[Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues

Fri Mar 28 18:06:22 CET 2008

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (03/21/08 - 03/28/08)
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 1794 open (+40) / 12535 closed (+18) / 14329 total (+58)
Open issues with patches: 528
Average duration of open issues: 715 days.
Median duration of open issues: 1243 days.
Open Issues Breakdown
 open 1770 (+40)
pending 24 ( +0)
Issues Created Or Reopened (58)
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2to3 translates "import foobar" to "import .foobar" rather than 03/21/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2446 created dangyogi 

Python 2.6 refleak test issues 03/21/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2447 created tiran 

namedtuple breaks refleak tests 03/21/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2448 created tiran 

Improved serialization error logging in xmlrpclib 03/21/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2449 created blunck2 

urllib2.Request constructor has no timeout parameter 03/21/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2450 created jjlee 

No way to disable socket timeouts in httplib, etc. 03/27/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2451 reopened facundobatista 

inaccuracy in httplib timeout documentation 03/21/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2452 created jjlee 

fix_except needs to allow for empty excepts 03/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2453 created loewis 

sha and md5 fixer 03/22/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2454 created loewis 

stat.ST_CTIME and stat.ST_ATIME problem 03/22/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2455 created sassas 

Make sysmodule.c compatible with Bazaar 03/22/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2456 created barry 

add --help and -h options to pdb 03/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2457 created benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
Allow Python code to change Py3k warning flag 03/22/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2458 created benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
speedup loops with better bytecode 03/22/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2459 created pitrou 
 patch 
Ellipsis not copyable 03/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2460 created aronacher 
 patch 
test_util.py for distutils 03/23/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2461 created tarek 
 patch 
python.exe slowing my system 03/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2462 created FireSnake 

python.exe slowing my system 03/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2463 created FireSnake 

urllib2 can't handle http://www.wikispaces.com 03/23/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2464 created weijie90 

sphinx-quickstart.py still creates makefile even if user tells i 03/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2465 created varmaa 
 patch 
os.path.ismount doesn't work for NTFS mounts 03/23/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2466 created rossburton 

gc.DEBUG_STATS reports invalid "elapsed" times 03/23/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2467 created exarkun 
 patch 
izip fixer generates incorrect import statement 03/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2468 created loewis 

Fix build error in unicodeobject.c UCS4 03/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2469 created benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
Need fixer for dl (removed) -> ctypes module 03/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2470 created nnorwitz 

imp.get_magic() should return bytes, not bytearray 03/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2471 created brett.cannon 
 patch 
Fixed block ordering code in compiler.pyassem 03/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2472 created pitrou 
 patch 
logging.LogRecord should know how to handle dict-like args 03/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2473 created wcmaier 

fset not working 03/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2474 created ryansturmer 

Popen.poll always returns None 03/24/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2475 created jjcogliati 

optparse docs should mention %default being new in 2.4 03/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2476 created brodierao 

parser support for future import of unicode_strings 03/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2477 created nnorwitz 
 patch 
decimal.Decimal( 0 ).sqrt() fails 03/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2478 created glathoud 

Bytearray and io backport 03/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2479 created tiran 
 26backport 
pickling of large recursive structures fails 03/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2480 created cyhawk 

locale.strxfrm does not work with Unicode strings 03/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2481 created cito 

Decimal(unicode) 03/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2482 created phd 

int and float accept bytes, complex does not 03/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2483 created marketdickinson 

Cosmetic patch for warning "unused variable" 03/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2484 created ocean-city 
 patch, patch 
Traceback changed in 2.6 for unhashable objects 03/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2485 created mg 

Consider using bytes type instead of str to store Decimal coeffi 03/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2486 created marketdickinson 
 patch 
ldexp(x,n) misbehaves when abs(n) is large 03/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2487 created fredrikj 

Backport sys.maxsize to Python 2.6 03/25/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2488 created tiran 
 patch, easy, 26backport 
Patch for bugs in pty.py 03/26/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2489 created fergushenderson 
 patch 
Assertion failure in datetime.strftime() 03/26/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2490 created genepi 

io.open() handles errors differently on different platforms 03/26/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2491 created nnorwitz 

Check implementation of new buffer interface for PyString in 2.6 03/26/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2492 created tiran 
 26backport 
Remove unused constants from optimized code objects 03/26/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2493 created belopolsky 
 patch 
Can't round-trip datetimes<->timestamps prior to 1970 on Windows 03/27/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2494 created mark 

tokenize doesn't handle __future__.unicode_literals correctly 03/27/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2495 created tiran 

test_no_refcycle_through_target sometimes fails in test_threadin 03/27/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2496 created pitrou 
 patch 
stdbool support 03/27/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2497 created rolland 
 patch 
bdb modernized 03/27/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2498 created benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
Fold unary + and not on constants 03/28/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2499 created belopolsky 
 patch 
Sync _sqlite module code 03/28/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2500 created tiran 

xml.sax.parser() doesn't terminate when given a filename 03/28/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2501 created mark 

Add enum() example for named tuples 03/28/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue2502 created calvin 
 patch 
Replace "== None/True/False" with "is" 03/28/08
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2503 created calvin 
 patch 
Issues Now Closed (63)
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zlib.crc32() and adler32() return value 181 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1202 gregory.p.smith 
 64bit, easy 
Force BOM option in UTF output. 149 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1328 doerwalter 

UnicodeDecodeError that cannot be caught in narrow unicode build 125 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1477 amaury.forgeotdarc 
 patch 
shutil.move() does not use os.rename() if dst is a directory 103 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1577 draghuram 
 patch 
filehandle.write() does not return None (Python 3.0a2) 72 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1775 georg.brandl 

