[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

Kurt B. Kaiser kbk at shore.net
Sat Apr 8 05:04:00 CEST 2006


Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches :  391 open ( +2) /  3142 closed (+25) /  3533 total (+27)
Bugs    :  898 open ( -3) /  5731 closed (+44) /  6629 total (+41)
RFE     :  215 open ( +1) /   207 closed ( +1) /   422 total ( +2)

New / Reopened Patches
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give round() kwargs (mostly for PFAs)  (2006-03-28)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1460496  opened by  Wesley J. Chun

Improved PySet C API  (2006-03-25)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1458476  reopened by  bwarsaw

"const int" was truncated to "char"  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1461822  opened by  Hirokazu Yamamoto

ssl build fails due to undefined NETLINK_ stuff  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462080  opened by  Arkadiusz Miskiewicz

Patch for 1115886 - splitext incorrectly handles filenames l  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462106  opened by  Mike Foord

Functioning Tix.Grid  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462222  opened by  Christos Georgiou

fdopen(..., "a")  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462227  opened by  Ralf Schmitt

custom comparison function for bisect module  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462228  opened by  splitscreen

Fix for #1250170  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462230  opened by  Kuba Kończyk

Fix of "disgusting hack" in Misc.after  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462235  opened by  Christos Georgiou

fdopen(..., "a")  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462245  opened by  Ralf Schmitt

Fix for bug #1445068 getpass.getpass query on stderr  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462298  reopened by  splitscreen

Fix for bug #1445068 getpass.getpass query on stderr  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462298  opened by  splitscreen

Pickle protocol 2 fails on private slots  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462313  opened by  Žiga Seilnacht

upgrade pyexpat to expat 2.0.0  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462338  opened by  Trent Mick

Possible fix to #1334662 (int() wrong answers)  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462361  opened by  Ivan Vilata i Balaguer

Patch for bug #1458017 Log._log needs to be more forgiving  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462414  opened by  splitscreen

Patch for bug #931877  Segfault in object_reduce_ex  (2006-04-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1462488  opened by  Žiga Seilnacht

Spelling correction in libsignal.tex  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462496  opened by  lmllc

bug #1452246 and patch #1087808; sgmllib entities  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462498  opened by  Rares Vernica

URI parsing library  (2006-04-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1462525  opened by  Paul Jimenez

replace md5 impl. with one having a more free license  (2005-02-07)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1117961  reopened by  doko

urllib2.ProxyHandler broken recently for non-userinfo case  (2006-04-01)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462790  opened by  John J Lee

Save the hash value of tuples  (2006-04-01)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462796  opened by  Noam Raphael

Remove broken code from urllib2  (2006-04-02)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1463012  opened by  John J Lee

Bugfix for #847665 (XMLGenerator dies in namespace mode)  (2006-04-02)
       http://python.org/sf/1463026  opened by  Nikolai Grigoriev

clean up new calendar locale usage  (2006-04-02)
       http://python.org/sf/1463288  opened by  Neal Norwitz

Add .format() method to str and unicode  (2006-04-03)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1463370  opened by  crutcher

Improved generator finalization  (2006-04-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1463867  opened by  Phillip J. Eby

Simple test for os.startfile  (2006-04-04)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1464062  reopened by  loewis

Simple test for os.startfile  (2006-04-04)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1464062  opened by  Thomas Heller

fixed handling of nested  comments in mail addresses  (2006-04-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1464708  opened by  William McVey

Patches Closed
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give round() kwargs (mostly for PFAs)  (2006-03-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1460496  closed by  gbrandl

Install PKG-INFO with packages  (2006-03-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1459476  closed by  pje

Support different GPG keys in upload --sign  (2006-03-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1457316  closed by  pje

Improved PySet C API  (2006-03-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1458476  closed by  bwarsaw

ssl build fails due to undefined NETLINK_ stuff  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462080  closed by  loewis

fdopen(..., "a")  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462227  closed by  gbrandl

Fix for #1250170  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462230  closed by  gbrandl

