[Python-Dev] Python-Dev Digest, Vol 129, Issue 81

[Brett Cannon]

On Mon Apr 28 2014 at 4:58:35 PM, Mike Miller <python-dev at mgmiller.net>
wrote:

> Hi, note the pep, it makes allowances for security enhancements.
>

The PEP in question is about fixing fundamentally broken security issues in
Python 2.7 (e.g. updating OpenSSL). Tweaking where Python is installed by
default on Windows is not fundamentally broken, it's a difference of
opinion as to whether the current defaults are the best option or not.

-Brett


>
> -Mike
>
>  > Message: 5 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 20:23:12 +0200
>  > From: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>
>  > To: python-dev at python.org Subject:
>  > Re: [Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7. on Windows
>  > Message-ID: <20140428202312.6903d62a at fsol>
>
>  > Regardless of whether this change this or not, we certainly cannot
>  > change it in a bugfix version. So, 3.5 at the earliest it would be.
>
>  > Regards
>
>  > Antoine.
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