[doc] Add a section to Windows FAQ explaining os.symlink

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assignee = 'https://github.com/briancurtin'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2010-12-02.18:42:11.519>
labels = ['3.11', 'type-feature', 'OS-windows', 'docs']
title = '[doc] Add a section to Windows FAQ explaining os.symlink'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-08.21:02:12.178>
user = 'https://github.com/briancurtin'

activity = <Date 2021-12-08.21:02:12.178>
actor = 'eryksun'
assignee = 'brian.curtin'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2010-12-02.18:42:11.519>
creator = 'brian.curtin'
dependencies = []
files = ['36364']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 10608
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['123099', '225281', '408045']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['brian.curtin', 'jesstess', 'adam.woodbeck', 'eryksun', 'ingrid']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue10608'
versions = ['Python 3.11']

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