:`multiprocessing.pool.ThreadPool` class.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-29-21-32-00.bpo-40084.MCYwcv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-29-21-32-00.bpo-40084.MCYwcv.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 65ff4ce36e8..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-29-21-32-00.bpo-40084.MCYwcv.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix ``Enum.__dir__``: dir(Enum.member) now includes attributes as well as methods.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-13-19-43-11.bpo-40219.MUoJEP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-13-19-43-11.bpo-40219.MUoJEP.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index aedc5c49b40..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-13-19-43-11.bpo-40219.MUoJEP.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Lowered :class:`tkinter.ttk.LabeledScale` dummy widget to prevent hiding part of the content label.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-30-13-35-29.bpo-41891.pNAeYI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-30-13-35-29.bpo-41891.pNAeYI.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 75c25127803..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-30-13-35-29.bpo-41891.pNAeYI.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Ensure asyncio.wait_for waits for task completion
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-01-16-17-11.bpo-41889.qLkNh8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-01-16-17-11.bpo-41889.qLkNh8.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-01-16-17-11.bpo-41889.qLkNh8.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Enum: fix regression involving inheriting a multiply-inherited enum
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-02-10-19-49.bpo-41907.wiIEsz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-02-10-19-49.bpo-41907.wiIEsz.rst
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-02-10-19-49.bpo-41907.wiIEsz.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-fix `format()` behavior for `IntFlag`
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-11-21-43-03.bpo-39101.-I49Pm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-11-21-43-03.bpo-39101.-I49Pm.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a571e8343cd..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-11-21-43-03.bpo-39101.-I49Pm.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed tests using IsolatedAsyncioTestCase from hanging on BaseExceptions.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-20-08-28-26.bpo-39825.n6KnG0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-20-08-28-26.bpo-39825.n6KnG0.rst
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index c337731f435..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-20-08-28-26.bpo-39825.n6KnG0.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Windows: Change ``sysconfig.get_config_var('EXT_SUFFIX')`` to the expected
-full ``platform_tag.extension`` format. Previously it was hard-coded to
-``.pyd``, now it is compatible with ``distutils.sysconfig`` and will result
-in something like ``.cp38-win_amd64.pyd``. This brings windows into
-conformance with the other platforms.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-19-04-13-53.bpo-42375.U8bp4s.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-19-04-13-53.bpo-42375.U8bp4s.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-19-04-13-53.bpo-42375.U8bp4s.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-subprocess module update for DragonFlyBSD support.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-14-08-23-57.bpo-36541.qdEtZv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-14-08-23-57.bpo-36541.qdEtZv.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-14-08-23-57.bpo-36541.qdEtZv.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed lib2to3.pgen2 to be able to parse PEP-570 positional only argument
-syntax.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-15-10-00-04.bpo-42644.XgLCNx.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-15-10-00-04.bpo-42644.XgLCNx.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-15-10-00-04.bpo-42644.XgLCNx.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-`logging.disable` will now validate the types and value of its parameter. It
-also now accepts strings representing the levels (as does `loging.setLevel`)
-instead of only the numerical values.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-15-17-51-27.bpo-42630.jf4jBl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-15-17-51-27.bpo-42630.jf4jBl.rst
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-:mod:`tkinter` functions and constructors which need a default root window
-raise now :exc:`RuntimeError` with descriptive message instead of obscure
-:exc:`AttributeError` or :exc:`NameError` if it is not created yet or cannot
-be created automatically.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2020-12-16-09-10-32.bpo-42613.J-jnm5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2020-12-16-09-10-32.bpo-42613.J-jnm5.rst
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-Fix ``freeze.py`` tool to use the prope config and library directories.
-Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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-This is Python version 3.8.7rc1
-===============================
+This is Python version 3.8.7
+============================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=3.8
    :alt: CPython build status on Travis CI