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gh-108223: Document --disable-gil flag in configure #108236

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.. versionadded:: 3.11

.. cmdoption:: --disable-gil

Enables experimental support for running Python without the
:term:`global interpreter lock` (GIL).
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Should we add a warning admonition emphasising that this is experimental, in development, etc -- mainly to preempt a random twitter recommendation that "No GIL has now been implemented! Rebuild your Python today with --disable-gil..."

Perhaps a fear that won't materialise, though!

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I'm okay with adding whatever text you think is helpful. I expect to revisit and update this later in the development cycle based on what's actually integrated.

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Thanks Sam! Victor's simpler change I think is better for now--we don't really advertise building from source to end-users anyway, so I on reflection I think we don't need a high level of warning here.

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See :pep:`703` "Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython".

.. versionadded:: 3.13

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