python2.7 2.7.9~rc1-2 source package in Ubuntu

Changelog

python2.7 (2.7.9~rc1-2) unstable; urgency=medium


  * Update to 20141209, taken from the 2.7 release repository.
    - Issue #22959: Remove the *check_hostname* parameter of
      httplib.HTTPSConnection. The *context* parameter should be used instead.
    - Issue #16043: Add a default limit for the amount of data
      xmlrpclib.gzip_decode will return. This resolves CVE-2013-1753.
      Closes: #742929.
    - Issue #16042: CVE-2013-1752: smtplib: Limit amount of data read by
      limiting the call to readline(). Closes: #742929.
    - Issue #16041: In poplib, limit maximum line length read from the server
      to prevent CVE-2013-1752. Closes: #742929.
    - Issue #22960: Add a context argument to xmlrpclib.ServerProxy.
    - Issue #22935: Allow the ssl module to be compiled if openssl
      doesn't support SSL 3.
  * Add locales to autopkg test dependencies as in 3.4.
  * Remove Demo/scripts/newslist.* from the examples package, not
    distributable, will get removed in 2.7.9~rc2 sources. See issue #12987.
  * Let ensurepip always use a temporary directory for installations.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden>  Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:47:40 +0100