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r86676 | senthil.kumaran | 2010-11-22 12:48:26 +0800 (Mon, 22 Nov 2010) | 4 lines
Fix Issue4493 - urllib2 adds '/' to the path component of url, when it does not
starts with one. This behavior is exhibited by browser and other clients.
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Library
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+- Issue #4493: urllib2 adds '/' in front of path components which does not
+ start with '/. Common behavior exhibited by browsers and other clients.
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- Issue #6378: idle.bat now runs with the appropriate Python version rather than
the system default. Patch by Sridhar Ratnakumar.