[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches :  235 open ( -6) /  2633 closed (+11) /  2868 total ( +5)
Bugs    :  767 open ( +3) /  4463 closed (+10) /  5230 total (+13)
RFE     :  151 open ( +1) /   131 closed ( +0) /   282 total ( +1)

New / Reopened Patches
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   (2004-09-18)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1030422  opened by  Jeff Connelly aka shellreef

Patch for bug #780725   (2004-09-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1031213  opened by  atsuo ishimoto

Clean up discussion of new C thread idiom  (2004-09-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1031233  opened by  Greg Chapman

atexit decorator  (2004-09-21)
       http://python.org/sf/1031687  opened by  Raymond Hettinger

Add API to logging package to allow intercooperation.  (2004-09-21)
       http://python.org/sf/1032206  opened by  Dave Wilson

Patches Closed
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Decimal performance enhancements  (2004-09-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1020845  closed by  rhettinger

topdir calculated incorrectly in bdist_rpm  (2004-09-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1022003  closed by  jafo

add support for the AutoReq flag in bdist_rpm  (2004-09-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1022011  closed by  jafo

Adding IPv6 host handling to httplib  (2004-09-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1028502  closed by  loewis

Add status code constants to httplib  (2004-09-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1025790  closed by  loewis

tarfile.py longnames are truncated in getnames()  (2004-09-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1029061  closed by  loewis

Patch for bug 933795. term.h and curses on Solaris  (2004-08-19)
       http://python.org/sf/1012280  closed by  loewis

fix bug 807871 : tkMessageBox.askyesno wrong result  (2004-08-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1018509  closed by  loewis

Error when int sent to PyLong_AsUnsignedLong  (2004-09-08)
       http://python.org/sf/1024670  closed by  loewis

WinSock 2 support on Win32 w/ MSVC++ 6 (fix #860134)  (2004-03-03)
       http://python.org/sf/908631  closed by  loewis

   (2004-09-18)
       http://python.org/sf/1030422  closed by  jeffconnelly

New / Reopened Bugs
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email.Utils not mentioned  (2004-09-17)
       http://python.org/sf/1030118  opened by  Jeff Blaine

rfc822 __iter__ problem  (2004-09-17)
       http://python.org/sf/1030125  opened by  Mike Foord

socket is not garbage-collected under specific circumstances  (2004-09-18)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1030249  opened by  Matthias Klose

distutils' dry-run wants to create some real build dirs  (2004-09-18)
       http://python.org/sf/1030250  opened by  Matthias Klose

os.system exhausts file descriptors  (2004-09-18)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1030388  opened by  Eray Ozkural

os.path.join() does not raise TypeError  (2004-09-18)
       http://python.org/sf/1030499  opened by  Pierre Fortin

PyMapping_Check crashes when argument is NULL  (2004-09-19)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1030557  opened by  Michiel de Hoon

PyOS_InputHook broken  (2004-09-19)
       http://python.org/sf/1030629  opened by  Michiel de Hoon

Email message croaks the new email pkg parser  (2004-09-19)
       http://python.org/sf/1030941  opened by  Skip Montanaro

tarfile: dirsize is not zero  (2004-09-20)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1031148  opened by  Bertram Scharpf

decimal module inconsistent with integers and floats  (2004-09-20)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1031480  opened by  Anthony Tuininga

Fold tuples of constants into a single constant  (2004-09-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1031667  opened by  Raymond Hettinger

Conflicting descriptions of application order of decorators  (2004-09-21)
       http://python.org/sf/1031897  opened by  Hamish Lawson

Bugs Closed
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help() does not check for chm file  (2004-09-09)
       http://python.org/sf/1025392  closed by  loewis

socket is not garbage-collected under specific circumstances  (2004-09-18)
       http://python.org/sf/1030249  closed by  loewis

configure not able to find ncurses/curses in Solaris   (2004-04-12)
       http://python.org/sf/933795  closed by  loewis

tkMessageBox.askyesno wrong result  (2003-09-17)
       http://python.org/sf/807871  closed by  loewis

Trivial fix for obscure bug in os.urandom()  (2004-09-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1021596  closed by  loewis

os.system exhausts file descriptors  (2004-09-18)
       http://python.org/sf/1030388  closed by  loewis

PyMapping_Check crashes when argument is NULL  (2004-09-18)
       http://python.org/sf/1030557  closed by  rhettinger

tarfile: dirsize is not zero  (2004-09-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1031148  closed by  loewis

decimal module inconsistent with integers and floats  (2004-09-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1031480  closed by  rhettinger

get_installer_filename   (2004-09-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1028334  closed by  theller

New / Reopened RFE
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Update unicodedata to version 4.0.1  (2004-09-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1031288  opened by  Oliver Horn