[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

Fri Jul 11 18:06:49 CEST 2008

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (07/04/08 - 07/11/08)
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 1967 open (+43) / 13199 closed (+17) / 15166 total (+60)
Open issues with patches: 621
Average duration of open issues: 700 days.
Median duration of open issues: 1604 days.
Open Issues Breakdown
 open 1939 (+42)
pending 28 ( +1)
Issues Created Or Reopened (60)
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Delete obsolete 'Unicode' in Py3 str docstrings; related fixes 07/04/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3284 created tjreedy 
 easy 
Fraction.from_any() 07/04/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3285 created rhettinger 
 patch 
IDLE opens window too low on Windows 07/04/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3286 created tjreedy 

Fraction constructor should raise TypeError instead of Attribute 07/04/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3287 created rhettinger 
 patch 
float.as_integer_ratio method is not documented 07/05/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3288 created marketdickinson 

unnecessary call to time and localtime slows time.mktime 07/05/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3289 created nother_jnelson 

python-config --cflags includes irrelevant flags 07/05/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3290 created sacha 

rlcompleter doesn't work anymore 07/05/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3291 created pitrou 
 patch 
Position index limit; s.insert(i,x) not same as s[i:i]=[x] 07/05/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3292 created tjreedy 

incorrect comments for PyObject_ReleaseBuffer 07/05/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3293 created pitrou 

SVN repository contains an incorrect symbolic link 07/05/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3294 created pitrou 

PyExc_BufferError is declared but nowhere defined 07/05/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3295 created pitrou 
 patch 
print function not executed in python 3.0 tutorial 07/05/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3296 created segfaulthunter 

Python interpreter uses Unicode surrogate pairs only before the 07/06/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3297 created ezio.melotti 

Multiline string with quotes is not parsed correctly. 07/06/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3298 created Stavros 

invalid object destruction in re.finditer() 07/06/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3299 created haypo 
 patch 
urllib.quote and unquote - Unicode issues 07/06/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3300 created mgiuca 
 patch 
DoS when lo is negative in bisect.insort_right() / _left() 07/06/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3301 created haypo 
 patch 
segfault on gettext(None) 07/06/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3302 created haypo 
 patch 
invalid ref count on locale.strcoll() error 07/06/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3303 created haypo 
 patch 
invalid call to PyMem_Free() in fileio_init() 07/06/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3304 created haypo 
 patch, easy 
Use Py_XDECREF() instead of Py_DECREF() in MultibyteCodec and Mu 07/06/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3305 created haypo 
 patch 
audioop.findmax() crashs with negative length 07/06/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3306 created haypo 
 patch 
invalid check of _bsddb creation failure 07/06/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3307 created haypo 
 patch 
MinGW built extensions do not load (specified procedure cannot b 07/07/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3308 created rogerbinns 

missing lock release in BZ2File_iternext() 07/07/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3309 created haypo 
 patch, easy 
Out-of-date example 3.0b1 Tutorial Classes page, 'issubclass' 07/07/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3310 created alexis.layton 

block operation on closed socket/pipe for multiprocessing 07/07/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3311 created haypo 
 patch 
bugs in _sqlite module 07/07/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3312 created haypo 
 patch 
dlopen() error with no error message from dlerror() 07/07/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3313 created haypo 
 patch 
urllib.parse doesn't import sys 07/07/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3314 created mgiuca 
 patch 
abc.rst little error 07/07/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3315 created mishok13 
 patch 
Proposal for fix_urllib 07/07/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3316 created nedds 
 patch 
duplicate lines in zipfile.py 07/07/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3317 created amaury.forgeotdarc 
 patch 
Documentation: timeit: "lower bound" should read "upper bound" 07/08/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3318 created unutbu 

pystone.main(10) causes ZeroDivisionError 07/08/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3319 created mokeefe 
 patch 
various doc typos 07/08/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3320 created dsm001 
 patch 
_multiprocessing.Connection() doesn't check handle 07/08/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3321 created haypo 
 patch 
bugs in scanstring_str() and scanstring_unicode() of _json modul 07/08/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3322 created haypo 

Clarify __slots__ behaviour when inheriting 07/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3323 created strangefeatures 

Broken link in online doc 07/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3324 created ThomasH 

use of cPickle in multiprocessing 07/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3325 created mishok13 
 patch 
py3k shouldn't use -fno-strict-aliasing anymore 07/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3326 created cartman 
 patch 
NULL member in modules_by_index 07/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3327 created krisvale 

When PyObject_CallMethod fails, refcount is incorrect 07/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3328 created dominic.lavoie 

API for setting the memory allocator used by Python 07/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3329 created jlaurila 

webbrowser module doesn't correctly handle '|' character. 07/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3330 created AdrianP 

