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- Issue #4969: The mimetypes module now reads the MIME database from
the registry under Windows. Patch by Gabriel Genellina.
+- Issue #6816: runpy now provides a run_path function that allows Python code
+ to execute file paths that refer to source or compiled Python files as well
+ as zipfiles, directories and other valid sys.path entries that contain a
+ __main__.py file. This allows applications that run other Python scripts to
+ support the same flexibility as the CPython command line itself.
+
- Issue #7318: multiprocessing now uses a timeout when it fails to establish
a connection with another process, rather than looping endlessly. The
default timeout is 20 seconds, which should be amply sufficient for