[Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues

Fri Apr 25 18:06:36 CEST 2008

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (04/18/08 - 04/25/08)
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 1850 open (+26) / 12667 closed (+11) / 14517 total (+37)
Open issues with patches: 558
Average duration of open issues: 707 days.
Median duration of open issues: 1333 days.
Open Issues Breakdown
 open 1828 (+26)
pending 22 ( +0)
Issues Created Or Reopened (37)
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Create ctypes instances from buffer interface 04/18/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2655 created theller 
 patch, patch 
Autodoc should skip inherited methods 04/18/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2656 created jmillikin 

curses 04/18/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2657 created fer_perez 

decode_header() fails on multiline headers 04/19/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2658 created cschnee 

textwrap handling of hyphenation 04/19/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2659 created fourmanoit 
 patch 
Py3k fails to parse a file with an iso-8859-1 string 04/19/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2660 created azverkan 

Mapping tests cannot be passed by user implementations 04/19/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2661 created danderson 

Allows HUGE_VAL as extern variable 04/20/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2662 created ocean-city 
 patch 
shutil.copytree glob-style filtering [patch] 04/20/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2663 created tarek 
 patch 
The position of special value tables (cmathmodule.c) 04/21/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2664 created ocean-city 
 patch 
unable to launch IDLE on windows XP 04/21/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2665 created Leo 

webbrowser.py doesn't properly handle BROWSER env var 04/21/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2666 created phd 
 patch 
Remove multiple inheritance in Python 3000 04/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2667 created gmarketer 

apply() documentation is slightly incorrect 04/22/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2668 created belopolsky 

bsddb iterkeys sliently fails when database modified during iter 04/22/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2669 created tebeka 

urllib2 build_opener() fails if two handlers use the same defaul 04/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2670 created tlynn 

PyErr_WarnPy3k 04/22/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2671 created benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
speed of set.update( 04/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2672 created jameinel 

error on optparse page 04/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2673 created fbe2 

unittest.TestProgram uses sys.exit() 04/23/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2674 created tuben 

Curses terminal resize problems when Python is in interactive mo 04/23/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2675 created pbazant 

email/message.py [Message.get_content_type]: Trivial regex hangs 04/23/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2676 created ajaksu2 
 patch 
Argument rules for callables do not apply when function implemen 04/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2677 created garden 

hmac performance optimization 04/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2678 created fafhrd 
 patch 
email.feedparser regex duplicate 04/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2679 created jimjjewett 

gotcha: _fields_ is final but accepts lists 04/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2680 created cscheid 

octal literals beginning with 8 don't raise a SyntaxError 04/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2681 created lukas.meuser 
 patch 
cyclic reference in ctypes CFunctionType objects 04/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2682 created theller 
 patch 
subprocess.Popen.communicate takes bytes, not str 04/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2683 created kermode 

Logging Module still failing for %(filename)s, __init__ 04/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2684 created CharlesMerriam 

Add -mieee to compile flags, when available 04/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2685 created marketdickinson 
 patch 
Any chance we could double the height of the 'Comment:' text are 04/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2686 created Trent.Nelson 

SSL example script fails mysteriously on MacOS 04/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2687 created akuchling 

Error when nesting many while loops 04/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2688 created rgreimel 

Fix indentation in range_item 04/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2689 created belopolsky 
 patch 
Precompute range length 04/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2690 created belopolsky 
 patch 
Document size_t related long object APIs 04/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2691 created belopolsky 

Issues Now Closed (27)
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Python 2.4+ spends too much time in PyEval_EvalFrame w/ xmlrpmcl 180 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1327 amaury.forgeotdarc 

cmath is numerically unsound 172 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1381 marketdickinson 
 patch 
sqrt(-1) doesn't raise ValueError on OS X 92 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1879 marketdickinson 
 patch 
xmlrpclib cannot send datetime objects with dates before 1900 75 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2014 schmir 
 patch 
Restructure import.c into PEP 302 importer objects 64 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2135 brett.cannon 
 patch 
% string formatting does not support %b 31 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2416 eric.smith 

Issues with getargs_n() and PyNumber_Index. 33 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2440 Trent.Nelson 
 patch, patch, 64bit 
imp.get_magic() should return bytes, not bytearray 32 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2471 amaury.forgeotdarc 
 patch 
IMPORT_NAME Documentation is incomplete 5 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2631 georg.brandl 

Improve subprocess.Popen() documentation ("env" parameter) 5 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2633 georg.brandl 

os.execvpe() docs need to be more specific 5 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2634 georg.brandl 

shutil.copyfile() documentation is vague 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2639 georg.brandl 

httplib throws ValueError 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2645 georg.brandl 
 patch 
Typo at http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/howto/doanddont.html 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2654 akuchling 

Create ctypes instances from buffer interface 7 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2655 theller 
 patch, patch 
Allows HUGE_VAL as extern variable 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2662 marketdickinson 
 patch 
unable to launch IDLE on windows XP 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2665 amaury.forgeotdarc 

Remove multiple inheritance in Python 3000 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2667 gmarketer 

urllib2 build_opener() fails if two handlers use the same defaul 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2670 amaury.forgeotdarc 

speed of set.update( 2 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2672 jameinel 

error on optparse page 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2673 benjamin.peterson 

hmac performance optimization 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2678 amaury.forgeotdarc 
 patch 
gotcha: _fields_ is final but accepts lists 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2680 theller 

octal literals beginning with 8 don't raise a SyntaxError 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2681 amaury.forgeotdarc 
 patch 
Any chance we could double the height of the 'Comment:' text are 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2686 Trent.Nelson 

tokenize module w/ coding cookie 1838 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue719888 Trent.Nelson 
 patch 
xmlrpclib.Binary doesn't say which base64 spec it implements 285 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1753732 benjamin.peterson 
 patch, easy 
Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
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 25 Write user's version of the reference guide 869 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1376292
 7 Argument rules for callables do not apply when function impleme 1 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2677 
 6 speed of set.update( 2 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2672 
 5 unable to launch IDLE on windows XP 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2665 
 4 cyclic reference in ctypes CFunctionType objects 1 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2682 
 4 httplib throws ValueError 4 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2645 
 4 Regexp 2.6 (modifications to current re 2.2.2) 10 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2636 
 4 Adapt pydoc to new doc system 95 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1883 
 3 Any chance we could double the height of the 'Comment:' text ar 0 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2686 
 3 gotcha: _fields_ is final but accepts lists 0 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2680 