From caa765cc186032a329dd9f106aa472524eaf7994 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 06:12:47 +0000 Subject: Complete list of news since 2.1.3 was release. Just in case I feel like releasing 2.1.4 tomorrow. :-) --- Misc/NEWS | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 54 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 7344196..0aed729 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,57 @@ +What's New in Python 2.1.4? +Release date: XX-XXX-2003 +=========================== + +- Some documentation fixes. + +- SF #577530, #533625: security fixes for rexec.py. I still wouldn't + trust it as the only line of defense between a machine and the + Internet! + +- SF #590294, #601077: os._execvpe security fix (plus fix for the fix). + +- Link errno extension statically. + +- Backported various httplib.py fixes. + +- Backported various SSL fixes. + +- Fix posixpath.py so that when stat() fails with EOVERFLOW (meaning a + file larger than 2 GB in a build that doesn't support LFS), this is + correctly taken as an indication of the file's existence. + +- SF #523473: raise exceptions on error conditions. + +- SF #561858: avoid assertion when writing code objects with stacksize + >= 2**16. + +- SF #210682: fixed an old bug that caused bdb to be unable to + continue in the bottom frame, after a breakpoint was set + +- Fix rfc822.py to support dots in the "real name" part of email + addresses, per RFC 2822. + +- Repaired widespread misuse of _PyString_Resize. + +- SF #544473: use try/finally to ensire all Queue locks remain stable. + +- Fixed two obscure bugs in nested scopes. + +- Changes to the configure script to avoid problems with binutils 2.12. + +- SF #543318: fix bogus initialization in DatagramRequestHandler.setup(). + +- SF #541730: provisional fix to IDLE for losing data when attempting + to save a file containing non-ASCII characters. The fix consists of + raising an exception *before* overwriting the file rather than + after. You still can't save files with non-ASCII characters (this + is fixed in Python 2.2). + +- Sometimes the uninstall executable (UNWISE.EXE) vanishes. One cause + of that has been fixed in the installer (disabled Wise's "delete in- + use files" uninstall option). + + What's New in Python 2.1.3? Release date: 08-April-2002 =========================== @@ -27,10 +81,6 @@ Library Windows -- Sometimes the uninstall executable (UNWISE.EXE) vanishes. One cause - of that has been fixed in the installer (disabled Wise's "delete in- - use files" uninstall option). - - The installer now installs Start menu shortcuts under (the local equivalent of) "All Users" when doing an Admin install. -- cgit v0.12