[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

[Skip Montanaro]

Bug/Patch Summary
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562 open / 4322 total bugs (+62)
191 open / 2445 total patches (+15)

New Bugs
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Unhelpful error message from cgi module (2003-11-02)
	http://python.org/sf/834840
[2.3.2] zipfile test failure on AIX 5.1 (2003-11-03)
	http://python.org/sf/835145
[2.3.2] bz2 test failure on AIX 4.3.2, Tru64 UNIX (2003-11-03)
	http://python.org/sf/835176
socket object method "makefile" has wrong doc (2003-11-03)
	http://python.org/sf/835300
[2.3.2] test_socket failure on IRIX 6.5 (2003-11-03)
	http://python.org/sf/835338
logging.StreamHandler encodes log message in UTF-8 (2003-11-03)
	http://python.org/sf/835353
MacPython builds with DESTROOT need fixup (2003-11-04)
	http://python.org/sf/835790
strftime month name is encoded somehow (2003-11-04)
	http://python.org/sf/836035
socket.send() on behaves as nonblocking when timeout is set (2003-11-04)
	http://python.org/sf/836058
email generator can give bad output (2003-11-04)
	http://python.org/sf/836293
Windows installer 2.3.2 leaves old version in control panel (2003-11-05)
	http://python.org/sf/836515
pyport.h redeclares gethostname() if SOLARIS is defined (2003-11-06)
	http://python.org/sf/837046
Tk.quit and sys.exit cause Fatal Error (2003-11-06)
	http://python.org/sf/837234
id() for large ptr should return a long (2003-11-06)
	http://python.org/sf/837242
cryptic os.spawnvpe() return code  (2003-11-06)
	http://python.org/sf/837577
socket.gethostbyname raises gaierror, not herror (2003-11-07)
	http://python.org/sf/837929
Unloading extension modules not always safe (2003-11-07)
	http://python.org/sf/838140
PackageManager does not clean up after itself (2003-11-07)
	http://python.org/sf/838144
MacPython for Panther additions includes IDLE (2003-11-08)
	http://python.org/sf/838616

New Patches
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Update htmllib to HTML 4.01 (2003-11-04)
	http://python.org/sf/836088
Build changes for AIX (2003-11-05)
	http://python.org/sf/836434
assert should not generate code if optimized (2003-11-05)
	http://python.org/sf/836879
Avoid "apply" warnings in "logging", still works in 1.52 (2003-11-05)
	http://python.org/sf/836942
make pty.fork() allocate a controlling tty (2003-11-08)
	http://python.org/sf/838546

Closed Bugs
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Named groups limitation in sre (2003-08-25)
	http://python.org/sf/794819
pyclbr.readmodule_ex() (2003-10-11)
	http://python.org/sf/821818
_set_cloexec of tempfile.py uses incorrect error handling (2003-10-11)
	http://python.org/sf/821896
object.h misdocuments PyDict_SetItemString (2003-10-21)
	http://python.org/sf/827856
Docstring for pyclbr.readmodule() is incorrect (2003-10-28)
	http://python.org/sf/831969
Bad Security Advice in CGI Documentation (2003-10-29)
	http://python.org/sf/832515
Incorrect priority 'in' and '==' (2003-10-31)
	http://python.org/sf/833905

Closed Patches
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Added HTTP{,S}ProxyConnection (2002-02-08)
	http://python.org/sf/515003
Add traceback.format_exc (2003-01-30)
	http://python.org/sf/677887
Fix for former/latter confusion in Extending documentation (2003-10-06)
	http://python.org/sf/819012
Implementation PEP 322: Reverse Iteration (2003-11-01)
	http://python.org/sf/834422