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* Close #19880: Fix a reference leak in unittest.TestCase. Explicitly breakVictor Stinner2013-12-091-0/+3
| | | | reference cycles between frames and the _Outcome instance.
* (Merge 3.3) Issue #17429: platform.linux_distribution() now decodes files fromVictor Stinner2013-12-081-0/+6
|\ | | | | | | | | | | | | the UTF-8 encoding with the surrogateescape error handler, instead of decoding from the locale encoding in strict mode. It fixes the function on Fedora 19 which is probably the first major distribution release with a non-ASCII name. Patch written by Toshio Kuratomi.
| * Issue #17429: platform.linux_distribution() now decodes files from the UTF-8Victor Stinner2013-12-081-0/+6
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | encoding with the surrogateescape error handler, instead of decoding from the locale encoding in strict mode. It fixes the function on Fedora 19 which is probably the first major distribution release with a non-ASCII name. Patch written by Toshio Kuratomi.
* | Fixes issue #19929: Call os.read with 32768 within subprocess.PopenGregory P. Smith2013-12-081-0/+4
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | communicate rather than 4096 for efficiency. A microbenchmark shows Linux and OS X both using ~50% less cpu time this way.
| * Fixes issue #19929: Call os.read with 32768 within subprocess.PopenGregory P. Smith2013-12-081-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | communicate rather than 4096 for efficiency. A microbenchmark shows Linux and OS X both using ~50% less cpu time this way.
* | Issue #19535: Fixed test_docxmlrpc, test_functools, test_inspect, andSerhiy Storchaka2013-12-081-0/+3
|\ \ | |/ | | | | test_statistics when python is run with -OO.
| * Issue #19535: Fixed test_docxmlrpc when python is run with -OO.Serhiy Storchaka2013-12-081-0/+2
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* | - Issue #19736: Add module-level statvfs constants defined for GNU/glibcdoko@ubuntu.com2013-12-081-0/+3
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* | Issue #19343: Expose FreeBSD-specific APIs in resource module. Original ↵Christian Heimes2013-12-081-0/+3
| | | | | | | | patch by Koobs.
* | Issue #19926: Removed unneeded test_main from test_abstract_numbers.Zachary Ware2013-12-081-0/+3
|\ \ | |/ | | | | Patch by Vajrasky Kok.
| * Issue #19926: Removed unneeded test_main from test_abstract_numbers.Zachary Ware2013-12-081-0/+3
| | | | | | | | Patch by Vajrasky Kok.
* | Issue 19572: More silently skipped tests explicitly skipped.Zachary Ware2013-12-081-0/+2
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| * Issue 19572: More silently skipped tests explicitly skipped.Zachary Ware2013-12-081-1/+1
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* | Fixes issue #19506: Use a memoryview to avoid a data copy when piping dataGregory P. Smith2013-12-081-0/+3
|\ \ | |/ | | | | to stdin within subprocess.Popen.communicate. 5-10% less cpu usage.
| * Fixes issue #19506: Use a memoryview to avoid a data copy when piping dataGregory P. Smith2013-12-081-0/+3
| | | | | | | | to stdin within subprocess.Popen.communicate. 5-10% less cpu usage.
* | News item for issue 19876.Guido van Rossum2013-12-081-0/+3
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* | Issue #19922: define _INCLUDE__STDC_A1_SOURCE in HP-UX to include mbstate_tChristian Heimes2013-12-071-0/+3
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* | Issue #6784: Strings from Python 2 can now be unpickled as bytes objects.Alexandre Vassalotti2013-12-071-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Initial patch by Merlijn van Deen. I've added a few unrelated docstring fixes in the patch while I was at it, which makes the documentation for pickle a bit more consistent.
* | Issue #19908: pathlib now joins relative Windows paths correctly when a driveSerhiy Storchaka2013-12-061-0/+2
| | | | | | | | is present. Original patch by Antoine Pitrou.
* | Issue #19881: Fix bad pickling of large bytes in cpickle.Alexandre Vassalotti2013-12-061-0/+4
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* | Issue #19296: Silence compiler warning in dbm_open.Christian Heimes2013-12-051-0/+2
| | | | | | | | Some dbm header files declare the first argument as char * instead of a const char *.
