From 0963803dcb14fba53f15dfd818d5920161aebf0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Peters Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 00:10:29 +0000 Subject: Added section for 2.3 final; moved IDLE news into it that I inserted in a wrong place over the weekend. --- Misc/NEWS | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index f62bb44..3940d4d 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -4,6 +4,43 @@ Python News (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.) +What's New in Python 2.3 final? +=============================== + +*Release date: 29-Jul-2003* + +Core and builtins +----------------- + +Extension modules +----------------- + +Library +------- + +IDLE +---- + +- IDLE displays a new message upon startup: some "personal firewall" + kinds of programs (for example, ZoneAlarm) open a dialog of their + own when any program opens a socket. IDLE does use sockets, talking + on the computer's internal loopback interface. This connection is not + visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received + from the Internet. So, if you get such a dialog when opening IDLE, + asking whether to let pythonw.exe talk to address 127.0.0.1, say yes, + and rest assured no communication external to your machine is taking + place. If you don't allow it, IDLE won't be able to start. + +Build +----- + +C API +----- + +Windows +------- + + What's New in Python 2.3 release candidate 2? ============================================= @@ -44,16 +81,6 @@ Library IDLE ---- -- IDLE displays a new message upon startup: some "personal firewall" - kinds of programs (for example, ZoneAlarm) open a dialog of their - own when any program opens a socket. IDLE does use sockets, talking - on the computer's internal loopback interface. This connection is not - visible on any external interface and no data is sent to or received - from the Internet. So, if you get such a dialog when opening IDLE, - asking whether to let pythonw.exe talk to address 127.0.0.1, say yes, - and rest assured no communication external to your machine is taking - place. If you don't allow it, IDLE won't be able to start. - - Calltips patches. Build -- cgit v0.12