Fix webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser on Windows.

 (backport from rev. 51991)

Lib/webbrowser.py

@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ class GenericBrowser(BaseBrowser):
         cmdline = [self.name] + [arg.replace("%s", url)
                                  for arg in self.args]
         try:
+            if sys.platform[:3] == 'win':
+                p = subprocess.Popen(cmdline)
+            else:
                 p = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, close_fds=True)
             return not p.wait()
         except OSError:
@@ -178,10 +181,13 @@ class BackgroundBrowser(GenericBrowser):
     def open(self, url, new=0, autoraise=1):
         cmdline = [self.name] + [arg.replace("%s", url)
                                  for arg in self.args]
+        try:
+            if sys.platform[:3] == 'win':
+                p = subprocess.Popen(cmdline)
+            else:
                 setsid = getattr(os, 'setsid', None)
                 if not setsid:
                     setsid = getattr(os, 'setpgrp', None)
-        try:
                 p = subprocess.Popen(cmdline, close_fds=True, preexec_fn=setsid)
             return (p.poll() is None)
         except OSError:

Misc/NEWS

@@ -14,12 +14,21 @@ Core and builtins
 
 - Allow exception instances to be directly sliced again.
 
+
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
 - Fix itertools.count(n) to work with negative numbers again.
 
 
+Library
+-------
+
+- Make webbrowser.BackgroundBrowser usable in Windows (it wasn't because
+  the close_fds arg to subprocess.Popen is not supported).
+
+
+
 What's New in Python 2.5 (final)
 ================================
 
@@ -27,6 +36,7 @@ What's New in Python 2.5 (final)
 
 No changes since release candidate 2.
 
+
 What's New in Python 2.5 release candidate 2?
 =============================================