Add whatsnew entry

tiran · tiran · commit 45e1ba0de26e · 2022-07-13T23:31:02.000+02:00
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -353,6 +353,12 @@ Changes in the Python API
 Build Changes
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+* Python no longer uses ``setup.py`` to build shared C extension modules.
+  Build parameters like headers and libraries are detected in ``configure``
+  script. Extensions are built by ``Makefile``. Most extensions use
+  ``pkg-config`` and fall back to manual detection.
+  (Contributed by Christian Heimes in :gh:`93939`.)
+
 * ``va_start()`` with two parameters, like ``va_start(args, format),``
   is now required to build Python.
   ``va_start()`` is no longer called with a single parameter.
