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| author | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2003-04-24 13:23:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2003-04-24 13:23:43 (GMT) |
| commit | 13b4c417487f4e3a34c8d7d0b894623b7468309f (patch) | |
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| parent | fb5f48542d75e2629a45849390a598f0e19ac5af (diff) | |
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Mention deprecation of rotor module
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex index ef42f49..fcb1a1d 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex @@ -1575,10 +1575,15 @@ so. If you have applications using \module{rexec}, rewrite them to use something else. (Sticking with Python 2.2 or 2.1 will not make your applications any -safer, because there are known bugs in the \module{rexec} module in +safer because there are known bugs in the \module{rexec} module in those versions. I repeat, if you're using \module{rexec}, stop using it immediately.) +\item The \module{rotor} module has been deprecated because the + algorithm it uses for encryption is not believed to be secure. If + you need encryption, use one of the several AES Python modules + that are available separately. + \item The \module{shutil} module gained a \function{move(\var{src}, \var{dest})} function that recursively moves a file or directory to a new location. |