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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 9:03 AM, alister
<alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> the oh well it wont affect current devices attitude is a very poor
> attitude to big fixes.
> if a bug is reported it should be resolved a quickly as practical sot hat
> it never does become a real world issue
>
> much better to bolt the door BEFORE the horse bolts (even if the horse
> has not actually been borne yet)

Just to be clear, this has already been fixed, and the fix will be
released in Python 2.7.10, 3.4.4, and 3.5.0.

-- 
Zach