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Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 17:00:57 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: [3.9] bpo-42576: Clarify only debug builds are affected in news (GH-23663) (GH-23666)
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[3.9] bpo-42576: Clarify only debug builds are affected in news (GH-23663) (GH-23666)



(cherry picked from commit 6a7fb9d31bce8590e30c44458d1fc1da4539743d)


Co-authored-by: kj <28750310+Fidget-Spinner@users.noreply.github.com>

Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:gvanrossum
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-05-22-34-47.bpo-42576.lEeEl7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-05-22-34-47.bpo-42576.lEeEl7.rst
index 7290b47dcc15..154c9d8a915d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-05-22-34-47.bpo-42576.lEeEl7.rst	
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-05-22-34-47.bpo-42576.lEeEl7.rst	
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 ``types.GenericAlias`` will now raise a ``TypeError`` when attempting to
 initialize with a keyword argument.  Previously, this would cause the
-interpreter to crash.  Patch by Ken Jin.
+interpreter to crash if the interpreter was compiled with debug symbols.
+This does not affect interpreters compiled for release.  Patch by Ken Jin.