Bug 1680964

Summary: Rebase python2 to 2.7.16
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak>
Component: python2Assignee: Python Maintainers <python-maint>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Lukáš Zachar <lzachar>
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Version: ---CC: jkejda, pviktori, torsava
Target Milestone: rc   
Target Release: 8.0   
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Fixed In Version: python2-2.7.16-1.el8 Doc Type: Rebase: Bug Fixes Only
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Rebase package(s) to version: 2.7.16
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: 1680967 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2020-08-17 12:35:42 UTC Type: Bug
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Bug Blocks: 1612097, 1680967, 1684464    

Description Charalampos Stratakis 2019-02-25 15:22:49 UTC
Python 2's new version is API/ABI compatible and contains numerous bugs fixed on top of the previous version, with the most prominent one being the compatibility with OpenSSL 1.1.1 and TLS 1.3.

Current changelog (2.7.16 release candidate 1): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/python/cpython/baacaac06f93dd624c9d7b3bac0e13fbe34f2d8c/Misc/NEWS.d/2.7.16rc1.rst