[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches :  339 open ( +7) /  2838 closed ( +4) /  3177 total (+11)
Bugs    :  938 open (+11) /  4962 closed ( +3) /  5900 total (+14)
RFE     :  187 open ( +1) /   157 closed ( +0) /   344 total ( +1)

New / Reopened Patches
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Restore GC support to set objects  (2005-05-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1200018  opened by  Barry A. Warsaw

idlelib patch  (2005-05-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1200038  opened by  sowjanya

Small optimization for PyDict_Merge()  (2005-05-11)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1200051  opened by  Barry A. Warsaw

buffer overflow in _cursesmodule.c  (2005-05-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1200134  opened by  Jan Michael Hülsbergen

patch IDLE to allow running anonymous code in editor window  (2005-05-13)
       http://python.org/sf/1201522  opened by  Jeff Shute

allow running multiple instances of IDLE  (2005-05-13)
       http://python.org/sf/1201569  opened by  Jeff Shute

httplib mentions getreply instead of getresponse  (2005-05-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1203094  opened by  Robert Brewer

workaround deprecated ostat structure in <sys/stat.h>  (2005-05-17)
       http://python.org/sf/1203329  opened by  J. J. Snitow

Patch for [ 1163563 ] Sub threads execute in restricted mode  (2005-05-17)
       http://python.org/sf/1203393  opened by  anothermax

Allow larger programs to be frozen under Win32  (2005-05-17)
       http://python.org/sf/1203650  opened by  Gottfried Ganßauge

Patches Closed
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Small optimization for PyDict_Merge()  (2005-05-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1200051  closed by  rhettinger

better datetime support for xmlrpclib  (2005-02-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1120353  closed by  montanaro

Add O_SHLOCK/O_EXLOCK to posix  (2005-01-17)
       http://python.org/sf/1103951  closed by  montanaro

Fix _tryorder in webbrowser.py  (2005-03-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1166780  closed by  rodsenra

New / Reopened Bugs
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installation problem with python 2.4.1 on Win2k system  (2005-05-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1199808  opened by  mmkobayashi

Python 2.4.1 Installer ended prematurely  (2005-05-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1199947  opened by  Wai Yip Tung

time module ignores timezone changes  (2005-05-09)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1198275  reopened by  bcannon

Windows msi installer fails on virtual drives  (2005-05-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1200287  opened by  bartgrantham

SyntaxError raised on win32 for correct files  (2005-05-12)
       http://python.org/sf/1200686  opened by  Federico Di Gregorio

Wrong word on "raise" page  (2005-05-13)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1201438  opened by  Erik Rose

Problem with recursion in dict (crash with core dump)  (2005-05-13)
       http://python.org/sf/1201456  opened by  Vladimir Yu. Stepanov

suspected cPickle memory leak   (2005-05-13)
       http://python.org/sf/1201461  opened by  Alan

Glossary listing bug  (2005-05-14)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1201807  opened by  George Yoshida

mimetypes.py does not find mime.types on Mac OS X  (2005-05-14)
       http://python.org/sf/1202018  opened by  Stefan H. Holek

Description of string.lstrip() needs improvement  (2005-05-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1202395  opened by  Roy Smith

httplib docs mentioning HTTPConnection.getreply  (2005-05-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1202475  opened by  Georg Brandl

RE parser too loose with {m,n} construct  (2005-05-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1202493  opened by  Skip Montanaro

a bunch of infinite C recursions  (2005-05-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1202533  opened by  Armin Rigo

Problem with abs function  (2005-05-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1202946  opened by  ric-b

Bugs Closed
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time module ignores timezone changes  (2005-05-09)
       http://python.org/sf/1198275  closed by  bcannon

SystemError: error return without exception set  (2005-05-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1195984  closed by  nbajpai

Wrong word on "raise" page  (2005-05-13)
       http://python.org/sf/1201438  closed by  rhettinger

Glossary listing bug  (2005-05-14)
       http://python.org/sf/1201807  closed by  rhettinger

New / Reopened RFE
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enhancing os.chown functionality  (2005-05-12)
       http://python.org/sf/1200804  opened by  gyrof