[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

Sun, 4 May 2003 07:00:24 -0500

Bug/Patch Summary
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423 open / 3606 total bugs (+17)
137 open / 2130 total patches (+10)

New Bugs
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mmap's resize method resizes the file in win32 but not unix (2003-04-27)
	http://python.org/sf/728515
Long file names in osa suites (2003-04-27)
	http://python.org/sf/728574
ConfigurePython gives depreaction warning (2003-04-27)
	http://python.org/sf/728608
super bug (2003-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/729103
building readline module fails on Irix 6.5 (2003-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/729236
What's new in Python2.3b1 HTML generation. (2003-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/729297
comparing versions - one a float (2003-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/729317
rexec not listed as dead (2003-04-29)
	http://python.org/sf/729817
MacPython-OS9 eats CPU while waiting for I/O (2003-04-29)
	http://python.org/sf/729871
metaclasses, __getattr__, and special methods (2003-04-29)
	http://python.org/sf/729913
socketmodule.c: inet_pton() expects 4-byte packed_addr (2003-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/730222
Unexpected Changes in list Iterator (2003-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/730296
Not detecting AIX_GENUINE_CPLUSPLUS (2003-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/730467
Python 2.3 bsddb docs need update (2003-05-01)
	http://python.org/sf/730938
HTTPRedirectHandler variable out of scope (2003-05-01)
	http://python.org/sf/730963
urllib2 raises AttributeError on redirect (2003-05-01)
	http://python.org/sf/731116
test_tarfile writes in Lib/test directory (2003-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/731403
Importing anydbm generates exception if _bsddb unavailable (2003-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/731501
Pimp needs to be able to update itself (2003-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/731626
OSX installer .pkg file permissions (2003-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/731631
Package Manager needs Help menu (2003-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/731635
IDE "lookup in documentation" doesn't work in interactive wi (2003-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/731643
GIL not released around getaddrinfo() (2003-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/731644
An extended definition of "non-overlapping" would save time. (2003-05-04)
	http://python.org/sf/732120
Clarification of "pos" and "endpos" for match objects. (2003-05-04)
	http://python.org/sf/732124

New Patches
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Fixes for setup.py in Mac/OSX/Docs (2003-04-27)
	http://python.org/sf/728744
test_timeout updates (2003-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/728815
Compiler warning on Solaris 8 (2003-04-28)
	http://python.org/sf/729305
Dictionary tuning (2003-04-29)
	http://python.org/sf/729395
Add Py_AtInit() startup hook for extenders (2003-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/730473
assert from longobject.c, line 1215 (2003-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/730594
RTEMS does not have a popen (2003-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/730597
socketmodule inet_ntop built when IPV6 is disabled (2003-04-30)
	http://python.org/sf/730603
pimp.py has old URL for default database (2003-05-01)
	http://python.org/sf/731151
redirect fails in urllib2 (2003-05-01)
	http://python.org/sf/731153
AssertionError when building rpm under RedHat 9.1 (2003-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/731328
make threading join() method return a value (2003-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/731607
SpawnedGenerator class for threading module (2003-05-02)
	http://python.org/sf/731701
find correct socklen_t type (2003-05-03)
	http://python.org/sf/731991
exit status of latex2html "ignored" (2003-05-04)
	http://python.org/sf/732143

Closed Bugs
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"es#" parser marker leaks memory (2002-01-10)
	http://python.org/sf/501716
math.fabs documentation is misleading (2003-03-22)
	http://python.org/sf/708205
Lineno calculation sometimes broken (2003-03-24)
	http://python.org/sf/708901
Put a reference to print in the Library Reference, please. (2003-04-17)
	http://python.org/sf/723136
imaplib should convert line endings to be rfc2822 complient (2003-04-18)
	http://python.org/sf/723962
socketmodule doesn't compile on strict POSIX systems (2003-04-20)
	http://python.org/sf/724588
SRE bug with capturing groups in alternatives in repeats (2003-04-21)
	http://python.org/sf/725106
valgrind python fails (2003-04-24)
	http://python.org/sf/727051
tmpnam problems on windows 2.3b, breaks test.test_os (2003-04-26)
	http://python.org/sf/728097

Closed Patches
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fix for bug 501716 (2003-02-11)
	http://python.org/sf/684981
OpenVMS complementary patches (2003-03-23)
	http://python.org/sf/708495
unchecked return values - compile.c (2003-03-23)
	http://python.org/sf/708604
Cause pydoc to show data descriptor __doc__ strings (2003-03-29)
	http://python.org/sf/711902
timeouts for FTP connect (and other supported ops) (2003-04-03)
	http://python.org/sf/714592
Modules/addrinfo.h patch (2003-04-22)
	http://python.org/sf/725942
Remove extra line ending in CGI XML-RPC responses (2003-04-25)
	http://python.org/sf/727805