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standardize pep 466 relnote style

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@ -2548,33 +2548,31 @@ with the first of those changes appearing in the Python 2.7.7 release.
:pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.7: :pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.7:
* :func:`hmac.compare_digest` was backported from Python 3 to make a timing * :func:`hmac.compare_digest` was backported from Python 3 to make a timing
attack resistant comparison operation broadly available to Python 2 attack resistant comparison operation available to Python 2 applications.
applications (backported by Alex Gaynor in :issue:`21306`) (Contributed by Alex Gaynor; :issue:`21306`.)
* upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1g for the prebuilt Windows installers published
on python.org (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`21462`)
* OpenSSL 1.0.1g was upgraded in the official Windows installers published on
python.org. (Contributed by Zachary Ware; :issue:`21462`.)
:pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.8: :pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.8:
* :func:`hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac` was backported from Python 3 to make a hashing * :func:`hashlib.pbkdf2_hmac` was backported from Python 3 to make a hashing
algorithm suitable for secure password storage broadly available to Python algorithm suitable for secure password storage broadly available to Python
2 applications (backported by Alex Gaynor in :issue:`21304`) 2 applications. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor; :issue:`21304`.)
* upgraded to OpenSSL 1.0.1h for the prebuilt Windows installers published * OpenSSL 1.0.1h was upgraded for the official Windows installers published on
on python.org (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`21671` for python.org. (contributed by Zachary Ware in :issue:`21671` for CVE-2014-0224)
CVE-2014-0224)
:pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.9: :pep:`466` related features added in Python 2.7.9:
* Most of Python 3.4's :mod:`ssl` module was backported. This means :mod:`ssl` * Most of Python 3.4's :mod:`ssl` module was backported. This means :mod:`ssl`
now supports Server Name Indication, TLS1.x settings, access to the platform now supports Server Name Indication, TLS1.x settings, access to the platform
certificate store, the :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` class, and other certificate store, the :class:`~ssl.SSLContext` class, and other
features. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor and David Reid in :issue:`21308`.) features. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor and David Reid; :issue:`21308`.)
* :func:`os.urandom` was changed to cache a file descriptor to ``/dev/urandom`` * :func:`os.urandom` was changed to cache a file descriptor to ``/dev/urandom``
instead of reopening ``/dev/urandom`` on every call. (Contributed by Alex instead of reopening ``/dev/urandom`` on every call. (Contributed by Alex
Gaynor in :issue:`21305`.) Gaynor; :issue:`21305`.)
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