[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

Skip Montanaro skip@manatee.mojam.com
Sun, 11 Aug 2002 07:00:17 -0500


Bug/Patch Summary
-----------------

266 open / 2739 total bugs (-8)
118 open / 1644 total patches (-13)

New Bugs
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list(xrange(1e9))  -->  seg fault (2002-05-14)
	http://python.org/sf/556025
Sig11 in cPickle (stack overflow) (2002-07-01)
	http://python.org/sf/576084
os.tmpfile() can fail on win32 (2002-08-05)
	http://python.org/sf/591104
Mixin broken for new-style classes (2002-08-05)
	http://python.org/sf/591135
makesetup fails: long Setup.local lines (2002-08-05)
	http://python.org/sf/591287
httplib throws a TypeError when the target host disconnects (2002-08-05)
	http://python.org/sf/591349
Get rid of etype struct (2002-08-06)
	http://python.org/sf/591586
Hint for speeding up cPickle (2002-08-07)
	http://python.org/sf/592112
installation errors (2002-08-07)
	http://python.org/sf/592161
Webchecker error on http://www.naleo.org (2002-08-07)
	http://python.org/sf/592441
comments taken as values in ConfigParser (2002-08-08)
	http://python.org/sf/592527
Bug with deepcopy and new style objects (2002-08-08)
	http://python.org/sf/592567
HTTPS does not handle pipelined requests (2002-08-08)
	http://python.org/sf/592703
os.chmod is underdocumented :-) (2002-08-08)
	http://python.org/sf/592859
Can't assign to __name__ or __bases__ of new class (2002-08-09)
	http://python.org/sf/593154
u'%c' % large value: broken result (2002-08-10)
	http://python.org/sf/593581

New Patches
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Fix "file:" URL to have right no. of /'s (2002-08-06)
	http://python.org/sf/591713
Split-out ntmodule.c (2002-08-08)
	http://python.org/sf/592529
socketmodule.[ch] downgrade (2002-08-09)
	http://python.org/sf/593069
bugfixes and cleanup for _strptime.py (2002-08-10)
	http://python.org/sf/593560
Static names (2002-08-11)
	http://python.org/sf/593627

Closed Bugs
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Problems with Tcl/Tk and non-ASCII text entry (2000-10-31)
	http://python.org/sf/219960
Tutorial does not describe nested scope (2002-01-07)
	http://python.org/sf/500704
Get rid of make frameworkinstall (2002-01-18)
	http://python.org/sf/505423
Bgen should generate 7-bit-clean code (2002-06-08)
	http://python.org/sf/566302
tarball to untar into a single dir (2002-06-11)
	http://python.org/sf/567576
"python -u" not binary on cygwin (2002-06-17)
	http://python.org/sf/570044
Chained __slots__ dealloc segfault (2002-06-26)
	http://python.org/sf/574207
Tex Macro Error (2002-06-27)
	http://python.org/sf/574939
Parts of 2.2.1 core use old gc API (2002-06-30)
	http://python.org/sf/575715
os.path.walk behavior on symlinks (2002-07-03)
	http://python.org/sf/576975
LibRef 2.2.1, replace zero with False (2002-07-11)
	http://python.org/sf/579991
mimetools module privacy leak (2002-07-12)
	http://python.org/sf/580495
MacOSX python.app build problems (2002-07-12)
	http://python.org/sf/580550
''.split() docstring clarification (2002-07-15)
	http://python.org/sf/582071
no doc for os.fsync and os.fdatasync (2002-07-21)
	http://python.org/sf/584695
Two corrects for weakref docs (2002-07-25)
	http://python.org/sf/586583
references to email package (2002-07-26)
	http://python.org/sf/586937
ur'\u' not handled properly (2002-07-26)
	http://python.org/sf/587087
socket.py wrapper needs a class (2002-07-31)
	http://python.org/sf/589262
shared libpython & dependant libraries (2002-07-31)
	http://python.org/sf/589422
"".split() ignores maxsplit arg (2002-08-01)
	http://python.org/sf/589965
preconvert AppleSingle resource files (2002-08-02)
	http://python.org/sf/590456

Closed Patches
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Removal of SET_LINENO (experimental) (2000-07-30)
	http://python.org/sf/401022
let mailbox.Maildir tag messages as read (2001-09-29)
	http://python.org/sf/466352
GETCONST/GETNAME/GETNAMEV speedup (2002-01-21)
	http://python.org/sf/506436
PEP 263 Implementation (2002-03-07)
	http://python.org/sf/526840
PEP 263 Implementation (2002-03-24)
	http://python.org/sf/534304
ae* modules: handle type inheritance (2002-04-02)
	http://python.org/sf/538395
Deprecate bsddb (2002-05-06)
	http://python.org/sf/553108
timeout socket implementation (2002-05-12)
	http://python.org/sf/555085
GetFInfo update (2002-06-11)
	http://python.org/sf/567296
Add param to email.Utils.decode() (2002-06-12)
	http://python.org/sf/568348
PyTRASHCAN slots deallocation (2002-06-28)
	http://python.org/sf/575073
Build MachoPython with 2level namespace (2002-07-10)
	http://python.org/sf/579841
xreadlines caching, file iterator (2002-07-11)
	http://python.org/sf/580331
Alternative PyTRASHCAN subtype_dealloc (2002-07-15)
	http://python.org/sf/581742
make file object an iterator (2002-07-17)
	http://python.org/sf/583235
yield allowed in try/finally (2002-07-21)
	http://python.org/sf/584626
Cygwin _hotshot patch (2002-07-30)
	http://python.org/sf/588561
os._execvpe security fix (2002-08-02)
	http://python.org/sf/590294