[Python-checkins] [3.7] Add whatsnew for removal of asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint()'s *reuse_address* parameter (GH-17595). (GH-17631)
Ned Deily
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Mon Dec 16 23:08:57 EST 2019
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8a06c9eac450117d22d7b8ee966157ad2a0626d1
commit: 8a06c9eac450117d22d7b8ee966157ad2a0626d1
branch: 3.7
author: Kyle Stanley <aeros167 at gmail.com>
committer: Ned Deily <nad at python.org>
date: 2019-12-16T23:08:49-05:00
summary:
[3.7] Add whatsnew for removal of asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint()'s *reuse_address* parameter (GH-17595). (GH-17631)
(cherry picked from commit f501db2b93a9d3d840b6fb38d6bdda8bcc400d4a)
Co-authored-by: Kyle Stanley <aeros167 at gmail.com>
files:
M Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
M Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
index 3f5f5200f122f..04c1f7e71db32 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.6.rst
@@ -2433,3 +2433,13 @@ In 3.6.7 the :mod:`tokenize` module now implicitly emits a ``NEWLINE`` token
when provided with input that does not have a trailing new line. This behavior
now matches what the C tokenizer does internally.
(Contributed by Ammar Askar in :issue:`33899`.)
+
+Notable changes in Python 3.6.10
+================================
+
+Due to significant security concerns, the *reuse_address* parameter of
+:meth:`asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint` is no longer supported. This is
+because of the behavior of the socket option ``SO_REUSEADDR`` in UDP. For more
+details, see the documentation for ``loop.create_datagram_endpoint()``.
+(Contributed by Kyle Stanley, Antoine Pitrou, and Yury Selivanov in
+:issue:`37228`.)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
index 12e1d9be2a1cf..c7e3230db29e6 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst
@@ -2557,3 +2557,13 @@ This resolves a long standing issue where all virtual environments would have
to be upgraded or recreated with each Python update. However, note that this
release will still require recreation of virtual environments in order to get
the new scripts.
+
+Notable changes in Python 3.7.6
+===============================
+
+Due to significant security concerns, the *reuse_address* parameter of
+:meth:`asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint` is no longer supported. This is
+because of the behavior of the socket option ``SO_REUSEADDR`` in UDP. For more
+details, see the documentation for ``loop.create_datagram_endpoint()``.
+(Contributed by Kyle Stanley, Antoine Pitrou, and Yury Selivanov in
+:issue:`37228`.)
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