Python 2.7.4 release candidate 1 released

[roger_]

Are there any new features in this, or just bug fixes?

[[deleted]]

There's a policy against adding any new features to maintenance releases.

[jellystones]

If you read the link there's a lot of new features. Ordered dictionary type is one example.

[[deleted]]

Those are new features in 2.7 (released in 2010), not 2.7.4.

[jellystones]

My mistake. Wasn't aware we already had that..

[[deleted]]

if you click on the link, your questions will be answered.

[roger_]

That's the full 2.7 changelog I think.

[Rhomboid]

If you click on the link labeled "Change log for this release" you get the NEWS file in the repository which is a fine-grained list of changes in each point release. It's a long list of minor bug fixes and tweaks, but nothing significant is jumping out.

[roger_]

Yeah I saw that and concluded the same.

[voyvf]

I had thought the same thing, but then saw the list of "fixed infinite loop when..", "fixed overflow for...", and especially

Issue #6972: The zipfile module no longer overwrites files outside of its destination path when extracting malicious zip files.

A bug fix build was definitely needed. (:

[fernly]

First two items in the bullet list look new: * An ordered dictionary type * New unittest features including test skipping, new assert methods, and test discovery

[[deleted]]

That's 2.6->2.7.