Issue #14814: addition of the ipaddress module (stage 1 - code and tests)

Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst

@@ -851,6 +851,15 @@ already exists. It is based on the C11 'x' mode to fopen().
 (Contributed by David Townshend in :issue:`12760`)
 
 
+ipaddress
+---------
+
+The new :mod:`ipaddress` module provides tools for creating and manipulating
+objects representing IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, networks and interfaces (i.e.
+an IP address associated with a specific IP subnet).
+
+(Contributed by Google and Peter Moody in :pep:`3144`)
+
 lzma
 ----
 

Misc/ACKS

@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ Florian Mladitsch
 Doug Moen
 The Dragon De Monsyne
 Skip Montanaro
+Peter Moody
 Paul Moore
 Derek Morr
 James A Morrison

Misc/NEWS

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- PEP 3144, Issue #14814: Added the ipaddress module
+
 - Issue #14426: Correct the Date format in Expires attribute of Set-Cookie
   Header in Cookie.py.