Message 108707 - Python tracker
Can't reproduce.
16:36:36 l0nwlf-MBP:~$ python2.7
Python 2.7rc2+ (trunk:82148M, Jun 22 2010, 10:32:46)
[GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5646) (dot 1)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import mimetypes
>>> mimetypes.guess_extension('image/jpeg')
'.jpe'
>>> mimetypes.init()
>>> mimetypes.guess_extension('image/jpeg')
'.jpe'
>>>
Results were same in python2.5, 2.6 too. I wonder whether this is machine specific or distro specific.