[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues
Brett Cannon
brett at python.org
Mon Nov 24 18:54:53 CET 2008
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 08:58, Jeremy Hylton <jeremy at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> I wanted to ask a policy question on the bug tracker. What are we
> doing with bugs filed against Python 2.4?
> This bug http://bugs.python.org/issue1208304 reports a fd leak in
> Python 2.4, which doesn't exist in the head. Since Python 2.4 is in
> security-fix only mode, is it fair to close this with a won't fix?
>
I think so.
> A meta-question: Is there a document that has any tips on how to
> handle bug reports? It might be helpful to have a list of hints or
> policy decisions to help people decide what to do with bugs.
It's coming. I just have not gotten around to it yet. I plan to
outline the basic steps in the life of an issue and that includes
closing an issue and the various reasons this can happen.
-Brett
>
> Jeremy
>
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Python tracker <status at bugs.python.org> wrote:
>>
>> ACTIVITY SUMMARY (11/14/08 - 11/21/08)
>> Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/
>>
>> To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue
>> number. Do NOT respond to this message.
>>
>>
>> 2194 open (+35) / 14007 closed (+18) / 16201 total (+53)
>>
>> Open issues with patches: 728
>>
>> Average duration of open issues: 712 days.
>> Median duration of open issues: 2043 days.
>>
>> Open Issues Breakdown
>> open 2177 (+35)
>> pending 17 ( +0)
>>
>> Issues Created Or Reopened (56)
>> _______________________________
>>
>> Tkinter binding involving Control-spacebar raises unicode error 11/18/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue1028 reopened ocean-city
>> patch
>>
>> Byte/string inconsistencies between different dbm modules 11/21/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue3799 reopened brett.cannon
>> patch, needs review
>>
>> type of UserList instance returns class instead of instance 11/14/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4326 created chafporte
>>
>>
>> Patch: simplify complex constant assignment statements 11/14/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4327 created novalis_dt
>> patch
>>
>> "à" in u"foo" raises a misleading error 11/15/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4328 created ezio.melotti
>>
>>
>> base64 does not properly handle unicode strings 11/15/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4329 created mbecker
>>
>>
>> wsgiref.validate doesn't accept arguments to readline 11/16/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4330 created ianb
>>
>>
>> Can't use _functools.partial() created function as method 11/16/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4331 created ssadler
>>
>>
>> asyncore.file_dispatcher does not use dup()'ed fd 11/17/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4332 created christianbecke
>> patch
>>
>> Reworked Dialog.py 11/17/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4333 created gpolo
>> patch
>>
>> Mac Build Script is broken for 2.6 release 11/17/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4334 created ngift
>>
>>
>> inspect.getsourcelines ignores last line in module 11/17/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4335 created RafeSacks
>>
>>
>> Fix performance issues in xmlrpclib 11/17/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4336 created krisvale
>> patch, patch, easy
>>
>> Iteration over a map object with list() 11/17/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4337 created jmfauth
>>
>>
>> TypeError (bytes/str) in distutils command "upload" 11/17/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4338 created hagen
>> patch
>>
>> Fix set-like dictview doc 11/17/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4339 created tjreedy
>>
>>
>> xmlrpc.client - default 'SlowParser' not defined 11/17/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4340 created mwatkins
>>
>>
>> Update __hash__ doc 11/17/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4341 created tjreedy
>>
>>
>> (Tkinter) Please backport these 11/18/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4342 created gpolo
>>
>>
>> New function in Tkinter.py: setup_master 11/18/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4343 created gpolo
>> patch
>>
>> crash upon launch 11/18/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4344 created source.mod
>>
>>
>> Implement nb_nonzero for PyTclObject 11/18/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4345 created gpolo
>> patch
>>
>> PyObject_CallMethod changes the exception message already set by 11/18/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4346 created gpolo
>> patch
>>
>> Dependencies of graminit.h are not rebuilt when the file is rege 11/18/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4347 created thomas.lee
>> patch
>>
>> bytearray methods returning self 11/18/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4348 created DinoV
>> patch, needs review
>>
>> sys.path includes extraneous junk 11/18/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4349 created exarkun
>> patch, needs review
>>
