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* Merged revisions 83452,83457,83466,83471,83475,83480,83486 via svnmerge fromGeorg Brandl2010-08-011-5/+3
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/release27-maint ................ r83452 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-01 23:06:46 +0200 (So, 01 Aug 2010) | 25 lines Merged revisions 83226-83227,83229-83230,83232 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k ........ r83226 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:17:12 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line #1090076: explain the behavior of *vars* in get() better. ........ r83227 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:23:06 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line Use Py_CLEAR(). ........ r83229 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:32:22 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line #9407: document configparser.Error. ........ r83230 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:36:11 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line Use correct directive and name. ........ r83232 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 16:49:08 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line #9388: remove ERA_YEAR which is never defined in the source code. ........ ................ r83457 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-01 23:10:57 +0200 (So, 01 Aug 2010) | 9 lines Merged revisions 83223 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k ........ r83223 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-29 15:38:37 +0200 (Do, 29 Jul 2010) | 1 line #3874: document HTMLParser.unknown_decl(). ........ ................ r83466 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-01 23:23:50 +0200 (So, 01 Aug 2010) | 29 lines Merged revisions 83160-83161,83166,83168-83169,83171 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k ........ r83160 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-26 10:51:42 +0200 (Mo, 26 Jul 2010) | 1 line #9381: fix markup. ........ r83161 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-26 11:33:12 +0200 (Mo, 26 Jul 2010) | 1 line Add Brian Quinlan. ........ r83166 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-26 17:11:49 +0200 (Mo, 26 Jul 2010) | 1 line Fix grammar. ........ r83168 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-26 19:00:20 +0200 (Mo, 26 Jul 2010) | 1 line Fix indentation in example. ........ r83169 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-26 19:09:32 +0200 (Mo, 26 Jul 2010) | 1 line Add Reid. ........ r83171 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-26 23:12:13 +0200 (Mo, 26 Jul 2010) | 1 line Clarify. ........ ................ r83471 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-01 23:26:45 +0200 (So, 01 Aug 2010) | 9 lines Merged revisions 83106 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k ........ r83106 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-23 18:55:26 +0200 (Fr, 23 Jul 2010) | 1 line Fix some markup glitches. ........ ................ r83475 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-01 23:28:47 +0200 (So, 01 Aug 2010) | 9 lines Merged revisions 82965 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k ........ r82965 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-19 13:28:05 +0200 (Mo, 19 Jul 2010) | 1 line Clarification. Yay importlib! ........ ................ r83480 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-01 23:33:42 +0200 (So, 01 Aug 2010) | 17 lines Merged revisions 82871,82960-82961 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k ........ r82871 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-14 10:00:22 +0200 (Mi, 14 Jul 2010) | 1 line #9258: fix copy-paste errors. ........ r82960 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-19 08:52:35 +0200 (Mo, 19 Jul 2010) | 1 line Clarify. ........ r82961 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-19 08:57:52 +0200 (Mo, 19 Jul 2010) | 1 line Clarify :option: description. ........ ................ r83486 | georg.brandl | 2010-08-01 23:44:38 +0200 (So, 01 Aug 2010) | 13 lines Merged revisions 82832,82834 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k ........ r82832 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-12 11:00:29 +0200 (Mo, 12 Jul 2010) | 1 line Take care of duplicate target name warnings. ........ r82834 | georg.brandl | 2010-07-12 11:06:13 +0200 (Mo, 12 Jul 2010) | 1 line Use raw string literals for regexes containing backlash. ........ ................
* Merged revisions 79797 via svnmerge fromEzio Melotti2010-04-051-3/+3
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* Merged revisions ↵Georg Brandl2010-03-212-5/+7
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* Merged revisions ↵Georg Brandl2010-03-212-155/+146
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* Merged revisions 78024 via svnmerge fromGeorg Brandl2010-02-074-22/+25
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* Merged revisions 76904 via svnmerge fromEzio Melotti2009-12-193-3/+3
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* Merged revisions 76819,76830 via svnmerge fromR. David Murray2009-12-141-7/+6
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* Merged revisions 76190 via svnmerge fromR. David Murray2009-11-141-33/+71
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* Merged revisions ↵Georg Brandl2009-10-2710-0/+5389
75363,75365,75376,75392,75394,75403,75418,75484,75572,75580,75590,75592,75594-75596,75600,75602-75603,75605-75607,75610-75613,75616-75617,75623,75627,75647 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r75363 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-11 20:31:23 +0200 (So, 11 Okt 2009) | 1 line Add the Python FAQ lists to the documentation. Copied from sandbox/faq. Many thanks to AMK for the preparation work. ........ r75365 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-11 22:16:16 +0200 (So, 11 Okt 2009) | 1 line Fix broken links found by "make linkcheck". scipy.org seems to be done right now, so I could not verify links going there. ........ r75376 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-10-12 03:26:07 +0200 (Mo, 12 Okt 2009) | 1 line platform we don't care about ........ r75392 | andrew.kuchling | 2009-10-13 18:11:49 +0200 (Di, 13 Okt 2009) | 1 line Various link, textual, and markup fixes ........ r75394 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-13 20:10:59 +0200 (Di, 13 Okt 2009) | 1 line Fix markup. ........ r75403 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-14 17:57:46 +0200 (Mi, 14 Okt 2009) | 1 line #7126: os.environ changes *do* take effect in subprocesses started with os.system(). ........ r75418 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-14 20:48:32 +0200 (Mi, 14 Okt 2009) | 1 line #7116: str.join() takes an iterable. ........ r75484 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-18 09:58:12 +0200 (So, 18 Okt 2009) | 1 line Fix missing word. ........ r75572 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-10-20 23:55:17 +0200 (Di, 20 Okt 2009) | 1 line clarify buffer arg #7178 ........ r75580 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-21 09:15:59 +0200 (Mi, 21 Okt 2009) | 1 line #7170: fix explanation about non-weakrefable builtin types. ........ r75590 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-10-22 04:36:47 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line rewrite to be nice to other implementations ........ r75592 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 09:05:48 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Fix punctuation. ........ r75594 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 09:56:02 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Fix markup. ........ r75595 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 09:56:56 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Fix duplicate target. ........ r75596 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 10:05:04 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Add a new directive marking up implementation details and start using it. ........ r75600 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 13:01:46 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Make it more robust. ........ r75602 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 13:28:06 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Document new directive. ........ r75603 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 13:28:23 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Allow short form with text as argument. ........ r75605 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 13:48:10 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Use "impl-detail" directive where applicable. ........ r75606 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:00:06 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line #6324: membership test tries iteration via __iter__. ........ r75607 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:04:09 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line #7088: document new functions in signal as Unix-only. ........ r75610 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:27:24 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Reorder __slots__ fine print and add a clarification. ........ r75611 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:42:32 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line #7035: improve docs of the various <method>_errors() functions, and give them docstrings. ........ r75612 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:52:15 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line #7156: document curses as Unix-only. ........ r75613 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 17:54:35 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line #6977: getopt does not support optional option arguments. ........ r75616 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 18:17:05 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Add proper references. ........ r75617 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-22 18:20:55 +0200 (Do, 22 Okt 2009) | 1 line Make printout margin important. ........ r75623 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-23 10:14:44 +0200 (Fr, 23 Okt 2009) | 1 line #7188: fix optionxform() docs. ........ r75627 | fred.drake | 2009-10-23 15:04:51 +0200 (Fr, 23 Okt 2009) | 2 lines add further note about what's passed to optionxform ........ r75647 | georg.brandl | 2009-10-24 12:04:19 +0200 (Sa, 24 Okt 2009) | 1 line Fix markup. ........