Python 2.7.18.14 (ActiveState) - final release

Full 2.7.18.14 CVE batch + Windows/UCRT regression remediation (DE-3960) +
header/host control-char hardening (CVE-2024-6923 / CVE-2026-0865), as merged
into the 2.7 branch after review (PRs #85, #86). Equivalent to v2.7.18.14rc7.

2.7.18.14rc7

Release candidate from the 2.7 branch after the full 2.7.18.14 historic
integration landed: the complete CVE batch + Windows/UCRT remediation (PR #85)
and the header/host control-char hardening (unicode header values + trailing
CR/LF, CVE-2024-6923 / CVE-2026-0865) with the review-reworked
NEWLINE_WITHOUT_FWSP regex (PR #86).

2.7.18.14rc6 candidate: final Windows-remediation tip prior to the po…

…st-release header/host control-char hardening (unicode header values + trailing-newline injection). Superseded by the 2.7.18.14 final tag.

2.7.18.14rc5 test build: test.support requires_linux_version (fixes t…

…est_socket import); test_ftplib cmd_noop + win32 source_address skip (on top of rc4)

2.7.18.14rc4 test build: test_socket support alias; test_ctypes test_…

…load_library (UCRT find_msvcrt=None); test_ssl WSAENOTCONN + TLS1.3/PHA skips (on top of rc3)

2.7.18.14rc3 test build: seq_tests win64 bigrepeat; test_socket CAN/A…

…LG helpers; ctypes find_msvcrt(UCRT)+win64 skip; ssl WSAENOTCONN (on top of rc2 IPH + asyncore WSAECONNRESET)

2.7.18.14rc2 test build: Windows invalid-fd hang fixes (IPH suppressi…

…on) + asyncore WSAECONNRESET/WSAESHUTDOWN disconnect handling + win64 test_pass_pointers skip

2.7.18.14rc1 test build: Windows invalid-fd test-suite hang fixes (IP…

…H suppression in fileio/posix/signal; regrtest crash-dialog suppression; win64 test_pass_pointers skip)

Make parseaddr and getaddresses return Unicode when given Unicode input

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