ACTIVITY SUMMARY (08/21/09 - 08/28/09) Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue number. Do NOT respond to this message. 2370 open (+23) / 16247 closed (+15) / 18617 total (+38) Open issues with patches: 935 Average duration of open issues: 657 days. Median duration of open issues: 410 days. Open Issues Breakdown open 2339 (+23) pending 30 ( +0) Issues Created Or Reopened (39) _______________________________ add conversion table to time module docs 08/22/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue5365 reopened cvrebert implement new setuid-related calls and a standard way to drop al 08/21/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6758 created solinym zipfile.ZipExtFile.read() is missing universal newline support 08/22/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6759 created ryles patch patch to subprocess docs to better explain Popen's 'args' argume 08/22/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6760 created cvrebert patch Class calling 08/22/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6761 created onlyme strange string representation of xrange in print 08/22/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6762 created mintaka Crash on mac os x leopard in mimetypes.guess_type (or PyObject_M 08/22/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6763 created santagada os.path.join should call os.path.normpath on result 08/22/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6764 created michael.foord easy math.log, log10 inconsistency 08/23/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6765 created steve21 Cannot modify dictionaries inside dictionaries using Managers fr 08/23/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6766 created carlosdf Python as zip package 08/23/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6767 created Joe asyncore file_wrapper leaking file descriptors? 08/23/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6768 created keysers in xmlrpclib.py: NameError: global name 'HTTPSConnection' is not 08/23/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6769 created ivank PDF download links of docs for 3.1.1 are broken 08/24/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6770 created Radiant documentation/implementation error 08/24/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6771 created steve21 Missing alias utf-8 in Standard Encodings list. 08/24/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6772 created mintaka subprocess issue on Win 7 x64 08/24/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6773 created tesla socket.shudown documentation: on some platforms, closing one hal 08/24/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6774 created nicdumz patch readme: correct python.org/community/lists url 08/24/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6775 created nicdumz patch A few tests are failing when zlib is not supported 08/24/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6776 created nicdumz Python 2.6 tutorial still recommends using Exception.message att 08/24/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6777 created cito False positives given through bisect module (binary search) 08/24/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6778 created kaashif NotImplementedError on for statement 08/24/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6779 created sbq startswith error message is incomplete 08/24/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6780 created srid even exponentiation of negative numbers 08/25/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6781 created benlbroussard Scoping of variables in closures 08/25/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6782 created bitfort Add a builtin method to 'int' for base/radix conversion 08/25/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6783 created ubershmekel byte/unicode pickle incompatibilities between python2 and python 08/26/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6784 created RonnyPfannschmidt IncompleteRead / BadStatus when parsing http://peakoil.mobi 08/26/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6785 created kmoon readline and zero based indexing 08/26/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6786 created purpleidea thread docs contain an incorrect link in a reference to the 'exi 08/27/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6787 created r.david.murray codecs.open on Win32 does not force binary mode 08/27/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6788 created EnigmaCurry ftplib storelines does not honor strings returned in fp.readline 08/27/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6789 created aymanhs httplib and array do not play together well 08/27/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6790 created jakemcguire easy httplib read status memory usage 08/28/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6791 created m.sucajtys patch Distutils-based installer does not detect 64bit versions of Pyth 08/28/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6792 created erluk decimal.py: div_nearest ==> _div_nearest 08/28/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6793 created skrah 26backport decimal.py: incorrect results in NaN comparisons 08/28/09 CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue6794 created skrah decimal.py: minor issues && usability 08/28/09 http://bugs.python.org/issue6795 created skrah Issues Now Closed (26) ______________________ Extension module build fails for MinGW: missing vcvarsall.bat 483 days http://bugs.python.org/issue2698 hagen Allow buffering for HTTPResponse 6 days http://bugs.python.org/issue4879 gregory.p.smith patch, patch let unittest.assertRaises() return the exception object caught 75 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6275 michael.foord patch, patch, easy, needs review Add "path" to the xmrlpc dispatcher method 22 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6654 krisvale buffer c-api: memoryview object documentation 20 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6659 benjamin.peterson Desire python.org documentation link to user contribution wiki ( 18 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6660 keenethery Place the term "delete" within the documentation for os.remove() 14 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6677 mcow ValueError in 21.17.4.2. SocketServer.UDPServer Example 7 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6718 georg.brandl Inconsistency in Documentation: "Name Spaces" vs "Namespaces" 6 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6725 georg.brandl dict.fromkeys() should not cross reference mutable value by defa 6 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6730 georg.brandl implement new setuid-related calls and a standard way to drop al 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6758 exarkun strange string representation of xrange in print 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6762 rhettinger os.path.join should call os.path.normpath on result 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6764 michael.foord easy math.log, log10 inconsistency 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6765 tim_one PDF download links of docs for 3.1.1 are broken 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6770 benjamin.peterson Missing alias utf-8 in Standard Encodings list. 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6772 georg.brandl readme: correct python.org/community/lists url 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6775 georg.brandl patch A few tests are failing when zlib is not supported 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6776 ezio.melotti False positives given through bisect module (binary search) 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6778 r.david.murray NotImplementedError on for statement 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6779 r.david.murray even exponentiation of negative numbers 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6781 marketdickinson Scoping of variables in closures 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6782 benjamin.peterson thread docs contain an incorrect link in a reference to the 'exi 1 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6787 georg.brandl decimal.py: div_nearest ==> _div_nearest 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6793 marketdickinson 26backport decimal.py: incorrect results in NaN comparisons 0 days http://bugs.python.org/issue6794 marketdickinson Wide-character curses 2357 days http://bugs.python.org/issue700921 gpolo Top Issues Most Discussed (10) ______________________________ 9 byte/unicode pickle incompatibilities between python2 and pytho 2 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue6784 9 zipfile.ZipExtFile.read() is missing universal newline support 6 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue6759 9 implement new setuid-related calls and a standard way to drop a 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue6758 7 Patch: new method get_wch for ncurses bindings: accept wide cha 7 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue6755 6 Support for encrypted zipfiles when interpreting zipfile as scr 7 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue6749 6 (curses) addstr() takes str in Python 3 8 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue6745 5 expose setresuid 42 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue6508 4 Add a builtin method to 'int' for base/radix conversion 3 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue6783 4 Python as zip package 5 days open http://bugs.python.org/issue6767 4 math.log, log10 inconsistency 1 days closed http://bugs.python.org/issue6765