[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.509,1.510

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv13195/python/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Another round on SF patch 618135: gzip.py and files > 2G
The last round boosted "the limit" from 2GB to 4GB.  This round gets
rid of the 4GB limit.  For files > 4GB, gzip stores just the last 32
bits of the file size, and now we play along with that too.  Tested
by hand (on a 6+GB file) on Win2K.

Boosting from 2GB to 4GB was arguably enough "a bugfix".  Going beyond
that smells more like "new feature" to me.


Index: NEWS
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! - gzip.py now handles files exceeding 2GB.  Note that 4GB is still a
!   fundamental limitation of the underlying gzip file format (it only
!   has 32 bits to record the file size).
  
  - xml.sax.saxutils.unescape has been added, to replace entity references
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! - gzip.py now handles files exceeding 2GB.  Files over 4GB also work
!   now (provided the OS supports it, and Python is configured with large
!   file support), but in that case the underlying gzip file format can
!   record only the least-significant 32 bits of the file size, so that
!   some tools working with gzipped files may report an incorrect file
!   size.
  
  - xml.sax.saxutils.unescape has been added, to replace entity references