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test_zipfile requires write access to the installed location, when trying to byte-compile files.
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ERROR: test_write_pyfile (test.test_zipfile.PyZipFileTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/lib/python3.3/test/test_zipfile.py", line 876, in test_write_pyfile
 zipfp.writepy(fn)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.3/zipfile.py", line 1622, in writepy
 fname, arcname = self._get_codename(pathname[0:-3], basename)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.3/zipfile.py", line 1674, in _get_codename
 if _compile(file_py):
 File "/usr/lib/python3.3/zipfile.py", line 1639, in _compile
 py_compile.compile(file, doraise=True, optimize=optimize)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.3/py_compile.py", line 141, in compile
 with open(cfile, 'wb') as fc:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/lib/python3.3/test/__pycache__/test_zipfile.cpython-33.pyc'
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ERROR: test_write_with_optimization (test.test_zipfile.PyZipFileTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/lib/python3.3/test/test_zipfile.py", line 920, in test_write_with_optimization
 zipfp.writepy(packagedir)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.3/zipfile.py", line 1585, in writepy
 fname, arcname = self._get_codename(initname[0:-3], basename)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.3/zipfile.py", line 1689, in _get_codename
 if not _compile(file_py, optimize=self._optimize):
 File "/usr/lib/python3.3/zipfile.py", line 1639, in _compile
 py_compile.compile(file, doraise=True, optimize=optimize)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.3/py_compile.py", line 141, in compile
 with open(cfile, 'wb') as fc:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/lib/python3.3/email/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-33.pyo'

Here is a patch which skips tests if there are no write access to the installed location.

LGTM.

New changeset 6ad5909319e0 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '3.4':
Issue #17753: Skip test_zipfile tests which require write access to test
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/6ad5909319e0
New changeset 174f24d33bfe by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'default':
Issue #17753: Skip test_zipfile tests which require write access to test
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/174f24d33bfe
New changeset dfe75713f152 by Serhiy Storchaka in branch '2.7':
Issue #17753: Skip test_zipfile tests which require write access to test
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/dfe75713f152 

Buildbots are not happy:
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ERROR: test_write_filtered_python_package (test.test_zipfile.PyZipFileTests)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "D:\cygwin\home\db3l\buildarea3円.x.bolen-windows7\build\lib\test\test_zipfile.py", line 733, in test_write_filtered_python_package
 self.requiresWriteAccess(packagedir)
 File "D:\cygwin\home\db3l\buildarea3円.x.bolen-windows7\build\lib\test\test_zipfile.py", line 683, in requiresWriteAccess
 if not os.access(path, os.W_OK, effective_ids=True):
NotImplementedError: access: effective_ids unavailable on this platform
http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/x86%20Windows7%203.x/builds/9269/steps/test/logs/stdio 

New changeset 59716f28ed30 by Berker Peksag in branch '3.4':
Issue #17753: effective_ids unavailable on Windows.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/59716f28ed30
New changeset 964753cf09de by Berker Peksag in branch 'default':
Issue #17753: effective_ids unavailable on Windows.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/964753cf09de 

Thanks Berker.