[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.146,1.146.2.1

[Thomas Wouters]

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	NEWS 
Log Message:

Preliminary NEWS entry for 2.1.1c1



Index: NEWS
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*** NEWS	2001/04/16 18:46:45	1.146
--- NEWS	2001/07/12 13:38:18	1.146.2.1
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*** 1,2 ****
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+ What's New in Python 2.1.1c1 ?
+ ==============================
+ 
+ - Python 2.1.1 comes with the new, GPL-compatible PSF licence.
+ 
+ - Several insecurities in dict comparison as well as a scoping bug,
+   that could lead to the Python interpreter crashing were fixed.
+ 
+ - Python should compile and run out of the box using the Borland C
+   compiler (under Windows), thanks to Stephen Hansen.
+ 
+ - A large number of bugs was fixed, both in code and in the
+   documentation, including (but not limited to) the following
+   bugreports from SourceForge:
+ 
+     [ #416530 ] No notes for building on Mac OS X 10.0
+     [ #416573 ] makesockaddr() AF_UNIX ignores sun_len
+     [ #417030 ] print '%*s' fails for unicode string
+     [ #417093 ] Case sensitive import: dir and .py file w/ same name
+     [ #417418 ] Python 2.1 compile error on HPUX
+     [ #417587 ] compiler warnings compiling 2.1
+     [ #417845 ] Python 2.1: SocketServer.ThreadingMixIn
+     [ #417943 ] xreadlines documented twice for file obj
+     [ #418296 ] WinMain.c should use WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN.
+     [ #418615 ] regular expression bug in pipes.py.
+     [ #418977 ] Access Violation in PyCell_Set
+     [ #419434 ] Tutorial contains wrong sample code.
+     [ #419873 ] ThreadingTCPServer invalidating sockets
+     [ #420216 ] bad links in v2.1 docs
+     [ #420230 ] fileinput deletes backups without warnin
+     [ #420343 ] SystemError from tuple() builtin
+     [ #420399 ] wrong HTML ("trademark" symbols?)
+     [ #421999 ] wrong priority doc for ** vs unary -
+     [ #422108 ] Error in rich comparisons
+     [ #422121 ] Insecurities in dict comparison
+     [ #422702 ] dbhash.open default
+     [ #423087 ] A small typo in weakref documentation
+     [ #423429 ] very minor nit in library ref
+     [ #424776 ] SMTP Example does not work
+     [ #424951 ] ThreadingTCPServer file handle errors.
+     [ #425320 ] Typo in introduction.
+     [ #427698 ] objects with __eq__ are not hashable
+     [ #427783 ] Lang Ref section 4.1 s/is/in/
+     [ #427985 ] optional "listen" parameter in asyncore
+     [ #428419 ] include/rangeobject.h needs extern "C"
+     [ #429059 ] No docs for os.getenv()
+     [ #429070 ] Thread.getDaemon()should be isDaemon()
+     [ #429361 ] popen2.Popen3.wait() exit code
+     [ #429554 ] PyList_SET_ITEM documentation omission
+     [ #430627 ] Fixes for templates/module.tex file
+     [ #430991 ] wrong co_lnotab
+     [ #431772 ] traceback.print_exc() causes traceback
+     [ #432369 ] ConfigParser: problem w/ mixed-case opts
+     [ #433228 ] repr(list) woes when len(list) big
+     [ #433904 ] rexec: all s_* methods return None only
+     [ #434186 ] 0x80000000/2 != 0x80000000>>1
+     [ #434975 ] Typo on Posix Large File Support page
+     [ #435066 ] PyObject_ClearWeakRefs misdocumented
+     [ #436525 ] Wrong macro name
+     [ #437041 ] strfime %Z isn't an RFC 822 timezone
+     [ #437879 ] SocketServer.py related problems
+     [ #438032 ] Documentation errors in module "profile"
+     [ #439012 ] Need doc: initial state of allocs
+     [ #439104 ] Tuple richcompares has code-typo
+     [ #439798 ] Nested scopes core dump
+     [ #439823 ] poll docs should mention timeout unit
+     [ #440037 ] C API descriptions not complete/consistent
+ 
+ 
  What's New in Python 2.1 (final)?
  =================================