[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Close #22300 by tweaking 2.7.9 What's New announcements
nick.coghlan
python-checkins at python.org
Fri Nov 14 11:05:44 CET 2014
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0dacd614839c
changeset: 93482:0dacd614839c
branch: 2.7
user: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com>
date: Fri Nov 14 20:05:04 2014 +1000
summary:
Close #22300 by tweaking 2.7.9 What's New announcements
files:
Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst | 8 ++++++++
1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst
@@ -2570,10 +2570,18 @@
certificate store, the :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` class, and other
features. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor and David Reid; :issue:`21308`.)
+ Refer to the "Version added: 2.7.9" notes in the module documentation for
+ specific details.
+
* :func:`os.urandom` was changed to cache a file descriptor to ``/dev/urandom``
instead of reopening ``/dev/urandom`` on every call. (Contributed by Alex
Gaynor; :issue:`21305`.)
+* :data:`hashlib.algorithms_guaranteed` and
+ :data:`hashlib.algorithms_available` were backported from Python 3 to make
+ it easier for Python 2 applications to select the strongest available hash
+ algorithm. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor in :issue:`21307`)
+
PEP 477: Backport ensurepip (PEP 453) to Python 2.7
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