[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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