>> Remove dead code from Tkinter.py 11/19/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4350 created gpolo
>> patch
>>
>> [PATCH] Better stacklevel for GzipFile.filename DeprecationWarni 11/19/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4351 created pjenvey
>> patch
>>
>> imp.find_module() fails with a UnicodeDecodeError when called wi 11/19/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4352 created Jukka Aho
>>
>>
>> Move description what a trace should should return to settrace f 11/19/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4353 created rocky
>>
>>
>> distutils.command.register is broken 11/19/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4354 created hagen
>> patch
>>
>> Error in docs of urllib.request and urllib.parse 11/19/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4355 created hagen
>> patch
>>
>> Add "key" argument to "bisect" module functions 11/19/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4356 created tebeka
>>
>>
>> frozen?set operations create incorrectly initialized instances o 11/19/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4357 created alexhsamuel
>>
>>
>> Segfault in stringobject.c 11/19/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4358 created farshad
>>
>>
>> at runtime, distutils uses buildtime files 11/19/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4359 created a.badger
>>
>>
>> SystemError when method has both super() & closure 11/20/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4360 created kaizhu
>> patch
>>
>> Docstring for "Lib/string.py" is outdated 11/20/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4361 created thp
>> patch
>>
>> FileIO object in io module 11/20/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4362 reopened barry
>> patch, needs review
>>
>> Make uuid module functions usable without ctypes 11/20/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4363 created hdima
>> patch
>>
>> error in multiprocessing docs - rawvalue 11/20/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4364 created dursobr
>>
>>
>> Add CRT version info in msvcrt module 11/20/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4365 created cdavid
>> patch
>>
>> cannot find -lpython2.5 when buinding Python 2.5.2 on FreeBSD 4. 11/20/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4366 created akitada
>>
>>
>> segmentation fault in ast_for_atom 11/20/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4367 created ot
>> patch, needs review
>>
>> A bug in ncurses.h still exists in FreeBSD 4.9 - 4.11 11/20/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4368 created akitada
>> patch
>>
>> Error building to a nonstandard prefix (with patch) 11/20/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4369 created ot
>> patch
>>
>> warning: unknown conversion type character `z' in format 11/20/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4370 created akitada
>>
>>
>> coerce gone---but not from docs 11/20/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4371 created LambertDW
>>
>>
>> __cmp__ removal not in What's New 11/20/08
>> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4372 created tjreedy
>>
>>
>> Reference leaks in Python 3.0rc3 11/21/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4373 created christian.heimes
>> patch
>>
>> Pickle tests fail w/o _pickle extension 11/21/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4374 created christian.heimes
>>
>>
>> inspect.getsource doesn't work with PYTHONPATH and source compil 11/21/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4375 created erickt
>>
>>
>> Nested ctypes 'BigEndianStructure' fails 11/21/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4376 created castironpi
>>
>>
>> tokenize.detect_encoding() and Mac newline 11/21/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4377 created haypo
>>
>>
>> howto doc update 11/21/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4378 created LambertDW
>>
>>
>> Fix exception pickling: Move initial args assignment to BaseExce 11/18/08
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue1692335 reopened gvanrossum
>> patch
>>
>>
>>
>> Issues Now Closed (40)
>> ______________________
>>
>> Problem with doctest and decorated functions 441 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue1108 skip.montanaro
>>
>>
>> conditional jump to a POP_TOP optimization 253 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue2260 rhettinger
>> patch
>>
>> NULL member in modules_by_index 131 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue3327 loewis
>> patch, easy
>>
>> test_cpickle crash on AMD64 Windows build 88 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue3640 loewis
>> patch, 64bit
>>
>> pressing HOME key in IDLE editor ends IDLE 81 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue3679 tjreedy
>>
>>
>> configure --with-threads on cygwin => crash on thread related te 58 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue3947 ocean-city
>> patch
>>
>> ignored exceptions in generators (regression?) 43 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4040 benjamin.peterson
>>
>>
>> Document the effects of NotImplemented on == and != 43 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4087 marketdickinson
>>
>>
