[Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues

Fri Mar 14 18:06:18 CET 2008

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (03/07/08 - 03/14/08)
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 1735 open (+23) / 12380 closed (+14) / 14115 total (+37)
Open issues with patches: 474
Average duration of open issues: 739 days.
Median duration of open issues: 1152 days.
Open Issues Breakdown
 open 1711 (+23)
pending 24 ( +0)
Issues Created Or Reopened (37)
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"continue" documentation 03/07/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2252 created blp 

"continue" documentation internally inconsistent 03/07/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2253 created blp 

Python CGIHTTPServer information disclosure 03/07/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2254 created m.sucajtys 
 patch 
Change Mandrake by Mandriva for platform.dist() 03/07/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2255 created neoclust 
 patch 
Install failure of 2.6a1 on Windows XP without VS8 installed 03/07/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2256 created jkleckner 

typo in tutorial section 4.4 - final break statement is missing 03/08/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2257 created Kyte999 

Update command line docs for issue 1739468 03/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2258 created ncoghlan 
 easy 
Poor support other than 44.1khz, 16bit audio files? 03/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2259 created loki_dePlume 
 patch 
conditional jump to a POP_TOP optimization 03/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2260 created _doublep 
 patch 
Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours 03/09/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2261 created barnabas79 

Helping the compiler avoid memory references in PyEval_EvalFrame 03/09/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2262 created jyasskin 
 patch, patch 
struct.pack() + numpy int raises SystemError 03/10/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2263 created jvr 

empty specifier for float.__format__ does not always print at le 03/10/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2264 created eric.smith 

A line in the second example of "7.3.5 Examples" in "Python Libr 03/10/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2265 created furutaka 

Missing documentation about old/new-style classes 03/10/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2266 created Yinon 

datetime.datetime operator methods are not subclass-friendly 03/10/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2267 created stingray 
 patch 
Fold slice constants 03/10/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2268 created belopolsky 
 patch 
Problem reporting non-keyword arg after keyword arg syntax error 03/10/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2269 created ijmorlan 

Typo on 8.6.2.5 Document Objects page 03/10/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2270 created throw6617 

msi installs to the incorrect location (C drive) 03/10/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2271 created rossmclendon 

Segment Violation when using smtp with tls 03/11/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2272 created hareldvd 

test_decimal: possible thread lockup in test case 03/11/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2273 created jaredgrubb 
 patch 
heapq API 03/11/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2274 created rhettinger 

urllib2 header capitalization 03/11/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2275 created frispete 
 patch 
distutils out-of-date for runtime_library_dirs flag on OS X 03/12/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2276 created janssen 
 easy 
MozillaCookieJar does not support Firefox3 cookie files 03/12/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2277 created thekorn 
 patch 
[Py30a3] xml.parsers.expat recognizes encoding="utf-8" but not e 03/12/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2278 created mark 

distutils sdist add_defaults does not add data_files 03/12/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2279 created dripton 

parser module chokes on unusual characters 03/12/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2280 created dbinger 
 patch 
Enhanced cPython profiler with high-resolution timer 03/12/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2281 created MrJean1 

TextIOWrapper.seekable() always returns False 03/13/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2282 created netzhen 

lambda *a, **k: a, k # does not work 03/13/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2283 created mark 

[PATCH] -x64 option added to pcbuild/rt.bat to facilitate testin 03/14/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2284 created Trent.Nelson 
 patch 
list.sort.__doc__ says "cmp" is a keyword, but it isn't. 03/14/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2285 created dbinger 

Stack overflow exception caused by test_marshal on Windows x64 03/14/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2286 created Trent.Nelson 

Problems using logging module with logging.basicConfig(level=log 03/14/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2287 created panhudie 

Confusing documentation for urllib.urlopen 03/14/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2288 created marketdickinson 

Issues Now Closed (35)
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Patch to make py3k/Lib/test/test_thread.py use unittest 182 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1163 brett.cannon 
 patch 
str.format() produces different output on different platforms (P 89 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1600 eric.smith 

locale.strxfrm can't handle non-ascii strings 86 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1618 loewis 

test_select.py converted to unittest 46 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1952 brett.cannon 
 patch 
test_gdbm.py converted to unittest 45 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1960 brett.cannon 
 patch 
localeconv() does not encode returned strings 36 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1995 loewis 

test_fcntl.py converted to unittest 33 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2055 brett.cannon 
 patch 
Empty test 23 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2119 loewis 

with should be as fast as try/finally 14 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2179 jyasskin 
 patch 
map and filter shouldn't support None as first argument (in Py3k 17 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2186 belopolsky 
 patch, easy 
map and filter objects shouldn't call themselves itertools.imap 17 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2187 rhettinger 
 easy 
Additional Flag For Unit-Test Module: There Can Be Only One (Err 3 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2241 bcwhite 

To document "assertTrue" in unittest 2 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2249 georg.brandl 
 patch 
"continue" documentation 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2252 georg.brandl 

"continue" documentation internally inconsistent 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2253 georg.brandl 

Change Mandrake by Mandriva for platform.dist() 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2255 lemburg 
 patch 
typo in tutorial section 4.4 - final break statement is missing 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2257 georg.brandl 

Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2261 loewis 

A line in the second example of "7.3.5 Examples" in "Python Libr 3 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2265 georg.brandl 

datetime.datetime operator methods are not subclass-friendly 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2267 belopolsky 
 patch 
Problem reporting non-keyword arg after keyword arg syntax error 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2269 facundobatista 

Typo on 8.6.2.5 Document Objects page 2 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2270 georg.brandl 

Segment Violation when using smtp with tls 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2272 facundobatista 

heapq API 2 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2274 rhettinger 

lambda *a, **k: a, k # does not work 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2283 draghuram 

[PATCH] -x64 option added to pcbuild/rt.bat to facilitate testin 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2284 loewis 
 patch 
list.sort.__doc__ says "cmp" is a keyword, but it isn't. 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2285 georg.brandl 

struct.pack of floats in non-native endian order 1823 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue705836 marketdickinson 
 patch 
pyconfig.h duplicates common defines 1697 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue771479 loewis 

exclude CVS conflict files in sdist command 1159 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1095784 georg.brandl 
 patch 
slightly easier way to debug from the exception handler 1143 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1106316 facundobatista 

long -> Py_ssize_t (C/API 1.2.1) 588 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1533486 georg.brandl 

thread + import => crashes? 18 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1720705 georg.brandl 

slice type is unhashable 275 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1733184 rhettinger 

string formatter %x problem with indirectly given long 260 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1741218 facundobatista 

Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
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 8 To document "assertTrue" in unittest 2 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2249 
 7 slice type is unhashable 275 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1733184
 6 Helping the compiler avoid memory references in PyEval_EvalFram 5 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2262 
 6 Instance methods compare equal when their self's are equal 454 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1617161
 5 Poor support other than 44.1khz, 16bit audio files? 5 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2259 
 5 setitimer, getitimer wrapper 9 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2240 
 4 datetime.datetime operator methods are not subclass-friendly 0 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2267 
 4 Change Mandrake by Mandriva for platform.dist() 0 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2255 
 4 Enhanced hotshot profiler with high-resolution timer 12 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2218 
 4 map and filter shouldn't support None as first argument (in Py3 17 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2186 