xbmc/xbmc — pull request #3476 by jimfcarroll (2013-10-21 23:07:34+00:00)
Title: [fix] Fix the hang on linux due to the versioncheck script.

Hook PyGILState_Ensure/Release to provide a better means of thread management. PyGILState_Ensure/Release make assumptions that aren't true inside of xbmc. This fixes the hang on linux due to the versioncheck script.