[Python-Dev] PEP 466 (round 5): selected network security enhancements for Python 2.7

[Barry Warsaw]

On Mar 26, 2014, at 10:00 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

>Guido and Antoine persuaded me that selective backports would be a
>better idea for the network security enhancements than the wholesale
>module backports previously suggested, while Alex and Donald provided
>the necessary additional details, so here's a revised version of the
>PEP. Despite making it more explicit, I deleted more lines than I
>added, strongly suggesting that switching to selective backports was
>the right call :)

Thanks.  I think the narrower scope and details greatly improves this PEP and
resolves most of the concerns I had about it.  It maintains the backward
compatibility pledge but relaxes the new feature backport prohibition where
security concerns trump.

Cheers,
-Barry