[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

[Skip Montanaro]

Bug/Patch Summary
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316 open / 3105 total bugs (+2)
94 open / 1822 total patches (-2)

New Bugs
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ext module generation problem (2002-08-23)
	http://python.org/sf/599248
Tkinter: BitmapImage vanishes if not stored in non-local var (2002-11-01)
	http://python.org/sf/632323
test_poll fails on FreeBSD (2002-12-01)
	http://python.org/sf/646547
netrc & special chars in passwords (2002-12-01)
	http://python.org/sf/646592
Can't run script from IDLE (2002-12-01)
	http://python.org/sf/646730
more email ASCII decoding errors (2002-12-03)
	http://python.org/sf/648119
xmlrpc can't do proxied HTTP (2002-12-04)
	http://python.org/sf/648658
nturl2path.url2pathname() mishandles /// (2002-12-07)
	http://python.org/sf/649961
All URL funcs mishandle file://localhost (2002-12-07)
	http://python.org/sf/649962
urllib.url2pathname('file://host/')... (2002-12-07)
	http://python.org/sf/649974

New Patches
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asyncore loop_once and remove poll2 (2002-12-04)
	http://python.org/sf/648322
tuple arg for issubclass (2002-12-06)
	http://python.org/sf/649608
urllib2.Request's headers are case-sens. (2002-12-06)
	http://python.org/sf/649742
Fix: asynchat.py: endless loop (2002-12-06)
	http://python.org/sf/649762
Complementary patch for OpenVMS (2002-12-07)
	http://python.org/sf/649997
posixfy some things (2002-12-08)
	http://python.org/sf/650412
avoid redefinition of pthread functions (2002-12-08)
	http://python.org/sf/650415

Closed Bugs
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Removing _tkinter considered harmful (2002-03-25)
	http://python.org/sf/534748
LINKCC incorrectly set (2002-06-16)
	http://python.org/sf/569668
list slice ass ignores subtypes of list (2002-11-04)
	http://python.org/sf/633152
--with-dl-dld section of the readme (2002-11-10)
	http://python.org/sf/636313
__all__ not in RefMan index (2002-11-24)
	http://python.org/sf/643227
typo in Object/abstract.c : ternary_op (2002-11-24)
	http://python.org/sf/643260
old UnicodeData.txt (2002-12-01)
	http://python.org/sf/646408

Closed Patches
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Start of a bgen tutorial (2001-09-04)
	http://python.org/sf/458383
use readline in pydoc.help if available (2002-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/549901
Regression exceptions for cygwin (2002-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/551977
PyBufferObject fixes (2002-05-04)
	http://python.org/sf/552438
db4 include not found (2002-08-02)
	http://python.org/sf/590377
OpenVMS patches (2002-09-24)
	http://python.org/sf/614055
make some type attrs writable (2002-11-09)
	http://python.org/sf/635933
Allow device name in linuxaudiodev.open (2002-11-27)
	http://python.org/sf/644977
Give some clue why modules fail... (2002-11-28)
	http://python.org/sf/645383