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Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions?

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In article <mailman.1801.1360925614.2939.python-list@python.org>,
 Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> wrote:

> A colleague reports that this python from a recent Ubuntu x86_x64
> 
> Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 26 2012, 21:51:14)
> 
> contains a fix of this bug
> 
> http://bugs.python.org/issue15212
> 
> however, all of my other Python 2.7.3s seem to lack this 'fix'.
> 
> I would have thought that for a fix to appear in python we should at least 
> get a 
> micro version change, but the text here
> 
> http://docs.python.org/2/faq/general.html#how-stable-is-python

I ran into a similar issue just recently (see this thread: 
http://tinyurl.com/ccvwj3e).  The Ubuntu folks seem to be cherry-picking 
bugfixes and releasing them with the same version numbers.

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multiple 2.7.3 versions? Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> - 2013-02-15 10:53 +0000
  Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-02-15 09:00 -0500
    Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions? Robin Becker <robin@reportlab.com> - 2013-02-15 14:33 +0000
    Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions? Ned Deily <nad@acm.org> - 2013-02-15 14:17 -0800
  Re: multiple 2.7.3 versions? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-16 01:24 +1100

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