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1668 open (+31) / 12132 closed (+22) / 13800 total (+53)
Open issues with patches: 421
Average duration of open issues: 769 days.
Median duration of open issues: 1030 days.
Open Issues Breakdown
open 1646 (+29)
pending 22 ( +2)
Issues Created Or Reopened (55)
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'weekly' rotating logging file rotation incorrect 01/21/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1836 reopened tiran
easy
const arg for PyInt_FromString 01/18/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1866 created philipdumont
patch for pydoc to work in py3k 01/18/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1867 created sgala
patch, easy
threading.local doesn't free attrs when assigning thread exits 01/18/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1868 created pfein
Builtin round function is sometimes inaccurate for floats 01/19/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1869 created marketdickinson
bug tracker exception, when searching for "creator" 01/19/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1870 created ThurnerRupert
help fix memory usage or leak - edgewall trac 0.11 blocked ... 01/19/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1871 created ThurnerRupert
change the bool struct format code from 't' to '?' 01/19/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1872 created theller
patch
threading.Thread.join() description could be more explicit 01/19/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1873 created roysmith
easy
email parser does not register a defect for invalid Content-Tran 01/19/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1874 created Sharebear
patch, easy
"if 0: return" not raising SyntaxError 01/19/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1875 created arigo
bogus attrgetter test in test_operator 01/20/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1876 created pitrou
unhelpful error when calling "python <dirname>" 01/20/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1877 created georg.brandl
easy
class attribute cache failure (regression) 01/20/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1878 created _doublep
sqrt(-1) doesn't raise ValueError on OS X 01/21/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1879 created marketdickinson
patch
Generalize math.hypot function 01/21/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1880 created LambertDW
increase parser stack limit 01/21/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1881 created schmir
py_compile does not follow PEP 0263 01/21/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1882 created jwilk
Adapt pydoc to new doc system 01/21/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1883 created georg.brandl
msilib.SetProperty(msilib.PID_CODEPAGE, '1252') raises 0x65d = t 01/21/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1884 created Jimbo
[distutils] - error when processing the "--formats=tar" option 01/21/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1885 created giampaolo.rodola
Permit to easily use distutils "--formats=tar,gztar,bztar" on al 01/21/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1886 created giampaolo.rodola
patch
distutils doesn't support out-of-source builds 01/22/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1887 created sdirector
patch
strange 'global' 01/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1888 created oyster
string literal documentation differs from implementation 01/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1889 created dalke
easy
Test 01/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1902 created tiran
Add key argument to heapq functions 01/22/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1904 created gpolo
patch
PythonLauncher not working correctly on OS X 10.5/Leopad 01/22/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1905 created wordtech
Distinguish between cfunction, cvar and cmacro 01/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1906 created tiran
Httplib.py not supporting timeout - Propose Fix attached 01/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1907 created xlash
make html fails - patchlevel is missing 01/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1908 created tiran
Backport: Mixing default keyword arguments with *args 01/22/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1909 created rhettinger
Document that with is slower than try/finally 01/23/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1910 reopened tiran
easy
webbrowser.open firefox 3 issues 01/23/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1911 created elessar
patch, easy
Segmentation fault 01/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1912 created mpunkeri
test_pep263 fails 01/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1913 created tiran
test_plistlib fails 01/23/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1914 created tiran
Python 2.5.1 compile failed with configure option "--enable-unic 01/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1915 created songma
Add inspect.isgenerator 01/23/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1916 created tiran
easy
init_types() in Parser/asdl_c.py conflicts with init_types() in 01/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1917 created gsmecher
weak references are removed before __del__ is called. 01/23/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1918 created jforan
Backport of io.py 01/24/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1919 created tiran
while else loop seems to behave incorrectly 01/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1920 created mark
Confusing Descrintro example 01/24/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1921 created arsatiki
easy
meaningful whitespace can be lost in rfc822_escape 01/24/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1923 created stephenemslie
easy
%i string format breaks for large floats (incomplete int convers 01/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1924 created goodger
TypeError in deepcopy 01/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1925 created efrerich
NNTPS support in nntplib 01/24/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1926 created chasonr
patch
raw_input behavior incorrect if readline not enabled 01/24/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1927 created skip.montanaro
test_urllib fails 01/24/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1928 created gvanrossum
