[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

Brett Cannon brett at python.org
Mon Nov 24 19:24:23 CET 2008


On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:02, Jeremy Hylton <jeremy at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:
>> 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.
>
> If you put up skeleton doc, I can add a note to this effect.
>

The doc I have for it is made up like five bullet points, so nothing
to really put up yet. But I did add another bullet point for this.

-Brett


> Jeremy
>
>>
>> -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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