RC1 was released. One bug was fixed.

Not all these new ones really block release.  We should try to fix them
and get more feedback.

pep-0356.txt

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Release Schedule
     beta 1:  June 20, 2006 [completed]
     beta 2:  July 11, 2006 [completed]
     beta 3:  August 3, 2006 [completed]
-    rc 1:    August 18, 2006 [planned]
+    rc 1:    August 17, 2006 [completed]
     final:   September 12, 2006 [planned]
 
 
@@ -149,10 +149,12 @@ Open issues
 
     - Bugs that need resolving before release, ie, they block release:
 
-        None
+        http://python.org/sf/1541697 - sgmllib regexp bug causes hang
+        http://python.org/sf/1541420 - tools and demo missing from windows
+        http://python.org/sf/1541585 - buffer overrun in repr() for unicode
+        http://python.org/sf/1446043 - unicode() does not raise LookupError
 
     - Bugs that ought to be resolved before release (all exist in 2.4):
-        http://python.org/sf/1534630 - potential crash in cElementTree
         http://python.org/sf/1475523 - gettext.py bug (owner: Martin v. Loewis)
         http://python.org/sf/1467929 - %-formatting and dicts