* | Issue #18840: Introduce the json module in the tutorial, and deemphasize the ↵Antoine Pitrou2013-12-051-0/+3
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| * Issue #18840: Introduce the json module in the tutorial, and deemphasize the ↵Antoine Pitrou2013-12-051-0/+3
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* | Closes #19839: Fix regression in bz2 module's handling of non-bzip2 data at EOF.Nadeem Vawda2013-12-041-0/+3
|\ \ | |/ | | | | Also fix an analogous bug (not a regression) in the lzma module.
| * #19839: Fix lzma module's handling of non-lzma data at EOF.Nadeem Vawda2013-12-041-1/+1
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| * #19839: Fix regression in bz2 module's handling of non-bzip2 data at EOF.Nadeem Vawda2013-12-041-0/+3
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| * Issue #19138: doctest's IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL now allows no detail at all.Tim Peters2013-12-041-0/+4
| | | | | | | | (grafted from c80083ad142db2939507800c755082293a87f2de)
* | Issue #19138: doctest's IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL now allows no detail at all.Tim Peters2013-12-041-0/+4
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* | Close #19827: On UNIX, setblocking() and settimeout() methods of socket.socketVictor Stinner2013-12-031-0/+4
| | | | | | | | | | can now avoid a second syscall if the ioctl() function can be used, or if the non-blocking flag of the socket is unchanged.
* | Issue #19785: smtplib now supports SSLContext.check_hostname and server nameChristian Heimes2013-12-021-0/+3
| | | | | | | | indication for TLS/SSL connections.
* | Issue #19783: nntplib now supports SSLContext.check_hostname and server nameChristian Heimes2013-12-021-0/+3
| | | | | | | | indication for TLS/SSL connections.
* | Issue #19784: poplib now supports SSLContext.check_hostname and server nameChristian Heimes2013-12-021-0/+3
| | | | | | | | indication for TLS/SSL connections.
* | Issue #19782: imaplib now supports SSLContext.check_hostname and server nameChristian Heimes2013-12-021-0/+3
| | | | | | | | indication for TLS/SSL connections.
* | Add NEWS entry for issue #19834: merge with 3.3.Walter Doerwald2013-12-021-0/+2
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| * Add NEWS entry for issue #19834.Walter Doerwald2013-12-021-0/+2
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| * Fixes issue #15798: subprocess.Popen() no longer fails if fileGregory P. Smith2013-12-021-0/+3
| | | | | | | | | | descriptor 0, 1 or 2 is closed. The errpipe_write fd will always be >= 3.
* | Issue #19781: ftplib now supports SSLContext.check_hostname and server nameChristian Heimes2013-12-021-0/+3
| | | | | | | | indication for TLS/SSL connections.
* | Issue #19509: Add SSLContext.check_hostname to match the peer's certificateChristian Heimes2013-12-021-0/+3
| | | | | | | | with server_hostname on handshake.
* | Fixes issue #15798: subprocess.Popen() no longer fails if fileGregory P. Smith2013-12-021-0/+3
| | | | | | | | descriptor 0, 1 or 2 is closed. (correct fix for 3.4 this time)
* | Issue #11480: Merge with 3.3.Alexandre Vassalotti2013-12-011-0/+3
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| * Issue #11480: Fixed copy.copy to work with classes with custom metaclasses.Alexandre Vassalotti2013-12-011-0/+3
| | | | | | | | Patch by Daniel Urban.
* | Undo supposed fix for Issue #15798 until I understand why this isGregory P. Smith2013-12-011-3/+0
|\ \ | |/ | | | | | | causing test_multiprocessing_forkserver and test_multiprocessing_spawn failures on head (3.4).
| * Undo supposed fix for Issue #15798 until I understand why this isGregory P. Smith2013-12-011-3/+0
| | | | | | | | | | causing test_multiprocessing_forkserver and test_multiprocessing_spawn failures on head (3.4).
* | Fixes Issue #15798 - subprocess.Popen() no longer fails if fileGregory P. Smith2013-12-011-0/+3
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| * Fixes Issue #15798 - subprocess.Popen() no longer fails if fileGregory P. Smith2013-12-011-0/+3
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* | Issue #6477: Merge with 3.3.Alexandre Vassalotti2013-12-011-0/+3
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| * Issue #6477: Added support for pickling the types of built-in singletons.Alexandre Vassalotti2013-12-011-0/+3
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* | Issue #19845: Updated the Compiling Python on Windows docs.Zachary Ware2013-11-301-0/+2
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| * Issue #19845: Updated the Compiling Python on Windows docs.Zachary Ware2013-11-301-0/+2
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* | Merge with 3.3.Alexandre Vassalotti2013-11-301-0/+3
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