bpo-31458: Update Misc/NEWS link in What's New page by Mariatta · Pull Request #3555

bpo-31458: Update Misc/NEWS link in What's New page by Mariatta · Pull Request #3555 · python/cpython

Thanks @Mariatta for the PR 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.6.
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Sorry, @Mariatta, I could not cleanly backport this to 3.6 due to a conflict.
Please backport using cherry_picker on command line.

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Update the link from Misc/NEWS to Misc/NEWS.d

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Update the link from Misc/NEWS to Misc/NEWS.d.
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Update the link from Misc/NEWS to Misc/NEWS.d
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		2.0.rst

		The "Changelog" is a HTML version of the file :source:`Misc/NEWS` which
		The "Changelog" is a HTML version of the file :source:`Misc/NEWS.d` which

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NEWS.d is a directory with many files; could the text here be confusing or will people understand what is meant?

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Hmm.. good point. So what should this be changed into?

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I would suggest "is an HTML version of a file built from the contents of the directory tree..." You could even link "file built" to blurb.

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Thanks I made a new PR: #3617

On a tangentially related note, why are there .rst files and a next/Build directory checked in?

Because next/Build contains news files for changes related to building CPython :)