RELEASED Python 2.3.6, FINAL

On behalf of the Python development team and the Python
community, I'm happy to announce the release of Python 2.3.6
(FINAL).

Python 2.3.6 is a security bug-fix release. While Python 2.5
is the latest version of Python, we're making this release
for
people who are still running Python 2.3. Unlike the recently
released 2.4.4, this release only contains a small handful
of
security-related bugfixes. See the website for more.

*  Python 2.3.6 contains a fix for PSF-2006-001, a buffer
overrun
*  in repr() of unicode strings in wide unicode (UCS-4)
builds.
*  See htt
p://www.python.org/news/security/PSF-2006-001/ for more.

This is a **source only** release. The Windows and Mac
binaries
of 2.3.5 were built with UCS-2 unicode, and are therefore
not
vulnerable to the problem outlined in PSF-2006-001. The PCRE
fix
is for a long-deprecated module (you should use the 're'
module
instead) and the email fix can be obtained by downloading
the
standalone version of the email package.

Most vendors who ship Python should have already released a
patched version of 2.3.5 with the above fixes, this release
is
for people who need or want to build their own release, but
don't
want to mess around with patch or svn.

There have been no changes (apart from the version number)
since the
release candidate of 2.3.6.

Python 2.3.6 will complete python.org's response to
PSF-2006-001.
If you're still on Python 2.2 for some reason and need to
work
with UCS-4 unicode strings, please obtain the patch from the
PSF-2006-001 security advisory page. Python 2.4.4 and Python
2.5
have both already been released and contain the fix for this
security problem.

For more information on Python 2.3.6, including download
links
for source archives, release notes, and known issues, please
see:

    http://www.python.org/2.3
.6

Highlights of this new release include:

  - A fix for PSF-2006-001, a bug in repr() for unicode
strings 
    on UCS-4 (wide unicode) builds.
  - Two other, less critical, security fixes.

Enjoy this release,
Anthony

Anthony Baxter
anthonypython.org
Python Release Manager
(on behalf of the entire python-dev team)
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