[Python-checkins] r71288 - python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS

matthias.klose python-checkins at python.org
Mon Apr 6 00:12:56 CEST 2009 

Author: matthias.klose
Date: Mon Apr  6 00:12:56 2009
New Revision: 71288

Log:
Misc/NEWS: Move all news items checked in after the 2.6.1 release
to the 2.6.2 section.


Modified:
   python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS

Modified: python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/release26-maint/Misc/NEWS	Mon Apr  6 00:12:56 2009
@@ -314,65 +314,6 @@
 - Issue #2703: SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher.__init__: Provide default values for
   new arguments introduced in 2.5.
 
-Extension Modules
------------------
-
-- Issue #1040026: Fix os.times result on systems where HZ is incorrect.
-
-Build
------
-
-- Link the shared python library with $(MODLIBS).
-
-
-What's New in Python 2.6.1
-==========================
-
-*Release date: 04-Dec-2008*
-
-Core and Builtins
------------------
-
-- Issue #3996: On Windows, the PyOS_CheckStack function would cause the
-  interpreter to abort ("Fatal Python error: Could not reset the stack!")
-  instead of throwing a MemoryError.
-
-- Issue #4367: Python would segfault during compiling when the unicodedata
-  module couldn't be imported and \N escapes were present.
-
-- Issue #4348: Some bytearray methods returned that didn't cause any change to
-  the bytearray, returned the same bytearray instead of a copy.
-
-- Issue #4317: Fixed a crash in the imageop.rgb2rgb8() function.
-
-- Issue #4230: If ``__getattr__`` is a descriptor, it now functions correctly.
-
-- Issue #4048: The parser module now correctly validates relative imports.
-
-- Issue #4225: ``from __future__ import unicode_literals`` didn't work in an
-  exec statement.
-
-- Issue #4176: Fixed a crash when pickling an object which ``__reduce__``
-  method does not return iterators for the 4th and 5th items.
-
-- Issue #4209: Enabling unicode_literals and the print_function in the same
-  __future__ import didn't work.
-
-- On windows, os.chdir given unicode was not working if GetCurrentDirectoryW
-  returned a path longer than MAX_PATH. (But It's doubtful this code path is
-  really executed because I cannot move to such directory on win2k)
-
-- Issue #4069: When set.remove(element) is used with a set element, the element
-  is temporarily replaced with an equivalent frozenset.  But the eventual
-  KeyError would always report the empty frozenset([]) as the missing key. Now
-  it correctly refers to the initial element.
-
-- Fixed C99 style comments in several files. Python is now C89 compatible
-  again.
-
-Library
--------
-
 - Issue #1885: distutils. When running sdist with --formats=tar,gztar
   the tar file was overriden by the gztar one.
 
@@ -439,30 +380,6 @@
   support unusual filenames (such as those containing semi-colons) in
   Content-Disposition headers.
 
-- Issue #3741: DISTUTILS_USE_SDK set causes msvc9compiler.py to raise an
-  exception.
-
-- Issue #4363: The uuid.uuid1() and uuid.uuid4() functions now work even if
-  the ctypes module is not present.
-
-- Issue #4116: Resolve member name conflict in ScrolledCanvas.__init__.
-
-- Issue #3774: Fixed an error when create a Tkinter menu item without command
-  and then remove it.
-
-- Fixed a modulefinder crash on certain relative imports.
-
-- Issue #4150: Pdb's "up" command now works for generator frames in post-mortem
-  debugging.
-
-- Issue #4092: Return ArgInfo as promised in the documentation from
-  inspect.getargvalues.
-
-- Issue #3935: Properly support list subclasses in bisect's C implementation.
-
-- Issue #4014: Don't claim that Python has an Alpha release status, in addition
-  to claiming it is Mature.
-
 - Issue #4730: Fixed the cPickle module to handle correctly astral characters
   when protocol 0 is used.
 
@@ -479,9 +396,32 @@
 
 - Issue #4677: add two list comprehension tests to pybench.
 
+Extension Modules
+-----------------
+
+- Issue #4301: Patch the logging module to add processName support, remove
+  _check_logger_class from multiprocessing.
+
+- Issue #1040026: Fix os.times result on systems where HZ is incorrect.
+
+- Issue #4397: Fix occasional test_socket failure on OS X.
+
+- Issue #4279: Fix build of parsermodule under Cygwin.
+
+- Issue #4051: Prevent conflict of UNICODE macros in cPickle.
+
+- Issue #4228: Pack negative values the same way as 2.4 in struct's L format.
+
+- Issue #1040026: Fix os.times result on systems where HZ is incorrect.
+
+- Issues #3167, #3682: Fix test_math failures for log, log10 on Solaris,
+  OpenBSD.
+
 Build
 -----
 
+- Link the shared python library with $(MODLIBS).
+
 - Issue #5134: Silence compiler warnings when compiling sqlite with VC++.
 
 - Issue #4494: Fix build with Py_NO_ENABLE_SHARED on Windows.
@@ -496,17 +436,6 @@
 
 - Issue #4289: Remove Cancel button from AdvancedDlg.
 
-- Issue #1656675: Register a drop handler for .py* files on Windows.
-
-- Issue #4120: Exclude manifest from extension modules in VS2008.
-
-- Issue #4091: Install pythonxy.dll in system32 again.
-
-- Issue #4018: Disable "for me" installations on Vista.
-
-- Issue #3758: Add ``patchcheck`` build target to .PHONY.
-
-- Issue #4204: Fixed module build errors on FreeBSD 4.
 
