Bug 10761 (python-2.7.5) - Update python to 2.7.5, including hundreds of bugfixes over 2.7.3
Summary: Update python to 2.7.5, including hundreds of bugfixes over 2.7.3
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: python-2.7.5
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 3
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: QA Team
QA Contact:
URL: http://www.python.org/download/releas...
Whiteboard: has_procedure mga3-64-ok MGA3-32-ok
Keywords: Triaged, validated_update
Depends on:
Blocks: 10102
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Reported: 2013-07-12 09:12 CEST by Hartmut Goebel
Modified: 2013-07-29 15:45 CEST (History)
6 users (show)

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Source RPM: python-2.7.3-7.mga3.src.rpm
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Description Hartmut Goebel 2013-07-12 09:12:03 CEST 
Please update Python to version 2.7.5.

Currently 2.7.3 is delivered with Mageia 3.

Python 2.7.4 was released on April 6, 2013. This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. It includes hundreds of bugfixes over 2.7.3.

Python 2.7.5 was released on May 15, 2013. It contains several regression fixes to 2.7.4. Modules with regressions fixed include zipfile, gzip, and logging.
Manuel Hiebel 2013-07-12 17:58:39 CEST

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
CC: (none) => fundawang, makowski.mageia, oliver.bgr

Philippe Makowski 2013-07-17 18:57:19 CEST

Blocks: (none) => 10102

Comment 1 Philippe Makowski 2013-07-17 19:00:43 CEST 
Suggested advisory:
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This is a 2.7 series bugfix release. It includes hundreds of bugfixes over 2.7.3.

This also fix a Mageia specific bug with python-virtualenv (mga #10102) :
"Unable to install Python packages with C extensions via pip and virtualenv"

References:

http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/ab05e7dd2788/Misc/NEWS

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Updated packages in core/updates_testing:
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lib{64}python2.7-2.7.5-1.1.mga3
lib{64}python-devel-2.7.5-1.1.mga3
libpython2.7-2.7.5-1.1.mga3
libpython-devel-2.7.5-1.1.mga3
python-2.7.5-1.1.mga3
python-debuginfo-2.7.5-1.1.mga3
python-docs-2.7.5-1.1.mga3
tkinter-2.7.5-1.1.mga3
tkinter-apps-2.7.5-1.1.mga3

Source RPMs: 
python-2.7.5-1.1.mga3.src.rpm
Philippe Makowski 2013-07-22 21:00:50 CEST

Keywords: Junior_job => (none)
Status: NEW => ASSIGNED
Assignee: bugsquad => qa-bugs

Comment 2 claire robinson 2013-07-25 13:30:21 CEST 
Testing mga3 64

Confirmed bug 10102 is fixed.

$ cd test
$ virtualenv --distribute .
$ source bin/activate
$ pip install fabric

It built successfully.

Tested python & tkinter using random examples from here, run in idle:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/SimplePrograms

Whiteboard: (none) => has_procedure mga3-64-ok

Comment 3 claire robinson 2013-07-26 19:56:49 CEST 
Advisory from comment 1 uploaded
Comment 4 martyn vidler 2013-07-27 10:42:06 CEST 
Tested MGA3 32

Updated Python to 2.7.5-1.1.mga3

Ran similar test as comment2
And other examples I found on  internet
Tested using Gedit and Terminal

Validating Advisory

Could sysadmin push from core/updates_testing to core/updates.

CC: (none) => martynvidler
Whiteboard: has_procedure mga3-64-ok => has_procedure mga3-64-ok MGA3-32-ok

martyn vidler 2013-07-27 13:28:18 CEST

Keywords: (none) => validated_update
CC: (none) => sysadmin-bugs

Comment 5 Thomas Backlund 2013-07-29 15:45:38 CEST 
Update pushed:
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGAA-2013-0071.html

Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED
CC: (none) => tmb
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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