Fix of "disgusting hack" in Misc.after  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462235  closed by  gbrandl

fdopen(..., "a")  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462245  deleted by  titty

Fix for bug #1445068 getpass.getpass query on stderr  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462298  closed by  splitscreen

Fix for bug #1445068 getpass.getpass query on stderr  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462298  closed by  gbrandl

Pickle protocol 2 fails on private slots  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462313  closed by  gbrandl

Fix bug read() would hang on ssl socket if settimeout() used  (2005-12-14)
       http://python.org/sf/1380952  closed by  gbrandl

fix smtplib when local host isn't resolvable in dns  (2005-08-12)
       http://python.org/sf/1257988  closed by  gbrandl

Patch for bug #1458017 Log._log needs to be more forgiving  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462414  closed by  gbrandl

Spelling correction in libsignal.tex  (2006-04-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1462496  closed by  gbrandl

bug #1452246 and patch #1087808; sgmllib entities  (2006-04-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1462498  closed by  gbrandl

sgmllib.SGMLParser does not unescape attribute values; patch  (2004-12-19)
       http://python.org/sf/1087808  closed by  gbrandl

Zipfile fix create_system information  (06/29/05)
       http://python.org/sf/1229511  closed by  sf-robot

attributes for urlsplit, urlparse result  (2002-10-16)
       http://python.org/sf/624325  closed by  fdrake

Update docs for zlib.decompressobj.flush()  (2006-03-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1459631  closed by  gbrandl

Configure patch for Mac OS X 10.3  (2006-01-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1416559  closed by  gbrandl

replace md5 impl. with one having a more free license  (2005-02-07)
       http://python.org/sf/1117961  closed by  doko

urllib2.ProxyHandler broken recently for non-userinfo case  (2006-04-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1462790  closed by  gbrandl

Save the hash value of tuples  (2006-04-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1462796  closed by  gbrandl

Add addition and moving messages to mailbox module  (2003-02-14)
       http://python.org/sf/686545  closed by  gbrandl

Remove broken code from urllib2  (2006-04-02)
       http://python.org/sf/1463012  closed by  gbrandl

Add .format() method to str and unicode  (2006-04-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1463370  closed by  gbrandl

Simple test for os.startfile  (2006-04-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1464062  closed by  nnorwitz

Simple test for os.startfile  (2006-04-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1464062  closed by  theller

const PyDict_Type ?  (2006-03-13)
       http://python.org/sf/1448488  closed by  anthonybaxter

New / Reopened Bugs
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Why not drop the _active list?  (2006-03-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1460493  opened by  HVB bei TUP

ctypes extension does not compile on Mac OS 10.3.9  (2006-03-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1460514  opened by  Andrew Dalke

random.sample can raise KeyError  (2006-03-28)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1460340  reopened by  tim_one

Misleading documentation for socket.fromfd()  (2006-03-29)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1460564  opened by  Michael Smith

Python 2.4.2 does not compile on SunOS 5.10 using gcc   (2006-03-29)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1460605  opened by  Jakob Schiøtz

Broken __hash__ for Unicode objects  (2006-03-29)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1460886  opened by  Joe Wreschnig

test_winsound fails in 2.4.3  (2006-03-30)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1461115  opened by  Tim Peters

xmlrpclib.binary doesn't exist  (2006-03-30)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1461610  opened by  Chris AtLee

Invalid modes crash open()  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1461783  opened by  splitscreen

fdopen() not guaranteed to have Python semantics  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1461855  opened by  John Levon

Python does not check for POSIX compliant open() modes  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462152  opened by  splitscreen

os.startfile() still doesn't work with Unicode filenames  (2006-03-16)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1451503  reopened by  theller

Coercion rules incomplete in Reference Manual  (2006-03-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462278  opened by  Žiga Seilnacht

socket.ssl won't work together with socket.settimeout on Win  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462352  opened by  Georg Brandl

udp multicast setsockopt fails  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462440  opened by  Alan G

StopIteration raised in body of 'with' statement suppressed  (2006-04-01)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462485  opened by  Tim Delaney

