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Expand Up @@ -54,29 +54,31 @@ These labels are mostly used to specify which :ref:`part of the codebase
(written in Python) and other changes related to tests, :mod:`unittest`,
or :mod:`doctest`.

OS labels
=========

Expert labels
=============
These labels are used to specify which operating systems are affected.
Since most issues either affect all systems or are specific to Unix,
the only available labels are :gh-label:`OS-windows`, :gh-label:`OS-mac`,
and :gh-label:`OS-freebsd`.


.. _Expert labels:
.. _Topic labels:

Topic labels
============

These labels are used to specify the area of expertise required to address
These labels are used to denote the specific topic area, if any, of
the issue/PR. This includes both specific modules/packages and generic
interest areas.

Adding these labels is also a way to notify the relevant experts, since
they are encouraged to subscribe to them. Depending on the label,
this might also automatically add the issue to a GitHub project.

You can see the `full list of expert labels on GitHub
<https://github.com/python/cpython/labels?q=expert>`_.


OS labels
=========

These labels are used to specify which operating systems are affected.
Since most issues either affect all systems or are specific to Unix,
the only available labels are :gh-label:`OS-windows`, :gh-label:`OS-mac`,
and :gh-label:`OS-freebsd`.
You can see the `full list of topic labels on GitHub
<https://github.com/python/cpython/labels?q=topic>`_.


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