Prevent threading.Thread.join() from blocking when a previous call raised an
exception (e.g., passing in an illegal argument).
Applies patch #1314396. Thanks Eric Blossom.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9550156..73171f3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -284,6 +284,10 @@
Library
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+- Patch #1314396: prevent deadlock for threading.Thread.join() when an exception
+ is raised within the method itself on a previous call (e.g., passing in an
+ illegal argument)
+
- Bug #1340337: change time.strptime() to always return ValueError when there
is an error in the format string.