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authorMatthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>2009-09-13 15:29:48 (GMT)
committerMatthias Klose <doko@ubuntu.com>2009-09-13 15:29:48 (GMT)
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Add NEWS entry for 3.1.2 and move all entries after 3.1.1 to the new entry.
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS101
1 files changed, 60 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3e06581..2f04edb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ Python News
(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
-What's New in Python 3.1.1?
+What's New in Python 3.1.2?
===========================
-*Release date: 2009-08-13*
+*Release date: 20xx-xx-xx*
Core and Builtins
-----------------
@@ -17,6 +17,64 @@ Core and Builtins
- Issue #6750: A text file opened with io.open() could duplicate its output
when writing from multiple threads at the same time.
+
+Library
+-------
+
+- Issue #6888: pdb's alias command was broken when no arguments were given.
+
+- Issue #6795: int(Decimal('nan')) now raises ValueError instead of
+ returning NaN or raising InvalidContext. Also, fix infinite recursion
+ in long(Decimal('nan')).
+
+- Issue #6850: Fix bug in Decimal._parse_format_specifier for formats
+ with no type specifier.
+
+- Issue #6239: ctypes.c_char_p return value must return bytes.
+
+- Issue #6838: Use a list to accumulate the value instead of
+ repeatedly concatenating strings in http.client's
+ HTTPResponse._read_chunked providing a significant speed increase
+ when downloading large files servend with a Transfer-Encoding of 'chunked'.
+
+- Have importlib raise ImportError if None is found in sys.modules for a
+ module.
+
+- Issue #6794: Fix Decimal.compare_total and Decimal.compare_total_mag: NaN
+ payloads are now ordered by integer value rather than lexicographically.
+
+- Issue #6163: Fixed HP-UX runtime library dir options in
+ distutils.unixcompiler. Initial patch by Sridhar Ratnakumar and
+ Michael Haubenwallner.
+
+Extension Modules
+-----------------
+
+- Issue #6848: Fix curses module build failure on OS X 10.6.
+
+Build
+-----
+
+- Issue #6802: Fix build issues on MacOSX 10.6
+
+- Issue #6801 : symmetric_difference_update also accepts |.
+ Thanks to Carl Chenet.
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+- Issue #6556: Fixed the Distutils configuration files location explanation
+ for Windows.
+
+
+What's New in Python 3.1.1?
+===========================
+
+*Release date: 2009-08-13*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
- Issue #6707: dir() on an uninitialized module caused a crash.
- Issue #6540: Fixed crash for bytearray.translate() with invalid parameters.
@@ -52,28 +110,6 @@ C-API
Library
-------
-- Issue #6888: pdb's alias command was broken when no arguments were given.
-
-- Issue #6795: int(Decimal('nan')) now raises ValueError instead of
- returning NaN or raising InvalidContext. Also, fix infinite recursion
- in long(Decimal('nan')).
-
-- Issue #6850: Fix bug in Decimal._parse_format_specifier for formats
- with no type specifier.
-
-- Issue #6239: ctypes.c_char_p return value must return bytes.
-
-- Issue #6838: Use a list to accumulate the value instead of
- repeatedly concatenating strings in http.client's
- HTTPResponse._read_chunked providing a significant speed increase
- when downloading large files servend with a Transfer-Encoding of 'chunked'.
-
-- Have importlib raise ImportError if None is found in sys.modules for a
- module.
-
-- Issue #6794: Fix Decimal.compare_total and Decimal.compare_total_mag: NaN
- payloads are now ordered by integer value rather than lexicographically.
-
- Issue #6106: telnetlib.Telnet.process_rawq doesn't handle default WILL/WONT
DO/DONT correctly.
@@ -134,8 +170,6 @@ syntax error.
Extension Modules
-----------------
-- Issue #6848: Fix curses module build failure on OS X 10.6.
-
- Fix a segfault in expat.
- Issue #4509: array.array objects are no longer modified after an operation
@@ -145,20 +179,12 @@ Extension Modules
Build
-----
-- Issue #6802: Fix build issues on MacOSX 10.6
-
- Issue 4601: 'make install' did not set the appropriate permissions on
directories.
- Issue 5390: Add uninstall icon independent of whether file
extensions are installed.
-Documentation
--------------
-
-- Issue #6556: Fixed the Distutils configuration files location explanation
- for Windows.
-
Test
----
@@ -985,10 +1011,6 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
-- Issue #6163: Fixed HP-UX runtime library dir options in
- distutils.unixcompiler. Initial patch by Sridhar Ratnakumar and
- Michael Haubenwallner.
-
- Issue #6545: Removed assert statements in distutils.Extension, so the
behavior is similar when used with -O.
@@ -1488,9 +1510,6 @@ Build
- Issue #4204: Fixed module build errors on FreeBSD 4.
-- Issue #6801 : symmetric_difference_update also accepts |.
- Thanks to Carl Chenet.
-
C-API
-----