[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

[Skip Montanaro]

Bug/Patch Summary
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336 open / 3224 total bugs (-3)
107 open / 1910 total patches (no change)

New Bugs
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os.popen+() can take string list and bypass shell. (2003-01-12)
	http://python.org/sf/666700
repr.repr not always safe (2003-01-12)
	http://python.org/sf/666958
import C API mess (2003-01-14)
	http://python.org/sf/667770
BoundaryError: multipart message with no defined boundary (2003-01-14)
	http://python.org/sf/667931
Abort with "negative ref count" (2003-01-15)
	http://python.org/sf/668433
Compiling C sources with absolute path bug (2003-01-15)
	http://python.org/sf/668662
Py_NewInterpreter() doesn't work (2003-01-15)
	http://python.org/sf/668708
classmethod does not check its arguments (2003-01-16)
	http://python.org/sf/668980
zipimport doesn't support prepended junk (2003-01-16)
	http://python.org/sf/669036
pdb user_call breakage (2003-01-17)
	http://python.org/sf/669692
Seg fault in gcmodule.c (2003-01-17)
	http://python.org/sf/669838
socket.inet_aton() succeeds on invalid input (2003-01-17)
	http://python.org/sf/669859
sys.exit and PYTHONINSPECT (2003-01-18)
	http://python.org/sf/670311

New Patches
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Add missing constants for IRIX al module (2003-01-13)
	http://python.org/sf/667548
More DictMixin (2003-01-14)
	http://python.org/sf/667730
doctest handles comments incorrectly (2003-01-15)
	http://python.org/sf/668500
Add cflags to RC compile (2003-01-16)
	http://python.org/sf/669198
fix memory (ref) leaks (2003-01-16)
	http://python.org/sf/669553
HTMLParser -- allow "," in attributes (2003-01-17)
	http://python.org/sf/669683
Patched test harness for logging (2003-01-18)
	http://python.org/sf/670390

Closed Bugs
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packing double yields garbage (2002-04-02)
	http://python.org/sf/538361
test_import crashes/hangs for MacPython (2002-06-20)
	http://python.org/sf/571845
Jaguar "install" does not overwrite (2002-08-30)
	http://python.org/sf/602398
gethostbyname("LOCALHOST") fails (2002-09-12)
	http://python.org/sf/608584
Mac IDE Browser / ListManager issue (2002-09-16)
	http://python.org/sf/610149
file URLs mis-handled by webbrowser (2002-11-26)
	http://python.org/sf/644246
refman: importing x.y.z as m is possible, docs say otherwise (2003-01-01)
	http://python.org/sf/660811
inspect.getsource bug (2003-01-02)
	http://python.org/sf/661184
test_strptime fails on the Mac (2003-01-02)
	http://python.org/sf/661354
macpath.py missing ismount splitunc (2003-01-03)
	http://python.org/sf/661762
str.index() exception message not consistent (2003-01-03)
	http://python.org/sf/661913
sys.version[:3] gives incorrect version (2003-01-05)
	http://python.org/sf/662701
Lib Man 2.2.6.2 word change (2003-01-07)
	http://python.org/sf/664044
files with long lines and an encoding crash (2003-01-09)
	http://python.org/sf/665014
curses causes interpreter crash (2003-01-10)
	http://python.org/sf/665570

Closed Patches
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SimpleXMLRPCServer - fixes and CGI (2001-10-22)
	http://python.org/sf/473586
allow py_compile to re-raise exceptions (2003-01-03)
	http://python.org/sf/661719
bug 661354 fix; _strptime handle OS9's lack of timezone info (2003-01-04)
	http://python.org/sf/662053
(Bug 660811: importing x.y.z as m is possible, docs say othe (2003-01-04)
	http://python.org/sf/662454
Implement FSSpec.SetDates() (2003-01-05)
	http://python.org/sf/662836
664044: 2.2.6.2 String formatting operations (2003-01-07)
	http://python.org/sf/664183
661913: inconsistent error messages between string an unicod (2003-01-07)
	http://python.org/sf/664192