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authorNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2006-05-15 06:48:14 (GMT)
committerNeal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>2006-05-15 06:48:14 (GMT)
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Move items implemented after a2 into the new a3 section
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+++ 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 2.5 alpha 2?
+What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 3?
=================================
-*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
+*Release date: XX-MAY-2006*
Core and builtins
-----------------
@@ -21,6 +21,65 @@ Core and builtins
- Patch #1479181: split open() and file() from being aliases for each other.
+Extension Modules
+-----------------
+
+- On Win32, os.listdir now supports arbitrarily-long Unicode path names
+ (up to the system limit of 32K characters).
+
+- Use Win32 API to implement os.{access,chdir,chmod,mkdir,remove,rename,rmdir,utime}.
+ As a result, these functions now raise WindowsError instead of OSError.
+
+- Calling Tk_Init twice is refused if the first call failed as that
+ may deadlock.
+
+Library
+-------
+
+- Patch #721464: pdb.Pdb instances can now be given explicit stdin and
+ stdout arguments, making it possible to redirect input and output
+ for remote debugging.
+
+- Patch #1484695: Update the tarfile module to version 0.8. This fixes
+ a couple of issues, notably handling of long file names using the
+ GNU LONGNAME extension.
+
+- Patch #1478292. ``doctest.register_optionflag(name)`` shouldn't create a
+ new flag when ``name`` is already the name of an option flag.
+
+- Bug #1385040: don't allow "def foo(a=1, b): pass" in the compiler
+ package.
+
+- Patch #1472854: make the rlcompleter.Completer class usable on non-
+ UNIX platforms.
+
+- Patch #1470846: fix urllib2 ProxyBasicAuthHandler.
+
+Build
+-----
+
+- Patch #1471883: Add --enable-universalsdk.
+
+C API
+-----
+
+Tests
+-----
+
+Tools
+-----
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+What's New in Python 2.5 alpha 2?
+=================================
+
+*Release date: 27-APR-2006*
+
+Core and builtins
+-----------------
+
- Bug #1465834: 'bdist_wininst preinstall script support' was fixed
by converting these apis from macros into exported functions again:
@@ -72,15 +131,6 @@ Core and builtins
Extension Modules
-----------------
-- On Win32, os.listdir now supports arbitrarily-long Unicode path names
- (up to the system limit of 32K characters).
-
-- Use Win32 API to implement os.{access,chdir,chmod,mkdir,remove,rename,rmdir,utime}.
- As a result, these functions now raise WindowsError instead of OSError.
-
-- Calling Tk_Init twice is refused if the first call failed as that
- may deadlock.
-
- Patch #1191065: Fix preprocessor problems on systems where recvfrom
is a macro.
@@ -104,25 +154,6 @@ Extension Modules
Library
-------
-- Patch #721464: pdb.Pdb instances can now be given explicit stdin and
- stdout arguments, making it possible to redirect input and output
- for remote debugging.
-
-- Patch #1484695: Update the tarfile module to version 0.8. This fixes
- a couple of issues, notably handling of long file names using the
- GNU LONGNAME extension.
-
-- Patch #1478292. ``doctest.register_optionflag(name)`` shouldn't create a
- new flag when ``name`` is already the name of an option flag.
-
-- Bug #1385040: don't allow "def foo(a=1, b): pass" in the compiler
- package.
-
-- Patch #1472854: make the rlcompleter.Completer class usable on non-
- UNIX platforms.
-
-- Patch #1470846: fix urllib2 ProxyBasicAuthHandler.
-
- Patch #1475231: ``doctest`` has a new ``SKIP`` option, which causes
a doctest to be skipped (the code is not run, and the expected output
or exception is ignored).
@@ -179,8 +210,6 @@ Library
Build
-----
-- Patch #1471883: Add --enable-universalsdk.
-
- The Makefile now has a reindent target, which runs reindent.py on
the library.
@@ -197,9 +226,6 @@ Build
- Fixed a libffi build problem on MIPS systems.
-C API
------
-
- ``PyString_FromFormat``, ``PyErr_Format``, and ``PyString_FromFormatV``
now accept formats "%u" for unsigned ints, "%lu" for unsigned longs,
and "%zu" for unsigned integers of type ``size_t``.