Issue #850728: Add a *timeout* parameter to the `acquire()` method of
`threading.Semaphore` objects. Original patch by Torsten Landschoff.
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Library
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+- Issue #850728: Add a *timeout* parameter to the `acquire()` method of
+ `threading.Semaphore` objects. Patch by Torsten Landschoff.
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- Issue #8322: Add a *ciphers* argument to SSL sockets, so as to change the
available cipher list. Helps fix test_ssl with OpenSSL 1.0.0.