[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.826,1.827

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Thu, 24 Jul 2003 18:09:42 -0700


Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv11280

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Updated news for 2.3c2.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
retrieving revision 1.826
retrieving revision 1.827
diff -C2 -d -r1.826 -r1.827
*** NEWS	24 Jul 2003 00:15:45 -0000	1.826
--- NEWS	25 Jul 2003 01:09:40 -0000	1.827
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*** 14,18 ****
  
  - It is now possible to import from zipfiles containing additional
!   data bytes before the zip compatible archive. Zipfiles containing a
    comment at the end are still unsupported.
  
--- 14,18 ----
  
  - It is now possible to import from zipfiles containing additional
!   data bytes before the zip compatible archive.  Zipfiles containing a
    comment at the end are still unsupported.
  
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*** 29,41 ****
--- 29,56 ----
    call.
  
+ - Fixed some leaks in the locale module.
+ 
  Library
  -------
  
+ - Lib/encodings/rot_13.py when used as a script, now more properly
+   uses the first Python interpreter on your path.
+ 
+ - Removed caching of TimeRE (and thus LocaleTime) in _strptime.py to
+   fix a locale related bug in the test suite.  Although another patch
+   was needed to actually fix the problem, the cache code was not
+   restored.
+ 
  Tools/Demos
  -----------
  
+ - Calltips patches in IDLE.
+ 
  Build
  -----
  
+ - For MacOSX, added -mno-fused-madd to BASECFLAGS to fix test_coercion
+   on Panther (OSX 10.3).
+ 
  C API
  -----
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*** 47,52 ****
--- 62,76 ----
    was set, making temp file creation impossible.  Repaired.
  
+ - Add a patch to workaround pthread_sigmask() bugs in Cygwin.
+ 
  Mac
  ---
+ 
+ - Various fixes to pimp.
+ 
+ - Scripts runs with pythonw no longer had full window manager access.
+ 
+ - Don't force boot-disk-only install, for reasons unknown it causes
+   more problems than it solves.