[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.4 -> default): Merge PEP 466 What's New in 2.7 changes from 3.4
nick.coghlan
python-checkins at python.org
Sat Aug 23 06:48:42 CEST 2014
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/1c48171fc8da
changeset: 92203:1c48171fc8da
parent: 92200:e0f681f4ade3
parent: 92202:b7af119f78c3
user: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
date: Sat Aug 23 14:48:22 2014 +1000
summary:
Merge PEP 466 What's New in 2.7 changes from 3.4
files:
Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
@@ -2547,13 +2547,23 @@
:pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.7:
-* :func:`hmac.compare_digest` was added to make a timing attack resistant
- comparison operation broadly available to Python 2 applications
- (backported by Alex Gaynor in :issue:`21306`)
-
-* the version of OpenSSL linked with the prebuilt Windows installers
- published on python.org was updated to 1.0.1g (contributed by
- Zachary Ware in :issue:`21462`)
+* :func:`hmac.compare_digest` was backported from Python 3 to make a timing
+ attack resistant comparison operation broadly available to Python 2
+ applications (backported by Alex Gaynor in :issue:`21306`)
+
+* upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1g for the prebuilt Windows installers published
+ on python.org (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`21462`)
+
+
+:pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.8:
+
+* :func:`hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac` was backported from Python 3 to make a hashing
+ algorithm suitable for secure password storage broadly available to Python
+ 2 applications (backported by Alex Gaynor in :issue:`21304`)
+
+* upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1h for the prebuilt Windows installers published
+ on python.org (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`21671` for
+ CVE-2014-0224)
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