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@ZeroIntensity ZeroIntensity commented Jan 30, 2026

Per the discussion in the issue, the correct term for a build configured with --disable-gil is "free-threaded build" or "free-threading build" (with the hyphen). To ensure we get this right more often, this adds a glossary term for it.

I didn't bother updating past news entries here; if someone wants me to do that, let me know!


📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--144333.org.readthedocs.build/

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LGTM. I like the addition of "free-threaded build" to the Glossary.

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I'll give this a few days to give anyone (particularly Hugo or Sam) a chance to take a look before merging.

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lgtm

@ZeroIntensity ZeroIntensity merged commit 3a0e183 into python:main Feb 2, 2026
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@ZeroIntensity ZeroIntensity deleted the free-threading-shenanigans branch February 2, 2026 01:39
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Thanks @ZeroIntensity for the PR 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.14.
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Sorry, @ZeroIntensity, I could not cleanly backport this to 3.14 due to a conflict.
Please backport using cherry_picker on command line.

cherry_picker 3a0e1835563e6acfa3059a7d9777260cb2b6717d 3.14

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bedevere-app bot commented Feb 2, 2026

GH-144385 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch.

@bedevere-app bedevere-app bot removed the needs backport to 3.14 bugs and security fixes label Feb 2, 2026
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… documentation (pythonGH-144333)

(cherry picked from commit 3a0e183)

Co-authored-by: Peter Bierma <[email protected]>
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