Replay changeset 70238:03e488b5c009 from fubar branch. Original commit
message:
Reconcile with the 2.6svn branch. The 2.6.7 release will be made from
Subversion, but there were differences, so this brings them in sync. These
changes should *not* propagate to any newer versions.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b5be9f2..980de3c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
(editors: check NEWS.help for information about editing NEWS using ReST.)
-What's New in Python 2.6.7?
-===========================
+What's New in Python 2.6.7 rc 1?
+================================
-*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+*Release date: 2011-05-06*
*NOTE: Python 2.6 is in security-fix-only mode. No non-security bug fixes are
allowed. Python 2.6.7 and beyond will be source only releases.*
@@ -19,11 +19,20 @@
Library
-------
-- Issue #11442: Add a charset parameter to the Content-type in SimpleHTTPServer
- to avoid XSS attacks.
+- Issue #9129: smtpd.py is vulnerable to DoS attacks deriving from missing
+ error handling when accepting a new connection.
-- Issue #11662: Make urllib and urllib2 ignore redirections if the
- scheme is not HTTP, HTTPS or FTP (CVE-2011-1521).
+
+What's New in Python 2.6.6?
+===========================
+
+*Release date: 2010-08-24*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+Library
+-------
What's New in Python 2.6.6 rc 2?