httplib _read_chunked TypeError ||| i = line.find(";") 01/25/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1929 created orivej
easy
sys.maxint not found in Python 3.0a2 01/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1930 created rclark
NameError: global name 'basestring' is not defined 01/25/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1931 created rclark
Cosmetic patch to supress compiler warning 01/25/08
http://bugs.python.org/issue1932 created ocean-city
Bypassing __dict__ readonlyness 01/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1303614 reopened gvanrossum
Issues Now Closed (152)
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zipfile password fails validation 149 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1003 gregory.p.smith
bytes buffer API needs to support read locking and/or PyBUF_LOCK 145 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1035 gregory.p.smith
patch
zipfile cannot handle files larger than 2GB (inside archive) 143 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1060 gregory.p.smith
Webchecker not parsing css "@import url" 137 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1124 gvanrossum
TextWrap vs words 1-character shorter than the width 130 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1146 georg.brandl
patch
bsddb does not build with bsddb lib v3.1. 122 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1191 gregory.p.smith
segfault in curses when calling redrawwin() before refresh() 100 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1266 akuchling
Exception in pstats print_callers() 101 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1269 georg.brandl
easy
mailbox.Maildir: factory not used 97 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1277 akuchling
patch
logging records cache the result of formatException() 95 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1295 vsajip
patch
optparse's OptionGroup not described 93 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1296 akuchling
easy
subprocess.list2cmdline doesn't do pipe symbols 93 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1300 gregory.p.smith
easy
threading.RLock().aquire(0) fails with python-2.5.1.amd64.msi 85 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1332 tiran
subprocess.Popen hangs when child writes to stderr 88 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1336 gvanrossum
patch
Documentation lacking for the sqlite3 module. 53 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1509 jarpa
easy
[Patch] Working post import hook and lazy modules 46 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1576 tiran
patch
Rare exception in test_urllib2net 41 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1617 nnorwitz
IDLE messes around with sys.exitfunc 37 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1647 kbk
add new function, sys.gettrace 33 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1648 georg.brandl
patch
Limit the max size of PyUnicodeObject->defenc? 35 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1651 gvanrossum
shutil.rmtree fails on symlink, after deleting contents 32 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1669 draghuram
tokenizer permits invalid hex integer 32 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1679 MartinRinehart
easy
plistlib.py restricts <integer> to Python int when writing 28 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1687 georg.brandl
floating point number round failures under Linux 26 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1694 marketdickinson
Make pydoc list submodules 21 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1715 georg.brandl
patch
IDLE fails to launch 17 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1743 kbk
popen fails when there are two or more pathnames/parameters with 12 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1772 tiran
int("- 1") is valud, but float("- 1") isn't. Which is right? 10 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1779 facundobatista
easy
PyModule_AddIntConstant and PyModule_AddStringConstant can leak 9 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1782 georg.brandl
assumption about unsigned long byte size in struct module usage 13 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1789 gregory.p.smith
64bit, easy
PEP 754 update 13 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1795 tiran
email.mime.multipart.MIMEMultipart.is_multipart() returns false 5 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1822 facundobatista
'weekly' rotating logging file rotation incorrect 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1836 vsajip
easy
Error on "Save As" in IDLE (Vista 32-bit) 6 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1862 kbk
Bytes alias for 2.6 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1865 tiran
patch
patch for pydoc to work in py3k 3 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1867 sgala
patch, easy
bug tracker exception, when searching for "creator" 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1870 georg.brandl
help fix memory usage or leak - edgewall trac 0.11 blocked ... 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1871 tiran
threading.Thread.join() description could be more explicit 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1873 georg.brandl
easy
bogus attrgetter test in test_operator 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1876 georg.brandl
Generalize math.hypot function 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1880 georg.brandl
py_compile does not follow PEP 0263 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1882 georg.brandl
[distutils] - error when processing the "--formats=tar" option 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1885 tiran
strange 'global' 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1888 gvanrossum
string literal documentation differs from implementation 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1889 georg.brandl
easy
Test 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1902 tiran
Distinguish between cfunction, cvar and cmacro 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1906 georg.brandl
Httplib.py not supporting timeout - Propose Fix attached 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1907 facundobatista
make html fails - patchlevel is missing 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1908 georg.brandl
Segmentation fault 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1912 tiran
test_pep263 fails 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1913 georg.brandl
