webbrowser output to console

[apalala]

BPO	15558
Nosy	@bitdancer, @apalala

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2012-08-04.22:31:54.886>
created_at = <Date 2012-08-04.21:28:52.465>
labels = ['invalid', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = 'webbrowser output to console'
updated_at = <Date 2012-08-04.22:31:54.884>
user = 'https://github.com/apalala'

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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'not a bug'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue15558'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2']

[apalala]

Under Ubuntu Linux 11.10 and 12.04, webbroser.open() will output the following message to the console:

Created new window in existing browser session.

The behavior is both unexpected and troublesome.

[bitdancer]

This message does not come from the Python webbrowser module. You should report this upstream to the bug tracker for your browser.