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  r83072 | brett.cannon | 2010-07-23 12:31:31 +0100 (Fri, 23 Jul 2010) | 5 lines

  Document the fact that the 'test' package is meant only for use by Python
  itself and not by others.

  Closes issue 9255.
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Doc/library/test.rst

@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@
    :synopsis: Regression tests package containing the testing suite for Python.
 .. sectionauthor:: Brett Cannon <brett@python.org>
 
+.. note::
+    The :mod:`test` package is meant for internal use by Python only. It is
+    documented for the benefit of the core developers of Python. Any use of
+    this package outside of Python's standard library is discouraged as code
+    mentioned here can change or be removed without notice between releases of
+    Python.
+
 
 The :mod:`test` package contains all regression tests for Python as well as the
 modules :mod:`test.support` and :mod:`test.regrtest`.

Misc/NEWS

@@ -369,6 +369,9 @@ Tests
 Documentation
 -------------
 
+- Issue 9255: Document that the 'test' package is meant for interal Python use
+  only.
+
 - Issue #7829: Document in dis that bytecode is an implementation detail.