[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

[Skip Montanaro]

Bug/Patch Summary
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659 open / 4522 total bugs (+127)
237 open / 2535 total patches (+44)

New Bugs
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threading module can deadlock after fork (2004-01-11)
	http://python.org/sf/874900
file.read returns reaches EOF when it shouldn't (2004-01-11)
	http://python.org/sf/875157
global stmt causes breakpoints to be ignored (2004-01-12)
	http://python.org/sf/875404
Make popen raise an exception if cmd doesn't exist (2004-01-12)
	http://python.org/sf/875471
email.Utils.formataddr doesn't handle whitespace too well (2004-01-12)
	http://python.org/sf/875646
add support for installations compiled for debugging (2004-01-12)
	http://python.org/sf/875654
Ctrl-C doesn't work with sleepy main thread (2004-01-12)
	http://python.org/sf/875692
Unbounded recursion in modulefinder (2004-01-13)
	http://python.org/sf/876278
logging handlers raise exception on level (2004-01-13)
	http://python.org/sf/876421
potential leak in ensure_fromlist (import.c) (2004-01-13)
	http://python.org/sf/876533
Random stack corruption from socketmodule.c  (2004-01-13)
	http://python.org/sf/876637
configure detects incorrect compiler optimization (2004-01-14)
	http://python.org/sf/877121
configure links unnecessary library libdl (2004-01-14)
	http://python.org/sf/877124
distutils - compiling C++ ext in cyg or mingw w/ std Python (2004-01-14)
	http://python.org/sf/877165
freeze: problems excluding site (2004-01-15)
	http://python.org/sf/877904
Zipfile archive name can't be unicode (2004-01-16)
	http://python.org/sf/878120
optparse indents without respect to $COLUMNS (2004-01-16)
	http://python.org/sf/878453
optparse help text is not easily extensible (2004-01-16)
	http://python.org/sf/878458
Would like a console window for applets (2004-01-16)
	http://python.org/sf/878560
pwd and grp modules error msg improvements (2004-01-16)
	http://python.org/sf/878572
I would like an easy way to get to file creation date (2004-01-16)
	http://python.org/sf/878581
suspect documentation of operator.isNumberType  (2004-01-17)
	http://python.org/sf/878908

New Patches
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Shadow Password Support Module (2002-07-09)
	http://python.org/sf/579435
>100k alloc wasted on startup (2004-01-12)
	http://python.org/sf/875689
input() vs __future__ (2004-01-13)
	http://python.org/sf/876178
reorganize, extend function call optimizations (2004-01-13)
	http://python.org/sf/876193
easiest 1% improvement in pystone ever (2004-01-13)
	http://python.org/sf/876198
scary frame speed hacks (2004-01-13)
	http://python.org/sf/876206

Closed Bugs
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inconsistent popen[2-4]() docs (2003-11-16)
	http://python.org/sf/843293
Multiple problems with GC in 2.3.3 (2004-01-01)
	http://python.org/sf/868896
Py_SequenceFast can mask errors (2004-01-06)
	http://python.org/sf/871704
Wrong URL for external documentation link (Lib ref 11.9) (2004-01-08)
	http://python.org/sf/873205

Closed Patches
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add link to DDJ's article (2004-01-05)
	http://python.org/sf/871402