- assume that Python 2.4 and 2.5 are compatible and allow checking for
fallout.
- remove PYTHON_VERSIONS_COMPATIBLE that are obsoleted by the 2.3+
default. Modify the others to deal with the removals.
Changes:
Update to version 1.7.1. Changes:
v1.7.1 (Amy) 10jun07
--------------------
* windows SSH agent support can use the 'ctypes' module now if 'win32all' is
not available [patch from alexander belchenko]
* SFTPClient.listdir_attr() now preserves the 'longname' field [patch from
wesley augur]
* SFTPClient.get_channel() API added
* SSHClient constuctor takes an optional 'timeout' parameter [patch from
james bardin]
v1.7 (zubat) 18feb07
--------------------
* added x11 channel support (patch from david guerizec)
* added reverse port forwarding support
* (bug 75370) raise an exception when contacting a broken SFTP server
* (bug 80295) SSHClient shouldn't expand the user directory twice when reading
RSA/DSS keys
* (bug 82383) typo in DSS key in SSHClient
* (bug 83523) python 2.5 warning when encoding a file's modification time
* if connecting to an SSH agent fails, silently fallback instead of raising
an exception
v1.6.4 (yanma) 19nov06
----------------------
* fix setup.py on osx (oops!)
* (bug 69330) check for the existence of RSA/DSA keys before trying to open
them in SFTPClient
* (bug 69222) catch EAGAIN in socket code to workaround a bug in recent
Linux 2.6 kernels
* (bug 70398) improve dict emulation in HostKeys objects
* try harder to make sure all worker threads are joined on Transport.close()
v1.6.3 (xatu) 14oct06
---------------------
* fixed bug where HostKeys.__setitem__ wouldn't always do the right thing
* fixed bug in SFTPClient.chdir and SFTPAttributes.__str__ [patch from
mike barber]
* try harder not to raise EOFError from within SFTPClient
* fixed bug where a thread waiting in accept() could block forever if the
transport dies [patch from mike looijmans]
v1.6.2 (weedle) 16aug06
-----------------------
* added support for "old" group-exchange server mode, for compatibility
with the windows putty client
* fixed some more interactions with SFTP file readv() and prefetch()
* when saving the known_hosts file, preserve the original order [patch from
warren young]
* fix a couple of broken lines when exporting classes (bug 55946)
v1.6.1 (vulpix) 10jul06
-----------------------
* more unit tests fixed for windows/cygwin (thanks to alexander belchenko)
* a couple of fixes related to exceptions leaking out of SFTPClient
* added ability to set items in HostKeys via __setitem__
* HostKeys now retains order and has a save() method
* added PKey.write_private_key and PKey.from_private_key
v1.6 (umbreon) 10may06
----------------------
* pageant support on Windows thanks to john arbash meinel and todd whiteman
* fixed unit tests to work under windows and cygwin (thanks to alexander
belchenko for debugging)
* various bugfixes/tweaks to SFTP file prefetch
* added SSHClient for a higher-level API
* SFTP readv() now yields results as it gets them
* several APIs changed to throw an exception instead of "False" on failure