AST compile() patch 77 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1810 georg.brandl 
 patch 
Add key argument to heapq functions 62 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1904 rhettinger 
 patch 
weak references are removed before __del__ is called. 59 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1918 georg.brandl 

test_largefile.py converted to unittest 48 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2026 benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
urllib2 basic auth handler doesn't handle realm names in single- 33 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2136 georg.brandl 
 patch 
Document PyImport_GetImporter 29 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2160 georg.brandl 
 patch 
unittest.findTestCases undocumented 28 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2162 georg.brandl 

Add doc-string to UserDict and DictMixin 30 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2172 belopolsky 
 patch 
setitimer, getitimer wrapper 19 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2240 loewis 
 patch 
quit() method of SMTP instance (of smtplib) doesn't return it's 20 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2248 georg.brandl 
 patch 
test_decimal: possible thread lockup in test case 10 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2273 facundobatista 
 patch 
Patch for "string without null bytes" check in getargs.c 6 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2298 georg.brandl 
 patch 
make html fails 5 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2300 georg.brandl 
 patch 
Py3K warn against using __members__ 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2346 georg.brandl 
 patch, 26backport 
Py3K warn for using __methods__ 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2347 georg.brandl 
 26backport 
Py3K warn using file.softspace 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2348 georg.brandl 
 patch, 26backport 
cmp argument to list.sort()/sorted() should raise a Py3K warning 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2354 rhettinger 
 patch, 26backport 
Using buffer() should raise a Py3K warning 8 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2355 georg.brandl 
 patch, 26backport 
Using sys.exc_clear should raise a Py3K warning 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2358 georg.brandl 
 patch, 26backport 
A Py3K warning for array.array.{read,write} is needed 8 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2359 georg.brandl 
 patch, 26backport 
Merge 2.6 ACKS with 3.0 ACKS 7 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2390 benjamin.peterson 
 easy 
Improvement suggestions for the gzip module documentation 9 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2406 georg.brandl 
 patch 
pysqlite provides no interface for database SQL dump 9 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2426 gregory.p.smith 
 patch 
DictReader does not suport line_num 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2432 georg.brandl 

Undocumented features added to 2.6 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2442 georg.brandl 
 easy 
urllib2.Request constructor has no timeout parameter 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2450 jjlee 

fix_except needs to allow for empty excepts 6 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2453 collinwinter 

add --help and -h options to pdb 4 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2457 benjamin.peterson 
 patch 
Ellipsis not copyable 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2460 rhettinger 
 patch 
python.exe slowing my system 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2462 FireSnake 

python.exe slowing my system 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2463 tiran 

sphinx-quickstart.py still creates makefile even if user tells i 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2465 georg.brandl 
 patch 
izip fixer generates incorrect import statement 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2468 David Wolever 

Fix build error in unicodeobject.c UCS4 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2469 amaury.forgeotdarc 
 patch 
fset not working 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2474 georg.brandl 

optparse docs should mention %default being new in 2.4 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2476 georg.brandl 

decimal.Decimal( 0 ).sqrt() fails 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2478 facundobatista 

Decimal(unicode) 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2482 marketdickinson 

Cosmetic patch for warning "unused variable" 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2484 georg.brandl 
 patch, patch 
Assertion failure in datetime.strftime() 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2490 georg.brandl 

tokenize doesn't handle __future__.unicode_literals correctly 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2495 amaury.forgeotdarc 

test_no_refcycle_through_target sometimes fails in test_threadin 1 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2496 jyasskin 
 patch 
Add enum() example for named tuples 0 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue2502 amaury.forgeotdarc 
 patch 
provide a documented serialization func 2362 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue467384 gvanrossum 

default index for __getslice__ is not sys.maxint 1481 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue908441 georg.brandl 

Heap class for heapq module 1107 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1162363 rhettinger 
 patch 
compiler package: "global a; a=5" 964 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1251748 pitrou 
 patch 
import dynamic library bug? 954 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1261390 georg.brandl 

bsddb: segfault on db.associate call with Txn and large data 793 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1413192 jcea 

bisect should support a custom comparison function 739 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1451588 rhettinger 

custom comparison function for bisect module 724 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1462228 rhettinger 

bisect on presorted list 460 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1619060 rhettinger 

Add triangular distribution to random 374 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1681432 rhettinger 
 patch 
Duplicate "preferences" menu item/Tk Aqua 8.4.14 359 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1691411 georg.brandl 
 patch 
audioop module - request to add a note 344 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1700821 georg.brandl 

slice type is unhashable 291 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1733184 belopolsky 

re.findall hangs python completely 281 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1737127 georg.brandl 

struni: test_urllib2, test_cookielib 238 days
 http://bugs.python.org/issue1762940 loewis 
 patch 
Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
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 15 speedup loops with better bytecode 6 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2459 
 10 Merge 2.6 ACKS with 3.0 ACKS 7 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2390 
 8 compiler package: "global a; a=5" 964 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1251748
 7 test_no_refcycle_through_target sometimes fails in test_threadi 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2496 
 7 parser support for future import of unicode_strings 3 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2477 
 7 Adding __iter__ to class Values of module optparse 7 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2444 
 7 Semi autogenerated _types module 107 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1605 
 7 test_xmlrpc is still flakey 123 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1503 
 6 No way to disable socket timeouts in httplib, etc. 1 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2451 
 6 uninitialized access to va_list 7 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2443 