Misc/NEWS.d/2.7.4.rst

.. bpo: 17550
.. date: 9013
.. nonce: zn8gOk
.. release date: 2013-04-06
.. section: Build

Fix the --enable-profiling configure switch.

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.. bpo: 15801
.. date: 9012
.. nonce: zsLcEY
.. section: Core and Builtins

With string % formatting, relax the type check for a mapping such that any
type with a __getitem__ can be used on the right hand side.

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.. bpo: 17625
.. date: 9011
.. nonce: SoDm9J
.. section: IDLE

In IDLE, close the replace dialog after it is used.

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.. bpo: 17835
.. date: 9010
.. nonce: mJdR71
.. section: Tests

Fix test_io when the default OS pipe buffer size is larger than one million
bytes.

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.. bpo: 17531
.. date: 9009
.. nonce: 7PzWC2
.. section: Tests

Fix tests that thought group and user ids were always the int type. Also,
always allow -1 as a valid group and user id.

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.. bpo: 17533
.. date: 9008
.. nonce: XGejM9
.. section: Tests

Fix test_xpickle with older versions of Python 2.5.

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.. bpo: 17538
.. date: 9007
.. nonce: M8FVLz
.. section: Documentation

Document XML vulnerabilties