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| author | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2003-07-29 00:10:29 (GMT) |
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| committer | Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com> | 2003-07-29 00:10:29 (GMT) |
| commit | 0963803dcb14fba53f15dfd818d5920161aebf0d (patch) | |
| tree | 7e8cefbfa48d958d4b386ad646215ebd14b285c6 | |
| parent | 6cb2e0d5543a3940e59cd0100ed6b6bf65132086 (diff) | |
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Added section for 2.3 final; moved IDLE news into it that I inserted in
a wrong place over the weekend.
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 47 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 10 deletions
@@ -4,6 +4,43 @@ Python News (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.) +What's New in Python 2.3 final? +=============================== + +*Release date: 29-Jul-2003* + +Core and builtins +----------------- + +Extension modules +----------------- + +Library +------- + +IDLE +---- + +- IDLE displays a new message upon startup: some "personal firewall" + kinds of programs (for example, ZoneAlarm) open a dialog of their + own when any program opens a socket. IDLE does use sockets, talking + on the computer's internal loopback interface. This connection is not + visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received + from the Internet. So, if you get such a dialog when opening IDLE, + asking whether to let pythonw.exe talk to address 127.0.0.1, say yes, + and rest assured no communication external to your machine is taking + place. If you don't allow it, IDLE won't be able to start. + +Build +----- + +C API +----- + +Windows +------- + + What's New in Python 2.3 release candidate 2? ============================================= @@ -44,16 +81,6 @@ Library IDLE ---- -- IDLE displays a new message upon startup: some "personal firewall" - kinds of programs (for example, ZoneAlarm) open a dialog of their - own when any program opens a socket. IDLE does use sockets, talking - on the computer's internal loopback interface. This connection is not - visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received - from the Internet. So, if you get such a dialog when opening IDLE, - asking whether to let pythonw.exe talk to address 127.0.0.1, say yes, - and rest assured no communication external to your machine is taking - place. If you don't allow it, IDLE won't be able to start. - - Calltips patches. Build |