Patches to logging as discussed in recent post to python-
dev.

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I had to update the expected output for the change from WARN
to WARNING.  I also modified the test to use WARNING in 2
places.

The test is successful, but hangs after printing 1 test OK.
 This is the only problem I have.
Could the problem be that hdlr.close() is commented on in
__init__.py:1013?
Some other nits are below.  

I modified the hasattr(sys, "version_info") condition (4
lines) for _verinfo in __init__.py to the equivalent:

  _verinfo = getattr(sys, "version_info", None)
Since _verinfo is only used in handlers.py, does it really
belong in there?
Actually, since _verinfo is only used to determine if a
socket has sendall(), wouldn't it be better to just do a
hasattr(self.sock, 'sendall') check?
Vinay, when you make a patch, can you put all the files in a
single patch from the src/ directory?  It's easier to
download & apply.  Thanks.

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Uncommenting the hdlr.close() (ie calling it) did fix the hang.

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I left hdlr.close() commented out as in the original patch
per Vinay's private mail.  Instead modified the test to
close the handler in the two places where removeHandler was
called.  This also fixed the hang.

Checked in as:
 Doc/lib/liblogging.tex 1.8
 Lib/logging/__init__.py 1.5
 Lib/logging/handlers.py 1.5
 Lib/test/test_logging.py 1.5
 Lib/test/output/test_logging 1.3