[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.670,1.671

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Merge in changes made to the 2.3a2 release.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.670
retrieving revision 1.671
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*** NEWS	19 Feb 2003 23:31:51 -0000	1.670
--- NEWS	20 Feb 2003 01:38:31 -0000	1.671
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    imp.lock_held().  (SF bug #580952 and patch #683257.)
  
+ - Change to cPickle to match pickle.py (see below and PEP 307).
+ 
  - Fix some bugs in the parser module.  SF bug #678518.
  
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    an mmap'ed file which was already closed.  (SF patch #665913)
  
+ - Fixed serveral serious bugs in the zipimport implementation.
+ 
  - datetime changes:
  
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+ - The logging module was updated slightly; the WARN level was renamed
+   to WARNING, and the matching function/method warn() to warning().
+ 
+ - The pickle and cPickle modules were updated with a new pickling
+   protocol (documented by pickletools.py, see below) and several
+   extensions to the pickle customization API (__reduce__, __setstate__
+   etc.).  The copy module now uses more of the pickle customization
+   API to copy objects that don't implement __copy__ or __deepcopy__.
+   See PEP 307 for details.
+ 
+ - The distutils "register" command now uses http://www.python.org/pypi
+   as the default repository.  (See PEP 301.)
+ 
  - the platform dependent path related variables sep, altsep, extsep,
    pathsep, curdir, pardir and defpath are now defined in the platform
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! - Several tests weren't being run.  Now they are.
  
  Windows
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! - Several tests weren't being run rom regrtest.py (test_timeout.py,
!   test_tarfile.py, test_netrc.py, test_multifile.py,
!   test_importhooks.py and test_imp.py).  Now they are.  (Note to
!   developers: please read Lib/test/README when creating a new test, to
!   make sure to do it right!  All tests need to use either unittest or
!   pydoc.)
! 
! - Added test_posix.py, a test suite for the posix module.
! 
! - Added test_hexoct.py, a test suite for hex/oct constant folding.
  
  Windows
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  - sys.path[0], if it contains a directory name, is now always an
!   absolute pathname.
  
  - The new logging package is now installed by the Windows installer.  It
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  - sys.path[0], if it contains a directory name, is now always an
!   absolute pathname. (SF patch #664376.)
  
  - The new logging package is now installed by the Windows installer.  It