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  r78519 | gregory.p.smith | 2010-02-28 10:57:46 -0800 (Sun, 28 Feb 2010) | 10 lines

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    r78517 | gregory.p.smith | 2010-02-28 10:36:09 -0800 (Sun, 28 Feb 2010) | 3 lines

    Issue #7481: When a threading.Thread failed to start it would leave the
    instance stuck in initial state and present in threading.enumerate().
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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 - Issue #7066: archive_util.make_archive now restores the cwd if an error is
   raised. Initial patch by Ezio Melotti.
 
+- Issue #7481: When a threading.Thread failed to start it would leave the
+  instance stuck in initial state and present in threading.enumerate().
+
 Extension Modules
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