Issue #18922: Now The Lib/smtpd.py and Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py scripts write

their version strings to stdout, and not to sderr.

3 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/smtpd.py b/Lib/smtpd.py
index f28036a..1fa157a 100755
--- a/Lib/smtpd.py
+++ b/Lib/smtpd.py
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ def parseargs():
         if opt in ('-h', '--help'):
             usage(0)
         elif opt in ('-V', '--version'):
-            print(__version__, file=sys.stderr)
+            print(__version__)
             sys.exit(0)
         elif opt in ('-n', '--nosetuid'):
             options.setuid = 0
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 8b6aa56..e325f37 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -214,6 +214,12 @@ Documentation
 - Issue #18783: Removed existing mentions of Python long type in docstrings,
   error messages and comments.
 
+Tools/Demos
+-----------
+
+- Issue #18922: Now The Lib/smtpd.py and Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py scripts write
+  their version strings to stdout, and not to sderr.
+
 
 What's New in Python 3.4.0 Alpha 1?
 ===================================
diff --git a/Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py b/Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py
index cd90691..b0751a1 100755
--- a/Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py
+++ b/Tools/i18n/msgfmt.py
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ def main():
         if opt in ('-h', '--help'):
             usage(0)
         elif opt in ('-V', '--version'):
-            print("msgfmt.py", __version__, file=sys.stderr)
+            print("msgfmt.py", __version__)
             sys.exit(0)
         elif opt in ('-o', '--output-file'):
             outfile = arg