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r80484 | antoine.pitrou | 2010-04-25 23:40:32 +0200 (dim., 25 avril 2010) | 6 lines
Issue #2302: Fix a race condition in SocketServer.BaseServer.shutdown,
where the method could block indefinitely if called just before the
event loop started running. This also fixes the occasional freezes
witnessed in test_httpservers.
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Library
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+- Issue #2302: Fix a race condition in SocketServer.BaseServer.shutdown,
+ where the method could block indefinitely if called just before the
+ event loop started running. This also fixes the occasional freezes
+ witnessed in test_httpservers.
+
- Issue #5103: SSL handshake would ignore the socket timeout and block
indefinitely if the other end didn't respond.