Issue #19987: Merge with 3.3

Lib/test/test_winsound.py

@@ -158,15 +158,15 @@ class PlaySoundTest(unittest.TestCase):
             )
 
     def test_alias_fallback(self):
-        if _have_soundcard():
+        # In the absense of the ability to tell if a sound was actually
+        # played, this test has two acceptable outcomes: success (no error,
+        # sound was theoretically played; although as issue #19987 shows
+        # a box without a soundcard can "succeed") or RuntimeError.  Any
+        # other error is a failure.
+        try:
             winsound.PlaySound('!"$%&/(#+*', winsound.SND_ALIAS)
-        # see http://bugs.python.org/issue19987
-        #else:
-        #    self.assertRaises(
-        #        RuntimeError,
-        #        winsound.PlaySound,
-        #        '!"$%&/(#+*', winsound.SND_ALIAS
-        #    )
+        except RuntimeError:
+            pass
 
     def test_alias_nofallback(self):
         if _have_soundcard():

Misc/NEWS

@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Tests
 
 - Issue #19572: More skipped tests explicitly marked as skipped.
 
-- Issue #19595: Re-enabled a long-disabled test in test_winsound.
+- Issue #19595, #19987: Re-enabled a long-disabled test in test_winsound.
 
 - Issue #19588: Fixed tests in test_random that were silently skipped most
   of the time.  Patch by Julian Gindi.