From 2d9f4e357ad30e002ca0c7568047e9a818b96cd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Bartosz=20S=C5=82awecki?= <bartosz@ilikepython.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 12:52:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] gh-143048: Remove outdated mention to `curses` in the
 "Interactive Mode" docs (#143049)

---
 Doc/tutorial/appendix.rst | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/appendix.rst b/Doc/tutorial/appendix.rst
index 5020c428741feb..2539edb51ba3a0 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/appendix.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/appendix.rst
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ There are two variants of the interactive :term:`REPL`.  The classic
 basic interpreter is supported on all platforms with minimal line
 control capabilities.
 
-On Windows, or Unix-like systems with :mod:`curses` support,
-a new interactive shell is used by default since Python 3.13.
+Since Python 3.13, a new interactive shell is used by default.
 This one supports color, multiline editing, history browsing, and
 paste mode.  To disable color, see :ref:`using-on-controlling-color` for
 details.  Function keys provide some additional functionality.

From 422ca074bc80a1d570d2599f733b8d8a748abf66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?B=C3=A9n=C3=A9dikt=20Tran?=
 <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2026 15:16:26 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Amend NEWS entries for PRs GH-139553 and GH-142790
 (#143329)

---
 .../2025-10-04-20-48-02.gh-issue-63016.EC9QN_.rst             | 0
 .../Library/2025-12-16-14-49-19.gh-issue-142783.VPV1ig.rst    | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 rename Misc/NEWS.d/next/{Core_and_Builtins => Library}/2025-10-04-20-48-02.gh-issue-63016.EC9QN_.rst (100%)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-10-04-20-48-02.gh-issue-63016.EC9QN_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-04-20-48-02.gh-issue-63016.EC9QN_.rst
similarity index 100%
rename from Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-10-04-20-48-02.gh-issue-63016.EC9QN_.rst
rename to Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-04-20-48-02.gh-issue-63016.EC9QN_.rst
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-16-14-49-19.gh-issue-142783.VPV1ig.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-16-14-49-19.gh-issue-142783.VPV1ig.rst
index f014771ae9a146..db6de6e801f8a4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-16-14-49-19.gh-issue-142783.VPV1ig.rst
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-12-16-14-49-19.gh-issue-142783.VPV1ig.rst
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-Fix zoneinfo use-after-free with descriptor _weak_cache. a descriptor as _weak_cache could cause crashes during object creation. The fix ensures proper reference counting for descriptor-provided objects.
+:mod:`zoneinfo`: fix a use-after-free crash when instantiating
+:class:`~zoneinfo.ZoneInfo` objects with an invalid ``_weak_cache``
+descriptor.