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Thanks! As a first-time contributor, would you mind also adding yourself to the appropriate location in the Misc/ACKS file before I merge the PR?

Thanks once again :)

This update should also be backported to the 2.7 & 3.6 maintenance branches as covered in https://docs.python.org/devguide/gitbootcamp.html#backporting-merged-changes

If you're willing & able to create those backport PRs yourself (and request a review from me), that would be greatly appreciated, otherwise I'll create them at some point :)

Thanks for the link, I'll give it a shot.

@NicholasKobald Since it's now clear the backporting instructions are incomplete, I'd be interested in your feedback on whether or not python/devguide#238 (comment) would help clarify the required additional steps.

GH-2795 is a backport of this pull request to the 2.7 branch.

GH-2797 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.6 branch.