[Python-checkins] r87711 - python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS

[gregory.p.smith]

Author: gregory.p.smith
Date: Mon Jan  3 22:09:23 2011
New Revision: 87711

Log:
news for 6643


Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS
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--- python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Misc/NEWS	Mon Jan  3 22:09:23 2011
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #6643: Reinitialize locks held within the threading module after fork
+  to avoid a potential rare deadlock or crash on some platforms.
+
 - Issue #10806, issue #9905: Fix subprocess pipes when some of the standard
   file descriptors (0, 1, 2) are closed in the parent process.  Initial
   patch by Ross Lagerwall.