[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

[Skip Montanaro]

Bug/Patch Summary
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321 open / 3121 total bugs (+4)
93 open / 1834 total patches (-1)

New Bugs
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email test external dependencies (2002-12-08)
	http://python.org/sf/650441
pydoc ignores $PAGER if TERM=='dumb' (2002-12-09)
	http://python.org/sf/651124
Review libshelve.tex when possible (2002-12-09)
	http://python.org/sf/651149
Bozo getstate w/ slots overrides base (2002-12-10)
	http://python.org/sf/651701
dynload_next needs better errors (2002-12-12)
	http://python.org/sf/652590
extra __builtin__ stuff not documented (2002-12-12)
	http://python.org/sf/652749
bad documentation for the "type" builtin (2002-12-12)
	http://python.org/sf/652888
py_compile does not return error code (2002-12-13)
	http://python.org/sf/653301
PyLong_AsVoidPtr()/PyLong_FromVoidPtr() (2002-12-13)
	http://python.org/sf/653542
Investigate weak linking (2002-12-14)
	http://python.org/sf/653871

New Patches
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tarfile module implementation (2002-12-09)
	http://python.org/sf/651082
New import hooks + Import from Zip files (2002-12-12)
	http://python.org/sf/652586
PEP 298 implementation (2002-12-12)
	http://python.org/sf/652857
Generator form of os.path.walk (2002-12-12)
	http://python.org/sf/652980
Adds a builtin decimal type (FixedPoint) (2002-12-14)
	http://python.org/sf/653938

Closed Bugs
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Fix the METH_CLASS implementation (2002-04-25)
	http://python.org/sf/548651
Tix Checklist getselection getstatus bug (2002-10-10)
	http://python.org/sf/621511
textwrap fails on unicode using defaults (2002-10-13)
	http://python.org/sf/622831
inconsistent results of leading whitespace in textwrap input (2002-10-13)
	http://python.org/sf/622849
xmlrpc can't do proxied HTTP (2002-12-04)
	http://python.org/sf/648658

Closed Patches
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'switch'/'case'/'else' statement (2001-11-12)
	http://python.org/sf/481118
splitext performances improvement (2002-03-29)
	http://python.org/sf/536661
Add check for setrlimit() support (2002-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/551960
Detect BLT on more systems (2002-10-26)
	http://python.org/sf/629126
tuple arg for issubclass (2002-12-06)
	http://python.org/sf/649608
avoid redefinition of pthread functions (2002-12-08)
	http://python.org/sf/650415