Errors in PCbuild  (2006-04-01)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462700  opened by  Tim Delaney

urllib2 bails if the localhost doens't have a fqdn hostname  (2006-04-01)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1462706  opened by  splitscreen

test_minidom.py fails for Python-2.4.3 on SUSE 9.3  (2006-04-02)
       http://python.org/sf/1463043  opened by  Richard Townsend

problems with os.system and shell redirection on Windows XP  (2006-04-02)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1463104  opened by  Manlio Perillo

missing svnversion = configure error  (2006-04-04)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1463559  opened by  Anthony Baxter

logging.StreamHandler ignores argument if it compares False  (2006-04-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1463840  opened by  Paul Winkler

can't build on cygwin - PyArg_Parse_SizeT undefined  (2006-04-04)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1463926  opened by  Anthony Baxter

curses library in python 2.4.3 broken  (2006-04-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1464056  opened by  nomind

ctypes should be able to link with installed libffi  (2006-04-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1464444  opened by  Matthias Klose

ctypes testsuite hardcodes libc soname  (2006-04-04)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1464506  opened by  Matthias Klose

Changes to generator object's gi_frame attr  (2006-04-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1464571  opened by  Collin Winter

PyList_GetItem() clarification  (2006-04-04)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1464658  opened by  Stefan Seefeld

test_urllib2 and test_mimetypes   (2006-04-06)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1464978  opened by  Anthony Baxter

CSV regression in 2.5a1: multi-line cells  (2006-04-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1465014  opened by  David Goodger

Error with 2.5a1 MSI installer  (2006-04-05)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1465093  opened by  Paul Moore

HP-UX11i installation failure  (2006-04-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1465408  opened by  Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve

Cygwin installer should create a link to libpython2.5.dll.a  (2006-04-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1465554  opened by  Miki Tebeka

zipfile - arcname must be encode in cp437  (2006-04-06)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1465600  opened by  Jens Diemer

str.decode('rot13') produces Unicode  (2006-04-06)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1465619  opened by  Kent Johnson

test_logging hangs on cygwin  (2006-04-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1465643  opened by  Miki Tebeka

test_grp & test_pwd fail  (2006-04-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1465646  opened by  Richard Townsend

bdist_wininst preinstall script support is broken in 2.5a1  (2006-04-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1465834  opened by  Paul Moore

HP-UX11i: illegal combination of compilation and link flags  (2006-04-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1465838  opened by  Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve

base64 module ignores non-alphabet characters  (2006-04-07)
       http://python.org/sf/1466065  opened by  Seo Sanghyeon

ImportError: Module _subprocess not found  (2006-04-07)
       http://python.org/sf/1466301  opened by  Africanis

Bogus SyntaxError in listcomp  (2006-04-07)
       http://python.org/sf/1466641  opened by  Tim Peters

Bugs Closed
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random.sample can raise KeyError  (2006-03-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1460340  closed by  tim_one

random.sample can raise KeyError  (2006-03-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1460340  closed by  gbrandl

Misleading documentation for socket.fromfd()  (2006-03-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1460564  closed by  gbrandl

Python 2.4.2 does not compile on SunOS 5.10 using gcc   (2006-03-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1460605  closed by  gbrandl

Malloc error on MacOSX/imaplib  (2006-03-24)
       http://python.org/sf/1457783  closed by  etrepum

Broken __hash__ for Unicode objects  (2006-03-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1460886  closed by  lemburg

test_winsound fails in 2.4.3  (2006-03-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1461115  closed by  loewis

xmlrpclib.binary doesn't exist  (2006-03-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1461610  closed by  gbrandl

Invalid modes crash open()  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1461783  closed by  splitscreen

fdopen() not guaranteed to have Python semantics  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1461855  closed by  gbrandl

pickle dump argument description vague  (2004-02-05)
       http://python.org/sf/891249  closed by  gbrandl

Poor documentation of new-style classes  (2004-05-25)
       http://python.org/sf/960340  closed by  gbrandl