 C-API
 -----
@@ -516,40 +445,117 @@
 - Issue #3632: from the gdb debugger, the 'pyo' macro can now be called when
   the GIL is released, or owned by another thread.
 
-- Issue #4122: On Windows, fix a compilation error when using the
-  Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE macro in an extension module.
+Tests
+-----
 
-Extension Modules
+- Issue #5635: Fix running test_sys with tracing enabled.
+
+- regrtest no longer treats ImportError as equivalent to SkipTest.  Imports
+  that should cause a test to be skipped are now done using import_module 
+  from test support, which does the conversion.
+
+- Issue #5083: New 'gui' resource for regrtest.
+
+
+What's New in Python 2.6.1
+==========================
+
+*Release date: 04-Dec-2008*
+
+Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
-- Issue #4397: Fix occasional test_socket failure on OS X.
+- Issue #3996: On Windows, the PyOS_CheckStack function would cause the
+  interpreter to abort ("Fatal Python error: Could not reset the stack!")
+  instead of throwing a MemoryError.
 
-- Issue #4279: Fix build of parsermodule under Cygwin.
+- Issue #4367: Python would segfault during compiling when the unicodedata
+  module couldn't be imported and \N escapes were present.
 
-- Issue #4051: Prevent conflict of UNICODE macros in cPickle.
+- Issue #4348: Some bytearray methods returned that didn't cause any change to
+  the bytearray, returned the same bytearray instead of a copy.
 
-- Issue #4228: Pack negative values the same way as 2.4 in struct's L format.
+- Issue #4317: Fixed a crash in the imageop.rgb2rgb8() function.
 
-- Issue #1040026: Fix os.times result on systems where HZ is incorrect.
+- Issue #4230: If ``__getattr__`` is a descriptor, it now functions correctly.
 
-- Issues #3167, #3682: Fix test_math failures for log, log10 on Solaris,
-  OpenBSD.
+- Issue #4048: The parser module now correctly validates relative imports.
 
-- Issue #4365: Add crtassem.h constants to the msvcrt module.
+- Issue #4225: ``from __future__ import unicode_literals`` didn't work in an
+  exec statement.
 
-- Issue #4396: The parser module now correctly validates the with statement.
+- Issue #4176: Fixed a crash when pickling an object which ``__reduce__``
+  method does not return iterators for the 4th and 5th items.
 
+- Issue #4209: Enabling unicode_literals and the print_function in the same
+  __future__ import didn't work.
 
-Tests
+- On windows, os.chdir given unicode was not working if GetCurrentDirectoryW
+  returned a path longer than MAX_PATH. (But It's doubtful this code path is
+  really executed because I cannot move to such directory on win2k)
+
+- Issue #4069: When set.remove(element) is used with a set element, the element
+  is temporarily replaced with an equivalent frozenset.  But the eventual
+  KeyError would always report the empty frozenset([]) as the missing key. Now
+  it correctly refers to the initial element.
+
+- Fixed C99 style comments in several files. Python is now C89 compatible
+  again.
+
+Library
+-------
+
+- Issue #3741: DISTUTILS_USE_SDK set causes msvc9compiler.py to raise an
+  exception.
+
+- Issue #4363: The uuid.uuid1() and uuid.uuid4() functions now work even if
+  the ctypes module is not present.
+
+- Issue #4116: Resolve member name conflict in ScrolledCanvas.__init__.
+
+- Issue #3774: Fixed an error when create a Tkinter menu item without command
+  and then remove it.
+
+- Fixed a modulefinder crash on certain relative imports.
+
+- Issue #4150: Pdb's "up" command now works for generator frames in post-mortem
+  debugging.
+
+- Issue #4092: Return ArgInfo as promised in the documentation from
+  inspect.getargvalues.
+
+- Issue #3935: Properly support list subclasses in bisect's C implementation.
+
+- Issue #4014: Don't claim that Python has an Alpha release status, in addition
+  to claiming it is Mature.
+
+Build
 -----
 
-- Issue #5635: Fix running test_sys with tracing enabled.
+- Issue #1656675: Register a drop handler for .py* files on Windows.
 
-- regrtest no longer treats ImportError as equivalent to SkipTest.  Imports
-  that should cause a test to be skipped are now done using import_module 
-  from test support, which does the conversion.
+- Issue #4120: Exclude manifest from extension modules in VS2008.
 
-- Issue #5083: New 'gui' resource for regrtest.
+- Issue #4091: Install pythonxy.dll in system32 again.
+
+- Issue #4018: Disable "for me" installations on Vista.
+
+- Issue #3758: Add ``patchcheck`` build target to .PHONY.
+
+- Issue #4204: Fixed module build errors on FreeBSD 4.
+
+C-API
+-----
+
+- Issue #4122: On Windows, fix a compilation error when using the
+  Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE macro in an extension module.
+
+Extension Modules
+-----------------
+
+- Issue #4365: Add crtassem.h constants to the msvcrt module.
+
+- Issue #4396: The parser module now correctly validates the with statement.
 
 
 What's New in Python 2.6 final
@@ -764,9 +770,6 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
-- Issue #4301: Patch the logging module to add processName support, remove
-  _check_logger_class from multiprocessing.
-
 - Issue #2975: When compiling several extension modules with Visual Studio 2008
   from the same python interpreter, some environment variables would grow
   without limit.

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