Python 2.5.1 compile failed with configure option "--enable-unic 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1915 tiran
init_types() in Parser/asdl_c.py conflicts with init_types() in 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1917 gsmecher
while else loop seems to behave incorrectly 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1920 marketdickinson
%i string format breaks for large floats (incomplete int convers 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1924 facundobatista
TypeError in deepcopy 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1925 gvanrossum
sys.maxint not found in Python 3.0a2 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1930 tiran
Parser crashes for deeply nested list displays 2671 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue215555 tiran
sys.settrace inheritance 2317 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue462716 draghuram
Put Demo/rpc/rpc.py into standard lib 2266 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue479195 draghuram
smart module import 2242 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue487566 georg.brandl
weaklist 2244 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue487738 fdrake
patch
request sys.required_version 2233 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue491331 draghuram
Using the lib index mechanically 2118 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue538961 georg.brandl
Windows getpass bug 2101 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue546558 georg.brandl
os.popen() negative error code IOError 1968 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue602245 facundobatista
traceback.print_stack extension 1954 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue609824 draghuram
sys.execpthook not used in threads 1937 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue618633 draghuram
Tkinter: BitmapImage vanishes if not stored in non-local var 1905 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue632323 facundobatista
extra __builtin__ stuff not documented 1865 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue652749 georg.brandl
PyErr_Warn may cause import deadlock 1805 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue683658 georg.brandl
patch
zipfile should have a tarfile-like API 1804 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue683910 georg.brandl
SocketServer timeout, zombies 1702 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue742598 akuchling
patch
Tutorial: executable scripts on Windows 1670 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue760657 georg.brandl
pydoc.TextDoc raises for some kinds of objects 1650 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue771334 georg.brandl
2.3c1: zipfile.py confused by garbage at the very end of zip 1645 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue774221 akuchling
patch
plistlib and bundlebuilder not in the documentation 1637 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue779825 georg.brandl
easy
test_repr failure on m68k-linux 1633 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue784443 draghuram
documentation for sys.platform is unclear 1601 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue799369 georg.brandl
rlcompleter incompatibility 1586 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue808197 tiran
ntohs on Solaris can return negative values 1580 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue811295 tiran
select behavior undefined for empty lists 1573 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue817920 draghuram
mailbox._Subfile readline() bug 1567 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue818065 akuchling
[2.3.2] test_socket failure on IRIX 6.5 1543 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue835338 draghuram
Incorrect shared library build 1531 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue840065 tiran
64 bit solaris versus /usr/local/lib 1519 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue847812 tiran
ZipInfo shows incorrect file size for large files 1517 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue849218 tiran
urllib.py does not use "no_proxy"; 1504 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue856047 georg.brandl
EAGAIN when sys.stdin.readline() 1501 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue858253 tiran
Python 2.3.3 test_tempfile test_mode() fails on AIX 5.2 1474 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue872686 tiran
build_ssl can't find ActiveState Perl from unusual locations 1440 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue894743 tiran
Embedded Python Interpreter in MFC apps leaks 1418 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue909308 tiran
make fails using -std option 1395 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue924008 tiran
ihooks chokes on BioPython package 1350 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue951275 tiran
Python 2.3.4 on Linux: test test_grp failed 1332 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue962226 tiran
mmap needs a rfind method 1307 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue976880 akuchling
patch, easy
Cannot specify compiler for 'install' on command line 1307 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue977461 tiran
Enclosing Scope missing from namespace in Tutorial 1274 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue997912 georg.brandl
easy
Simple File fix for Windows Runtime incompatability 1264 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1003535 tiran
patch
wrong socket error returned 1236 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1019808 akuchling
patch
Only "Overwrite" mode possible with curses.textpad.Textbox 1189 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1048820 akuchling
patch
import on Windows: please call SetErrorMode first 1160 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1069410 tiran
dyld: ./python.exe multiple definitions of symbol _BC 1152 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1072642 tiran
Pydoc can't find browser (bug+solution!) 1139 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1081879 georg.brandl
mmap instance method access bug 1128 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1087735 georg.brandl
subclassable mmap 1130 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1087741 georg.brandl
Memory leak in socket.py on Mac OS X 1118 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1092502 martey
copy.deepcopy barfs when copying a class derived from dict 1105 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1099746 tiran
