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authorJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2011-12-26 15:15:15 (GMT)
committerJason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>2011-12-26 15:15:15 (GMT)
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Issue #11638: Adding test to ensure .tar.gz files can be generated by sdist command with unicode metadata, based on David Barnett's patch.
Issue #11638: Added tests to capture failures in make_tarball with various unicode strings. Following fix for Issue #13639, these tests now pass.
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@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.7.3?
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #11638: Unicode strings in 'name' and 'version' no longer cause
+ UnicodeDecodeErrors.
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- Fix the fix for issue #12149: it was incorrect, although it had the side
effect of appearing to resolve the issue. Thanks to Mark Shannon for
noticing.