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[Python-Dev] Python 2.7.7 and PEP 466

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon May 19 04:28:32 CEST 2014 
Thanks for the update, Donald. Did anyone get any help from Red Hat or
other distros?


On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Donald Stufft <donald at stufft.io> wrote:

>
> On May 18, 2014, at 9:53 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Benjamin Peterson <benjamin at python.org>wrote:
>
>> Greetings Python users,
>> Python 2.7.7 release candidate 1 is now available for download. [...]
>>
>>     http://hg.python.org/cpython/raw-file/e32e3a9f3902/Misc/NEWS
>>
>
> So what became of PEP 466? This Misc/NEWS only mentions
> hmac.compare_digest.
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> The SSL changes were too large to get done before 2.7.7
>
> The pbkdf2 has a patch sitting on the tracker (
> http://bugs.python.org/issue21304) Alex wanted someone to review before
> commit. I looked over it but I don’t feel strong enough in C code to call
> it a proper review.
>
> The guaranteed_algorithms bug depends on the pbkdf2 bug (
> http://bugs.python.org/issue21307)
>
> The os.urandom change had some argument and some concern that the related
> change in 3.4 was still new and had some bugs being ironed out so it was
> punted until 2.7.8 (http://bugs.python.org/issue21305)
>
> And that was everything from PEP 466.
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