[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.820,1.821

tim_one@users.sourceforge.net tim_one@users.sourceforge.net
Mon, 21 Jul 2003 07:25:25 -0700


Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv22033/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Merge 23c1-branch back into the head.  Barry will send email about the
New Plan (releases to be made off the head, ongoing random 2.4 stuff
to be done on a short-lived branch, provided anyone is motivated enough
to create one).


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.820
retrieving revision 1.821
diff -C2 -d -r1.820 -r1.821
*** NEWS	20 Jul 2003 18:00:54 -0000	1.820
--- NEWS	21 Jul 2003 14:25:23 -0000	1.821
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*** 5,8 ****
--- 5,42 ----
  (editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
  
+ What's New in Python 2.3 release candidate 2?
+ =============================================
+ 
+ *Release date: DD-MMM-YYYY*
+ 
+ Core and builtins
+ -----------------
+ 
+ Extension modules
+ -----------------
+ 
+ - A longstanding bug in the parser module's initialization could cause
+   fatal internal refcount confusion when the module got initialized more
+   than once.  This has been fixed.
+ 
+ Library
+ -------
+ 
+ Tools/Demos
+ -----------
+ 
+ Build
+ -----
+ 
+ C API
+ -----
+ 
+ Windows
+ -------
+ 
+ Mac
+ ---
+ 
+ 
  What's New in Python 2.3 release candidate 1?
  =============================================
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*** 27,31 ****
  - A warning about assignments to module attributes that shadow
    builtins, present in earlier releases of 2.3, has been removed.
!   
  - It is not possible to create subclasses of builtin types like str
    and tuple that define an itemsize.  Earlier releases of Python 2.3
--- 61,65 ----
  - A warning about assignments to module attributes that shadow
    builtins, present in earlier releases of 2.3, has been removed.
! 
  - It is not possible to create subclasses of builtin types like str
    and tuple that define an itemsize.  Earlier releases of Python 2.3
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*** 59,63 ****
    the find_class attribute, if present.
  
! - There are several fixes for the bsddb3 wrapper module.  
  
    bsddb3 no longer crashes if an environment is closed before a cursor
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    the find_class attribute, if present.
  
! - There are several fixes for the bsddb3 wrapper module.
  
    bsddb3 no longer crashes if an environment is closed before a cursor