[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.146.2.2,1.146.2.3

[Anthony Baxter]

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	NEWS 
Log Message:
and heeeere we go. heading for 2.1.2 release.


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+ What's New in Python 2.1.2 (final) ?
+ ==============================
+ 
+ - The socket object gained a new method, 'sendall()'. This method 
+   is guaranteed to send all data - this is not guaranteed by the
+   'send()' method. See also SF patch #474307. The standard library
+   has been updated to use this method where appropriate.
+ 
+ Many bugs were fixed. The following is a list of some of the major or
+ notable fixes:
+ 
+ - Fix for incorrectly swapped arguments to PyFrame_BlockSetup in ceval.c.
+   This bug could cause python to crash.
+ 
+ - SF bug #422004: Py_Initialise fix that allows reload(exceptions) to 
+   work - this is apparently very important for embedded python.
+ 
+ - The Python compiler package was updated to correctly calculate stack
+   depth in some cases. This was affecting Zope Python Scripts rather badly.
+ 
+ - SF bug #443120: Fix a cgi.py denial-of-service attack, 
+ 
+ - socketmodule's SSL_read and SSL_write now release the global interpreter 
+   lock.
+ 
+ - threading uses the PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM attribute where available. 
+   This should remove the need to add tiny sleeps at the start of threads 
+   to allow other threads to be scheduled.
+ 
+ - Lib/asyncore is now more defensive in select()
+ 
+ - Lib/dumbdbm is now merely dumb, rather than terminally broken.
+ 
+ - SF bug #441712: more liberal handling of ftp servers' 227 responses.
+ 
+ - SF bug #440693: make sure zip files use "/" as directory separator.
+ 
+ - If 'unittest.py' was run from the command line with the name of a test
+   case class as a parameter, it failed with an ugly error.
+ 
+ - SF bug #231249: cgi.py opens too many (temporary) files.
+ 
+ - Lib/CGIHTTPServer.py supports binary data on Windows.
+ 
+ - base64.encodestring/decodestring are much faster.
+ 
+ - SF bug #471928: global made w/nested list comprehensions
+ 
+ - SF patch #422106: fix segmentation fault in sys.displayhook
+ 
+ - SF bug 476129: gc.collect sometimes hangs
+ 
+ - SF bug #448351: select.select() puts FDs on the heap where needed.
+ 
+ 
  What's New in Python 2.1.1 (final) ?
  ==============================