Possible inconsistency in behavior of list comprehensions vs. ge 07/10/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3331 created carlj 

DocTest and dict sort. 07/10/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3332 created jedie 

Need -3 warning for exec statement becoming a function 07/10/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3333 created rhettinger 

2to3 looses indentation on import fix 07/10/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3334 created ctheune 

subprocess lib - opening same command fails 07/10/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3335 created gtg944q 

datetime weekday() function 07/10/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3336 created ryanboesch 

Fixer for dbm is failing 07/11/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3337 created brett.cannon 

cPickle segfault with deep recursion 07/11/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3338 created esrever_otua 

dummy_thread LockType.acquire() always returns None, should be T 07/11/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3339 created toymachine 
 patch 
optparse print_usage(),.. methods are not documented 07/11/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3340 created techtonik 

"Suggest a change" link 07/11/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3341 created techtonik 

Tracebacks are not properly indented 07/11/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3342 created amaury.forgeotdarc 
 patch 
Py_DisplaySourceLine is not documented 07/11/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3343 created amaury.forgeotdarc 

Issues Now Closed (36)
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async_chat.__init__() parameters 221 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1519 josiahcarlson 

Error when printing an exception containing a Unicode string 99 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2517 ncoghlan 
 patch 
performance problem in socket._fileobject.read 82 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2632 gregory.p.smith 
 patch 
shutil.copytree glob-style filtering [patch] 76 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2663 georg.brandl 
 patch 
"Report bug" links 61 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2823 techtonik 

cleanup of freelist management 52 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2862 gregory.p.smith 
 patch, patch 
By default, HTTPSConnection should send header "Host: somehost" 24 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3094 gregory.p.smith 
 patch, easy 
glob.py improvements 20 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3159 facundobatista 
 patch 
cmath test fails on Solaris 10 14 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3168 MrJean1 
 patch 
sha modules & Modules/Setup.dist 13 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3183 gregory.p.smith 

float('infinity') should be valid 11 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3188 marketdickinson 
 patch 
Improve subprocess module usage 6 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3235 georg.brandl 

curses/textpad.py incorrectly and redundantly imports ascii 5 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3239 facundobatista 
 patch 
socket's OOB data management is broken on OS X and FreeBSD 3 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3277 gregory.p.smith 

socket's SO_OOBINLINE option does not work 3 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3278 gregory.p.smith 

%c format does not accept large numbers on ucs-2 builds 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3280 amaury.forgeotdarc 

Delete obsolete 'Unicode' in Py3 str docstrings; related fixes 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3284 benjamin.peterson 
 easy 
Fraction.from_any() 6 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3285 rhettinger 
 patch 
Fraction constructor should raise TypeError instead of Attribute 6 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3287 rhettinger 
 patch 
unnecessary call to time and localtime slows time.mktime 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3289 facundobatista 

rlcompleter doesn't work anymore 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3291 benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
SVN repository contains an incorrect symbolic link 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3294 benjamin.peterson 

PyExc_BufferError is declared but nowhere defined 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3295 benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
print function not executed in python 3.0 tutorial 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3296 benjamin.peterson 

Multiline string with quotes is not parsed correctly. 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3298 Stavros 

DoS when lo is negative in bisect.insort_right() / _left() 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3301 rhettinger 
 patch 
audioop.findmax() crashs with negative length 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3306 facundobatista 
 patch 
MinGW built extensions do not load (specified procedure cannot b 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3308 loewis 

urllib.parse doesn't import sys 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3314 facundobatista 
 patch 
abc.rst little error 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3315 benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
DocTest and dict sort. 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3332 rhettinger 

Need -3 warning for exec statement becoming a function 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3333 rhettinger 

Fixer for dbm is failing 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue3337 brett.cannon 

asyncore.py and "handle_error" 1839 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue760475 josiahcarlson 

asyncore misses socket closes when poll is used 1515 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue953599 josiahcarlson 

asyncore should handle also ECONNABORTED in recv 390 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1736101 josiahcarlson 
 patch 
Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
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 14 threading module can deadlock after fork 1643 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue874900 
 11 MinGW built extensions do not load (specified procedure cannot 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue3308 
 10 urllib.quote and unquote - Unicode issues 5 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue3300 
 9 Crash in PyObject_Malloc 356 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1758146
 8 urllib2 header capitalization 122 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2275 
 7 bytearrays are not thread safe 22 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue3139 
 7 test_multiprocessing hangs intermittently on POSIX platforms 9 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue3088 
 6 API for setting the memory allocator used by Python 2 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue3329 
 6 duplicate lines in zipfile.py 4 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue3317 
 6 Let bin/oct/hex show floats 17 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue3008 