[soc2008-general] Patching bugs from bugs.python.org as a project.

[Wojciech Walczak]

2008/3/16, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>:
> > More precisely:
> > - socket module (both Modules/socketmodule.c and Lib/socket.py)
> > - networking related modules (urllib*, nntplib, etc.)
> > - shutil, os and other operating system interfaces
> >
> > I can think of a few more, but as I browse the tracker, it seems like
> > socket module alone is an all-summer task. Be back with more.
>
> Ok, that sounds like a good project.

I am ready to say more now. I have targeted some older,
unassigned issues mainly. It makes me more confident that
the bugs I have chosen won't be solved soon.

Things I would like to work out for sure:
- 'urllib2's urlopen() method causes a memory leak':
   http://bugs.python.org/issue1208304
- 'socket.readline() interface doesn't handle EINTR properly':
   http://bugs.python.org/issue1628205
   I would like to follow your suggestions here, Martin
- 'Adding the missing socket.recvall() method'
   http://bugs.python.org/issue1103213
   Same here, Martin
- 'Finding programs in PATH, addition to os'
   http://bugs.python.org/issue444582
   Here I would like to follow Christian Heimes's
   suggestion to add which command to shutil module
(...got more...)

I also think about some backporting jobs like these:
- 'Backport set comprehensions'
   http://bugs.python.org/issue2334
- 'Backport dict comprehensions'
   http://bugs.python.org/issue2333
- 'Backport parameter annotations'
   http://bugs.python.org/issue2331
- 'Backport keyword-only arguments to 2.6'
   http://bugs.python.org/issue2327

I don't want to flood the list with more links,
so I will stop now. The question is: is this the right
direction? Will PSF be interested in such a project?
If yes, is there anybody who would like to be my mentor?
;-)

Regards,
Wojtek Walczak