Issue #5068: Fixed the tarfile._BZ2Proxy.read() method that would loop
forever on incomplete input. That caused tarfile.open() to hang when used
with mode 'r' or 'r:bz2' and a fileobj argument that contained no data or
partial bzip2 compressed data.
(backported from r70523)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2cd6252..6b256b6 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@
(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
+What's New in Python 2.5.5?
+===========================
+
+*Release date: XX-XXX-20XX*
+
+Library
+-------
+
+- Issue #5068: Fixed the tarfile._BZ2Proxy.read() method that would loop
+ forever on incomplete input. That caused tarfile.open() to hang when used
+ with mode 'r' or 'r:bz2' and a fileobj argument that contained no data or
+ partial bzip2 compressed data.
+
+
What's New in Python 2.5.4?
===========================