__new__ not defined?  (2004-08-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1018315  closed by  gbrandl

os.startfile() still doesn't work with Unicode filenames  (2006-03-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1451503  closed by  loewis

os.startfile() still doesn't work with Unicode filenames  (2006-03-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1451503  closed by  gbrandl

calendar.weekheader(n): n should mean chars not bytes  (2004-05-04)
       http://python.org/sf/947906  closed by  doerwalter

makesetup fails to tolerate valid linker options  (2006-03-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1454227  closed by  gbrandl

traceback.format_exception_only() and SyntaxError  (2006-03-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1447885  closed by  gbrandl

gethostbyname(gethostname()) fails on misconfigured system  (2005-08-02)
       http://python.org/sf/1250170  closed by  gbrandl

Coercion rules incomplete in Reference Manual  (2006-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1462278  closed by  gbrandl

getpass.getpass queries on STDOUT not STERR (*nix)  (2006-03-07)
       http://python.org/sf/1445068  closed by  gbrandl

poplib.POP3_SSL() class incompatible with socket.timeout  (2005-11-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1353269  closed by  gbrandl

socket.setdefaulttimeout() breaks smtplib.starttls()  (2005-01-08)
       http://python.org/sf/1098618  closed by  gbrandl

SSL_pending is not used  (2005-03-18)
       http://python.org/sf/1166206  closed by  gbrandl

Pickle protocol 2 fails on private slots.  (2006-03-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1443328  closed by  gbrandl

os.open() Documentation  (2006-03-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1444104  closed by  gbrandl

Iterator on Fileobject gives no MemoryError  (2005-04-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1177964  closed by  gbrandl

CVS migration not in www.python.org docs  (2005-11-07)
       http://python.org/sf/1350498  closed by  bcannon

Log._log needs to be more forgiving...  (2006-03-24)
       http://python.org/sf/1458017  closed by  gbrandl

StopIteration raised in body of 'with' statement suppressed  (2006-04-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1462485  closed by  pje

htmllib doesn't properly substitute entities  (2006-03-17)
       http://python.org/sf/1452246  closed by  tim_one

msgfmt.py: fuzzy messages not correctly found  (2006-03-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1451341  closed by  gbrandl

Errors in PCbuild  (2006-04-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1462700  closed by  loewis

urllib2 bails if the localhost doens't have a fqdn hostname  (2006-04-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1462706  closed by  gbrandl

tarfile.open bug / corrupt data  (02/08/06)
       http://python.org/sf/1427552  closed by  sf-robot

problems with os.system and shell redirection on Windows XP  (2006-04-02)
       http://python.org/sf/1463104  closed by  tim_one

Mac Framework build fails on intel  (2006-03-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1447587  closed by  gbrandl

[win32] stderr atty encoding not set  (2006-02-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1421664  closed by  loewis

sliceobject ssize_t (and index) not completed  (2006-03-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1456470  closed by  loewis

missing svnversion == configure error  (2006-04-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1463559  closed by  loewis

can't build on cygwin - PyArg_Parse_SizeT undefined  (2006-04-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1463926  closed by  nnorwitz

ctypes testsuite hardcodes libc soname  (2006-04-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1464506  closed by  theller

PyList_GetItem() clarification  (2006-04-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1464658  closed by  gbrandl

test_urllib2 and test_mimetypes   (2006-04-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1464978  closed by  anthonybaxter

Error with 2.5a1 MSI installer  (2006-04-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1465093  closed by  loewis

zipfile - arcname must be encode in cp437  (2006-04-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1465600  closed by  gbrandl

str.decode('rot13') produces Unicode  (2006-04-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1465619  closed by  gbrandl

New / Reopened RFE
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Scripts invoked by -m should trim exceptions  (2006-04-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1462486  opened by  Tim Delaney

Allowing the definition of constants  (2006-04-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1465406  reopened by  ciw42

Allowing the definition of constants  (2006-04-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1465406  opened by  Chris Wilson

RFE Closed
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Allowing the definition of constants  (2006-04-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1465406  closed by  rhettinger

calendar._firstweekday is too hard-wired  (2005-04-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1190596  closed by  doerwalter



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