[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

[Skip Montanaro]

Bug/Patch Summary
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507 open / 4175 total bugs (+25)
201 open / 2395 total patches (+10)

New Bugs
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exit() raises exception (2003-09-21)
	http://python.org/sf/810214
mkstemp doesn't return abspath (2003-09-21)
	http://python.org/sf/810408
nested variables in 'class:' statements (2003-09-22)
	http://python.org/sf/810714
Support for non-string data in ConfigParser unclear/buggy (2003-09-22)
	http://python.org/sf/810843
shutil.copyfile fails when dst exists read-only (2003-09-22)
	http://python.org/sf/810879
os.stat returning a time = -1 (2003-09-22)
	http://python.org/sf/810887
2.3.1 configure bug (2003-09-23)
	http://python.org/sf/811028
Py2.2.3: Problem with Expat/XML/Zope on MacOSX 10.2.8 (2003-09-23)
	http://python.org/sf/811070
test_tempfile fails on windows if space in install path (2003-09-23)
	http://python.org/sf/811082
HP/UX vs configure (2003-09-23)
	http://python.org/sf/811160
dis.disassemble_string() broken (2003-09-23)
	http://python.org/sf/811294
ntohs on Solaris can return negative values (2003-09-23)
	http://python.org/sf/811295
"string".split behaviour for empty strings (2003-09-24)
	http://python.org/sf/811604
readline+no threads = core dump (2003-09-24)
	http://python.org/sf/811844
int ("ffffffd3", 16) gives error (2003-09-24)
	http://python.org/sf/811898
webbrowser.open_new() opens in an existing browser window (2003-09-24)
	http://python.org/sf/812089
randint is always even (2003-09-24)
	http://python.org/sf/812202
tarfile violates bufsize (2003-09-25)
	http://python.org/sf/812325
BasHTTPServer IE Mac 5.1 size problem (2003-09-25)
	http://python.org/sf/812340
a Py_DECREF() too much (2003-09-25)
	http://python.org/sf/812353
Problem with ftplib on HP-UX11i (2003-09-25)
	http://python.org/sf/812376
OSA support for properties broken (2003-09-25)
	http://python.org/sf/812750
2.3.1 re_test causes sigsegv (2003-09-25)
	http://python.org/sf/812804
turtle.py deferres exec of stmnts with tracer(0) (2003-09-26)
	http://python.org/sf/812986
Migrate PEP material to docs (2003-09-26)
	http://python.org/sf/813198
-Qnew switch doesn't work (2003-09-26)
	http://python.org/sf/813342
locale.getdefaultlocale doesnt handle all locales gracefully (2003-09-27)
	http://python.org/sf/813449
restrictions in _tkinter built with threaded tk undocumented (2003-09-27)
	http://python.org/sf/813453

New Patches
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Fix many doc typos (2003-09-22)
	http://python.org/sf/810751
socket.ssl should check certificates (2003-09-22)
	http://python.org/sf/810754
fix for mkstemp with relative paths (bug #810408) (2003-09-22)
	http://python.org/sf/810914
More precise realm parsing in AbstractBasicAuthHandler (2003-09-25)
	http://python.org/sf/812285
module shutdown procedure based on GC (2003-09-25)
	http://python.org/sf/812369
normalize whitespace (2003-09-25)
	http://python.org/sf/812378
Fix test_tempfile: space in Win32 install path bug #811082 (2003-09-26)
	http://python.org/sf/813200
_sre stack overflow on FreeBSD/amd64 and /sparc64 (2003-09-26)
	http://python.org/sf/813391
Scalable zipfile extension (2003-09-27)
	http://python.org/sf/813436
Add IPPROTO_IPV6 option to the socketmodule (2003-09-27)
	http://python.org/sf/813445
entry size for cursors (2003-09-27)
	http://python.org/sf/813877

Closed Bugs
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In 2.2, types are inheritable, &c (2001-08-21)
	http://python.org/sf/453684
Minor Python Intro update (2003-09-13)
	http://python.org/sf/805788
WinCVs & Python 2.3 (2003-09-16)
	http://python.org/sf/807253
Max and min are incorrect with one argument (2003-09-17)
	http://python.org/sf/807771
leak on lambda with duplicate arguments error (2003-09-18)
	http://python.org/sf/808594

Closed Patches
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Adding rsplit() to string and unicode objects. (2003-09-06)
	http://python.org/sf/801847