Issue 7911: unittest.TestCase.longMessage defaults to True for improved failure messages by default
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Core and Builtins
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+- Issue 7911: `unittest.TestCase.longMessage` defaults to True for improved
+ failure messages by default. Patch by Mark Roddy.
+
- Issue #9915: Speed up sorting with a key.
- Issue #9333: Expose os.symlink only when the SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege