[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

Fri Jul 4 18:06:28 CEST 2008

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (06/27/08 - 07/04/08)
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 1941 open (+33) / 13165 closed (+34) / 15106 total (+67)
Open issues with patches: 607
Average duration of open issues: 704 days.
Median duration of open issues: 1570 days.
Open Issues Breakdown
 open 1915 (+33)
pending 26 ( +0)
Issues Created Or Reopened (71)
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isinstance(anything, MetaclassThatDefinesInstancecheck) raises i 06/30/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2325 reopened jyasskin 
 patch 
test_multiprocessing hangs on OS X 10.5.3 07/02/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3088 reopened jnoller 
 patch 
test_multiprocessing causes test_ctypes to fail 07/02/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3125 reopened jnoller 
 patch 
"Quick search" box renders too long on FireFox 3 06/27/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3154 reopened benjamin.peterson 

make text is broken 06/27/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3217 created benjamin.peterson 

2to3 Fix_imports optimization 06/27/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3218 created nedds 
 patch 
repeated keyword arguments 06/27/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3219 created gangesmaster 
 patch 
Improve Bytes and Byte Array Methods doc 06/27/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3220 created tjreedy 

SystemError: Parent module 'foo' not loaded on import statement 06/27/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3221 created schmir 

inf*inf gives inf, but inf**2 gives overflow error 06/27/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3222 created ms 

py3k warn on use of frame.f_exc* 06/27/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3223 created benjamin.peterson 
 easy 
Small typo in 2.6 what's new 06/28/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3224 created catlee 

backport python 3.0 language functionality to python 2.5 by addi 06/28/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3225 created kaizhu 

can't install on OSX 10.4 06/28/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3226 created benjamin.peterson 

os.environ.clear has no effect on child processes 06/28/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3227 created joe.p.cool 

mailbox.mbox creates files with execute bit set 06/28/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3228 created pl 

Language reference, class definitions: missing text in "Programm 06/28/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3229 created oefe 

dictobject.c: inappropriate use of PySet_GET_SIZE? 06/28/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3230 created oefe 

re.compile fails with some bytes patterns 06/28/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3231 created pitrou 
 patch 
Wrong str->bytes conversion in Lib/encodings/idna.py 06/29/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3232 created pitrou 

Timestamp stored in ZIP file not correct ? 06/29/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3233 created pythonmeister 

subprocess.py strips last character when raising an AttributeErr 06/29/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3234 created mmokrejs 

Improve subprocess module usage 06/29/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3235 created mmokrejs 

ints contructed from strings don't use the smallint constants 06/29/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3236 created pitrou 

idlelib3.0 still using xrange 06/29/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3237 created tjreedy 

backport python 3.0 language functionality to python 2.6 by addi 06/29/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3238 created kaizhu 

curses/textpad.py incorrectly and redundantly imports ascii 06/30/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3239 reopened facundobatista 
 patch 
IDLE environment corrupts string.letters 06/30/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3240 created rupole 

warnings module prints garbage 06/30/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3241 created schmir 

Segfault in PyFile_SoftSpace/PyEval_EvalFrameEx with sys.stdout 06/30/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3242 reopened benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
Support iterable bodies in httplib 06/30/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3243 created catlee 

multipart/form-data encoding 06/30/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3244 created catlee 

Memory leak on OS X 06/30/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3245 created fiddlerwoaroof 

configure: WARNING: sys/socket.h: present but cannot be compiled 06/30/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3246 created rrochele 

dir of an "_sre.SRE_Match" object not working 07/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3247 created vizcayno 

ScrolledText can't be placed in a PanedWindow 07/01/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3248 created gpolo 
 patch 
bug adding datetime.timedelta to datetime.date 07/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3249 created cjw296 

datetime.time does not support arithmetic 07/01/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3250 created cjw296 
 patch 
references are case insensitive 07/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3251 created tds333 

str.tobytes() and bytes/bytearray.tostr() 07/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3252 created mark 

shutil.move bahave unexpected in fat32 07/01/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3253 created grissiom 

Suggestion: change default behavior of __ne__ 07/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3254 created cvp 

[proposal] alternative for re.sub 07/02/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3255 created ocean-city 

Multiprocessing docs are not 3.0-ready 07/02/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3256 created mishok13 

"#define socklen_t int" in pyconfig.h 07/02/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3257 created fgoujeon 

ctypes assertion failure in trunk 07/02/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3258 created tim.golden 

fix_imports needs to be using the 'as' keyword 07/02/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3259 created brett.cannon 

fix_imports does not handle intra-package renames 07/02/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3260 created brett.cannon 

Lib/test/test_cookielib declares utf-8 encoding, but contains no 07/02/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3261 created leosoto 

re.split doesn't split with zero-width regex 07/02/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3262 created mrabarnett 
 patch 
Odd code fragment in ABC definitions 07/02/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3263 created rhettinger 

Use -lcrypto instead of -lcrypt on Solaris 2.6 when available 07/02/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3264 created mmokrejs 

Python-2.5.2/Modules/_ctypes/malloc_closure.c:70: error: `MAP_AN 07/03/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3265 created mmokrejs 

Python-2.5.2/Modules/mmapmodule.c:915: error: `O_RDWR' undeclare 07/03/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3266 created mmokrejs 

yield in list comprehensions possibly broken in 3.0 07/03/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3267 created erickt 

Cleanup of tp_basicsize inheritance 07/03/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3268 created Rhamphoryncus 
 patch 
strptime() makes an error concerning second in arg 07/03/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3269 created nevgor 

test_multiprocessing: test_listener_client flakiness 07/03/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3270 created jnoller 
 patch 
iter.next() or iter.__next__() ? 07/03/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3271 created vizcayno 

Multiprocessing hangs when multiprocessing.Pool methods are call 07/03/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3272 created mishok13 

multiprocessing and meaningful errors 07/03/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3273 created mishok13 

Py_CLEAR(tmp) seg faults 07/03/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3274 created stutzbach 

Control flow not optimized 07/03/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3275 created quotemstr 

httplib.HTTPConnection._send_request should not blindly assume d 07/04/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3276 created ludvig.ericson 
 patch 
socket's OOB data management is broken on FreeBSD 07/04/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3277 created giampaolo.rodola 

socket's SO_OOBINLINE option does not work on FreeBSD 07/04/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3278 created giampaolo.rodola 

import of site.py fails on startup 07/04/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3279 created rupole 

%c format does not accept large numbers on ucs-2 builds 07/04/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3280 created amaury.forgeotdarc 

support r"\" 07/04/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3281 created lidaobing 

Undefined unicode characters should be non-printable 07/04/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3282 created amaury.forgeotdarc 

multiprocessing.connection doesn't import AuthenticationError, w 07/04/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3283 created mishok13 
 patch 
Issues Now Closed (61)
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DeprecationWarning in zipfile.py while zipping 113000 files 216 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1526 loewis 

zipfile hangs on certain zip files 202 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1622 loewis 
 patch 
Move Demo/classes/Rat.py to Lib/fractions.py and fix it up. 6 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1682 marketdickinson 
 patch 
ZIP files with archive comments longer than 4k not recognized as 179 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1746 loewis 

test_audioop.py converted to unittest 142 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2042 benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
urlparse() does not handle URLs with port numbers properly 127 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2195 facundobatista 

subprocess.Popen.communicate takes bytes, not str 68 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2683 georg.brandl 
 patch 
pickling of large recursive structures crashes cPickle 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2702 facundobatista 
 patch 
asynchat forgets packets when push is called from a thread 54 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2808 josiahcarlson 

Copy cgi.parse_qs() to urllib.parse 50 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2829 benjamin.peterson 

tests for sys.getsizeof fail on win64 9 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3147 schuppenies 

3.0b1 doesn't seem to install on macs 8 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3174 benjamin.peterson 

Pydoc should ignore __package__ attributes 8 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3190 ncoghlan 

round docstring is inaccurate 7 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3191 georg.brandl 

Documentation for fractions module needs work 2 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3197 marketdickinson 
 patch 
Can't import sqlite3 in Python 2.6b1 3 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3215 loewis 

make text is broken 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3217 georg.brandl 

repeated keyword arguments 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3219 benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
Improve Bytes and Byte Array Methods doc 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3220 georg.brandl 

inf*inf gives inf, but inf**2 gives overflow error 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3222 marketdickinson 

Small typo in 2.6 what's new 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3224 benjamin.peterson 

backport python 3.0 language functionality to python 2.5 by addi 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3225 loewis 

os.environ.clear has no effect on child processes 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3227 benjamin.peterson 

Language reference, class definitions: missing text in "Programm 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3229 benjamin.peterson 

dictobject.c: inappropriate use of PySet_GET_SIZE? 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3230 rhettinger 

Timestamp stored in ZIP file not correct ? 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3233 loewis 

subprocess.py strips last character when raising an AttributeErr 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3234 benjamin.peterson 

Improve subprocess module usage 3 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3235 mmokrejs 

ints contructed from strings don't use the smallint constants 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3236 loewis 

idlelib3.0 still using xrange 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3237 benjamin.peterson 

IDLE environment corrupts string.letters 2 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3240 loewis 

warnings module prints garbage 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3241 brett.cannon 

Segfault in PyFile_SoftSpace/PyEval_EvalFrameEx with sys.stdout 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3242 amaury.forgeotdarc 
 patch 
Memory leak on OS X 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3245 benjamin.peterson 

dir of an "_sre.SRE_Match" object not working 2 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3247 amaury.forgeotdarc 

bug adding datetime.timedelta to datetime.date 3 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3249 cjw296 

references are case insensitive 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3251 georg.brandl 

str.tobytes() and bytes/bytearray.tostr() 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3252 lemburg 

Suggestion: change default behavior of __ne__ 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3254 cvp 

"#define socklen_t int" in pyconfig.h 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3257 amaury.forgeotdarc 

fix_imports needs to be using the 'as' keyword 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3259 brett.cannon 

Lib/test/test_cookielib declares utf-8 encoding, but contains no 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3261 brett.cannon 

Odd code fragment in ABC definitions 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3263 gvanrossum 

Use -lcrypto instead of -lcrypt on Solaris 2.6 when available 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3264 mmokrejs 

yield in list comprehensions possibly broken in 3.0 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3267 brett.cannon 

strptime() makes an error concerning second in arg 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3269 nevgor 

iter.next() or iter.__next__() ? 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3271 benjamin.peterson 

Control flow not optimized 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3275 georg.brandl 

support r"\" 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3281 facundobatista 

Undefined unicode characters should be non-printable 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3282 georg.brandl 

rlcompleter add "(" to callables feature 2520 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue449227 facundobatista 
 patch, easy 
Docs don't define sequence-ness very well 1979 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue678464 benjamin.peterson 

asyncore.dispactcher: incorrect connect 1613 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue889153 josiahcarlson 

catch invalid chunk length in httplib read routine 1590 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue900744 pdorrell 
 patch 
asyncore fixes and improvements 1583 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue909005 josiahcarlson 
 patch 
asyncore.file_dispatcher should not take fd as argument 1393 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1025525 josiahcarlson 

asyncore should handle ECONNRESET in send 1331 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1063924 josiahcarlson 

Add notes to the manual about `is` and methods 893 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1410739 georg.brandl 
 patch, easy 
2.4.2 file.read caches EOF state 715 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1523853 georg.brandl 

asyncore/asynchat patches 387 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1736190 josiahcarlson 
 patch 
asynchat should call "handle_close" 379 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1740572 josiahcarlson 

Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
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 35 test_multiprocessing hangs on OS X 10.5.3 2 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue3088 
 24 math test fails on Solaris 10 13 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue3167 
 18 cmath test fails on Solaris 10 13 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue3168 
 11 Let bin/oct/hex show floats 10 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue3008 
 10 Use -lcrypto instead of -lcrypt on Solaris 2.6 when available 0 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue3264 
 10 __eq__ / __hash__ check doesn't take inheritance into account 122 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2235 
 8 Segfault in PyFile_SoftSpace/PyEval_EvalFrameEx with sys.stdout 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue3242 
 8 "Quick search" box renders too long on FireFox 3 7 days
pending http://bugs.python.org/issue3154 
 7 re.IGNORECASE not Unicode-ready 53 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2834 
 6 ints contructed from strings don't use the smallint constants 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue3236 