PEP 446 What's New Updates for 2.7.9

[ncoghlan]

BPO	22300
Nosy	@ncoghlan, @benjaminp
Files	pep466_whats_new_py279.diff: What's New updates for Python 2.7.9 release

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GitHub fields:

assignee = 'https://github.com/benjaminp'
closed_at = <Date 2014-11-14.10:05:39.992>
created_at = <Date 2014-08-29.14:08:29.041>
labels = ['type-feature', 'release-blocker']
title = "PEP 446 What's New Updates for 2.7.9"
updated_at = <Date 2014-11-14.10:05:39.985>
user = 'https://github.com/ncoghlan'

bugs.python.org fields:

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assignee = 'benjamin.peterson'
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creation = <Date 2014-08-29.14:08:29.041>
creator = 'ncoghlan'
dependencies = []
files = ['36503']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 22300
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pr_nums = []
priority = 'release blocker'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue22300'
versions = ['Python 2.7']

[ncoghlan]

The Python 2.7 What's New now has a section recording the feature updates in maintenance releases.

Because of the live docs updates, these need to be added on the day of the release, rather than being able to be done in advance.

[python-dev]

New changeset 0dacd614839c by Nick Coghlan in branch '2.7':
Close bpo-22300 by tweaking 2.7.9 What's New announcements
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0dacd614839c