[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

[Skip Montanaro]

Bug/Patch Summary
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243 open / 2469 total bugs (+5)
123 open / 1481 total patches (+24)

New Bugs
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Version number handling (2002-04-29)
	http://python.org/sf/550364
fcntl module with wrong module for ioctl (2002-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/550777
Python build not Solaris friendly (2002-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/551353
possible to fail to calc mro's (2002-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/551412
python -v sometimes fails to find init (2002-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/551504
type->tp_mro NULL, typeobject.c:1217 (2002-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/551551
Poor error message for float() (2002-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/551673
PDF won't print (2002-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/551828
mimify.mime_decode_header only latin1 (2002-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/551912
'testlist" undefined in grammar (2002-05-04)
	http://python.org/sf/552262
rfc822.parsedate() too strict (2002-05-04)
	http://python.org/sf/552345

New Patches
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Cygwin setup.py import workaround patch (2001-12-10)
	http://python.org/sf/491107
use readline in pydoc.help if available (2002-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/549901
block support for builtin iter() (2002-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/549975
Unittest for base64 (2002-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/550002
Set softspace to 0 in raw_input() (2002-04-29)
	http://python.org/sf/550192
__doc__ strings of builtin types (2002-04-29)
	http://python.org/sf/550290
Read/Write buffers from buffer() (2002-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/550551
PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords (2002-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/550732
SocketServer behavior (2002-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/550765
Cygwin pyexpat patch (2002-05-01)
	http://python.org/sf/551011
Fix for httplib bug with 100 Continue (2002-05-01)
	http://python.org/sf/551273
xrange() optimization (2002-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/551410
test_commands.py using . incorrectly (2002-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/551911
GC collection frequency bug (2002-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/551915
Add check for setrlimit() support (2002-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/551960
Regression exceptions for cygwin (2002-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/551977
Fix breakage of smtplib.starttls() (2002-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/552060
Py_AddPendingCall doesn't unlock on fail (2002-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/552161
Looping Optimization (2002-05-04)
	http://python.org/sf/552433
PyBufferObject fixes (2002-05-04)
	http://python.org/sf/552438
Add degrees() & radians() to math module (2002-05-05)
	http://python.org/sf/552452
Correct ref manual error for list type (2002-05-05)
	http://python.org/sf/552468
Fix broken smtplib.login() (2002-05-05)
	http://python.org/sf/552605
Explain buffering effects of xreadlines (2002-05-06)
	http://python.org/sf/552804
Better description in "python -h" for -u (2002-05-06)
	http://python.org/sf/552810
Better description in "python -h" for -u (2002-05-06)
	http://python.org/sf/552812

Closed Bugs
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telnetlib in debug mode (2002-01-24)
	http://python.org/sf/508100
lib-dynload/*.so permissions wrong (2002-04-26)
	http://python.org/sf/549338
xml.dom.minidom doesn't pass CDATA (2002-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/549725

Closed Patches
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PEP 279 Simulator (2002-02-06)
	http://python.org/sf/513752
PEP 279 Examples and Test Suite (2002-02-06)
	http://python.org/sf/513756