urllib.urlopen should put the http-error-code in .info() 1077 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1117751 georg.brandl
zip incorrectly and incompletely documented 1074 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1121416 rhettinger
string interpolation breaks with %d and large float 1057 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1153226 marketdickinson
urllib.py overwrite HTTPError code with 200 1019 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1178141 georg.brandl
package_data chops off first char of default package 1010 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1183712 draghuram
patch
zipfile module and 2G boundary 1000 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1189216 gregory.p.smith
patch
wrong location for math lib with --prefix 975 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1205736 tiran
tp_richcompare documentation wrong and incomplete 951 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1219903 georg.brandl
ftplib storbinary/storlines callback function 951 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1221598 giampaolo.rodola
patch
garbage collection asserts failing 914 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1241545 tiran
Bypassing __dict__ readonlyness 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1303614 gvanrossum
2.3.5 configure / make infinite loop 847 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1304179 tiran
Switch to make pprint.pprint display ints and longs in hex 803 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1351692 georg.brandl
Tweak pprint.PrettyPrinter.format for subclassing 776 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1373762 georg.brandl
patch
segfaults when using __del__ and weakrefs 775 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1377858 gvanrossum
XML.sax.saxutils.escape -- always escapes <, >, &, 728 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1411695 georg.brandl
patch, easy
Implement preemptive threads in Python 702 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1432694 tiran
Splitting CJK codecs from pythoncore dll 677 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1449471 georg.brandl
patch
Python 2.4.3 build issue on Cygwin 656 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1464788 akuchling
dbhash __len__ not reliable 569 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1516078 gregory.p.smith
distutils doesn't notice --with-pydebug 541 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1530959 georg.brandl
C/API sec 10 is clipped 536 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1533491 georg.brandl
bsddb can't use unicode filenames 524 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1541671 gregory.p.smith
checking size of int... configure: error: cannot compute siz 517 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1544306 georg.brandl
New-style classes fail to cleanup attributes 515 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1545463 georg.brandl
Please include pliblist for all plattforms 499 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1555501 georg.brandl
qtsupport.py mistake leads to bad _Qt module 9 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1570672 georg.brandl
patch
Building using Sleepycat db 4.5.20 is broken 474 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1571754 gregory.p.smith
this module (Zen of Python) docs list broken URL 394 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1621660 tiran
sre module has misleading docs 381 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1631394 tlynn
subprocess/popen close_fds perform poor if SC_OPEN_MAX is hi 334 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1663329 georg.brandl
patch
Fix for urllib.ftpwrapper.retrfile() and none existing files 334 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1664522 georg.brandl
patch
setup.py LDFLAGS regexp is wrong 318 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1675533 facundobatista
easy
A fix for the bug #1528074 [warning: quite slow] 316 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1678345 georg.brandl
patch
fix a bug mixing up 0.0 and-0.0 316 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1678668 marketdickinson
patch
Replace time_t by Py_time_t 298 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1689402 tiran
patch
patch to make 'trace.py --ignore-module' accept module name list 292 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1693149 facundobatista
patch, easy
stack size of python_d.exe on VC6 281 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1700467 georg.brandl
patch
"t.join(); assert t not in threading.enumerate()" fails 278 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1703448 gregory.p.smith
patch
Allow T_BOOL in PyMemberDef definitions 249 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1720595 georg.brandl
patch
Line iteration readability 240 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1726198 georg.brandl
patch
urllib.urlretrieve/URLopener.retrieve - 'buff' argument 229 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1731720 georg.brandl
patch
Non-portable address length calculation for AF_UNIX sockets 192 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1754489 arigo
patch
logging: delay_fh option and configuration kwargs 176 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1765140 vsajip
patch
Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
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34 Enhancements for mathmodule 39 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1640
23 Do not assume signed integer overflow behavior 43 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1621
15 class attribute cache failure (regression) 5 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1878
12 increase parser stack limit 4 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1881
10 "t.join(); assert t not in threading.enumerate()" fails 278 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1703448
10 shutil.move() does not use os.rename() if dst is a directory 47 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1577
9 Document that with is slower than try/finally 2 days
pending http://bugs.python.org/issue1910
8 tokenizer permits invalid hex integer 32 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1679
7 assumption about unsigned long byte size in struct module usage 13 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1789
7 Bypassing __dict__ readonlyness 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1303614