>> Documenting set comparisons and operations 39 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4090 rhettinger
>> patch
>>
>> name conflict in ScrolledCanvas.__init__() in Lib/turtle.py 36 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4116 loewis
>> patch
>>
>> "__getattr__" can't be a descriptor 19 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4230 benjamin.peterson
>> patch
>>
>> Python 2.6 installer crashes when selecting 'advanced' and cance 10 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4289 loewis
>>
>>
>> email package with unicode subject/body 8 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4306 barry
>> patch
>>
>> Unicode in distutils meta-data? 4 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4312 loewis
>>
>>
>> IDLE segfault at exit 5 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4313 ocean-city
>>
>>
>> Improper use of [] in configure.in leads to useless regexp in co 2 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4316 georg.brandl
>> patch
>>
>> Buffer overflow in imageop module 5 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4317 amaury.forgeotdarc
>> patch
>>
>> unintended syntax error with decorators, parenthesis, and dots? 1 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4321 georg.brandl
>>
>>
>> locale documentation is inconsistent 1 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4324 georg.brandl
>>
>>
>> type of UserList instance returns class instead of instance 3 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4326 georg.brandl
>>
>>
>> wsgiref.validate doesn't accept arguments to readline 1 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4330 ianb
>>
>>
>> asyncore.file_dispatcher does not use dup()'ed fd 3 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4332 josiahcarlson
>> patch
>>
>> Mac Build Script is broken for 2.6 release 0 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4334 benjamin.peterson
>>
>>
>> Iteration over a map object with list() 1 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4337 jmfauth
>>
>>
>> TypeError (bytes/str) in distutils command "upload" 3 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4338 amaury.forgeotdarc
>> patch
>>
>> Fix set-like dictview doc 0 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4339 benjamin.peterson
>>
>>
>> Update __hash__ doc 0 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4341 benjamin.peterson
>>
>>
>> crash upon launch 0 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4344 loewis
>>
>>
>> bytearray methods returning self 1 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4348 benjamin.peterson
>> patch, needs review
>>
>> sys.path includes extraneous junk 0 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4349 benjamin.peterson
>> patch, needs review
>>
>> Move description what a trace should should return to settrace f 1 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4353 benjamin.peterson
>>
>>
>> distutils.command.register is broken 1 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4354 loewis
>> patch
>>
>> Add "key" argument to "bisect" module functions 1 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4356 marketdickinson
>>
>>
>> frozen?set operations create incorrectly initialized instances o 0 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4357 amaury.forgeotdarc
>>
>>
>> SystemError when method has both super() & closure 0 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4360 barry
>> patch
>>
>> FileIO object in io module 0 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4362 benjamin.peterson
>> patch, needs review
>>
>> __cmp__ removal not in What's New 1 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue4372 haypo
>>
>>
>> Using deiconify() hangs on exit 2646 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue453489 amaury.forgeotdarc
>>
>>
>> sys.stdout problems with pythonw.exe 1616 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue973507 amaury.forgeotdarc
>>
>>
>> A subclass of set doesn't always have __init__ called. 547 days
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue1721812 rhettinger
>> patch
>>
>>
>>
>> Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
>> ______________________________
>>
>> 15 datetime: define division timedelta/timedelta 208 days
>> open http://bugs.python.org/issue2706
>>
>> 12 Tkinter binding involving Control-spacebar raises unicode error 4 days
>> open http://bugs.python.org/issue1028
>>
>> 10 TypeError (bytes/str) in distutils command "upload" 3 days
>> closed http://bugs.python.org/issue4338
>>
>> 10 type of UserList instance returns class instead of instance 3 days
>> closed http://bugs.python.org/issue4326
>>
>> 10 missing update() in _Screen.setup() of Lib/turtle.py 39 days
>> open http://bugs.python.org/issue4117
>>
>> 10 Byte/string inconsistencies between different dbm modules 1 days
>> open http://bugs.python.org/issue3799
>>
>> 8 FileIO object in io module 0 days
>> closed http://bugs.python.org/issue4362
>>
>> 8 bytearray methods returning self 1 days
>> closed http://bugs.python.org/issue4348
>>
>> 7 Reference leaks in Python 3.0rc3 1 days
>> open http://bugs.python.org/issue4373
>>
>> 7 SystemError when method has both super() & closure 0 days
>> closed http://bugs.python.org/issue4360
>>
>>
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