[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

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 2217 open (+42) / 14059 closed (+33) / 16276 total (+75)

Open issues with patches:   735

Average duration of open issues: 710 days.
Median duration of open issues: 2108 days.

Open Issues Breakdown
   open  2199 (+42)
pending    18 ( +0)

Issues Created Or Reopened (77)
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Thread local storage and PyGILState_* mucked up by os.fork()     11/28/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue1683    reopened christian.heimes          
                                                                               

Py_SAFE_DOWNCAST in FILE_TIME_to_time_t_nsec failing             11/21/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4379    created  kevinwatters              
       patch                                                                   

Deepcopy of functools.partial gives wierd exception              11/21/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4380    created  kfitch                    
                                                                               

Cannot declare multiple classes via exec when inside a function. 11/21/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4381    created  kfitch                    
                                                                               

test_dbm_dumb fails due to character encoding issue on Mac OS X  11/21/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4382    created  oefe                      
                                                                               

UnboundLocalError when IDLE cannot connect to its subprocess     11/21/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4383    created  amaury.forgeotdarc        
       patch, needs review                                                     

Add a warnings.showwarning replacement for logging               11/21/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4384    created  brett.cannon              
       easy                                                                    

Py_Object_HEAD_INIT in Py3k                                      11/21/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4385    created  ncoghlan                  
                                                                               

A binary file should show "b" in its mode                        11/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4386    created  amaury.forgeotdarc        
       patch, needs review                                                     

binascii b2a functions accept strings (unicode) as data          11/22/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4387    created  tjreedy                   
                                                                               

test_cmd_line fails on MacOS X                                   11/22/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4388    created  MrJean1                   
                                                                               

Uninstaller Lacks an Icon                                        11/22/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4389    created  Retro                     
                                                                               

Using subprocess.STDOUT causes AttributeError                    11/22/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4390    created  nelchael                  
                                                                               

optparse: use proper gettext plurals forms                       11/22/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4391    created  dwayne                    
       patch                                                                   

incorrect parameter name for collections.namedtuple              11/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4392    created  none_00                   
                                                                               

Portability fixes in longobject.c                                11/23/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4393    created  marketdickinson           
       patch                                                                   

make the storage of the password optional in .pypirc (using the  11/23/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4394    created  tarek                     
       patch                                                                   

Document auto __ne__ generation; provide a use case for non-triv 11/23/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4395    created  tjreedy                   
                                                                               

parser module fails to validate "with" statements.               11/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4396    created  dbinger                   
       patch                                                                   

test_socket fails occassionaly in teardown: AssertionError: [Err 11/23/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4397    created  oefe                      
                                                                               

erewer                                                           11/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4398    created  der74hva3                 
                                                                               

"shard" appears where "shared" intended                          11/23/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4399    created  LambertDW                 
                                                                               

pypirc default is not at the right format                        11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4400    created  tarek                     
       patch                                                                   

os.extsep status? doc or os bug?                                 11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4401    created  tjreedy                   
                                                                               

os.getenv('PATH')   return different result between 2.5 and 3.0r 11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4402    created  clive                     
                                                                               

regression from 2.6: smtplib.py requiring ascii for sending mess 11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4403    created  ccgus                     
                                                                               

os.listdir() documentation error                                 11/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4404    created  steve21                   
                                                                               

fix_metaclass broken                                             11/24/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4405    created  loewis                    
                                                                               

In Lib\tkinter\filedialog.py, class Directory define loss a"_"   11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4406    created  lion.guo                  
       patch                                                                   

Windows Installer Error 1722 when opting for compilation at inst 11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4407    created  keldonin                  
       patch                                                                   

re.compile(regexp).groups not documented                         11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4408    created  fw                        
                                                                               

Dangling asterisks in Python 3.0 subprocess docs                 11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4409    created  skip.montanaro            
                                                                               

IDLE string problem in Run/Run Module                            11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4410    created  andre                     
                                                                               

__mro__ documentation                                            11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4411    created  lunar                     
                                                                               

Failure to test return value of PyUnicode_AsUTF8String() for NUL 11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4412    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

Failure to check PyUnicode_AsUTF8String() return value for NULL  11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4413    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

Failure to check return value of PyBool_FromLong for NULL        11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4414    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

Failure to check return value of PyBool_FromLong for NULL        11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4415    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

state_reset not called on 'state' before sre_search invoked      11/25/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4416    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

PySequence_List is not checked for NULL return value             11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4417    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

PyObject_CallObject is not checked for NULL return value         11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4418    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8 is not checked for NULL return value        11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4419    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

PyUnicode_Decode is not checked for NULL return value            11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4420    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

Failed to check 3rd Param of PyArena_AddPyObject() to ensure it  11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4421    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

Failed to check 3rd Param of PyArena_AddPyObject() to ensure it  11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4422    created  CWRU_Researcher1          
                                                                               

2to3 replaces "arbitrary" variables                              11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4423    created  loewis                    
                                                                               

Add support for a cmp, or key argument to heapq functions.       11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4424    created  alex                      
                                                                               

UTF7 encoding of slash (character 47) is incorrect               11/25/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4425    created  Nick Barnes               
                                                                               

UTF7 decoding is far too strict                                  11/25/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4426    created  Nick Barnes               
                                                                               

Docs for 'y' Py_BuildValue tag are wrong                         11/25/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4427    created  theller                   
       patch, patch                                                            

io.BufferedWriter does not observe buffer size limits            11/25/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4428    created  beazley                   
                                                                               

ctypes.FormatError raises when the string to return contains non 11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4429    created  theller                   
       patch                                                                   

time.strptime does not allow same format directive twice         11/25/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4430    created  sil                       
                                                                               

Distutils MSVC doesn't create manifest file (with fix)           11/25/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4431    created  dschnur                   
                                                                               

IDLE.app (Mac) File Menu MIssing Options                         11/26/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4432    created  LZ                        
                                                                               

_ctypes.COMError crash                                           11/26/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4433    created  theller                   
       patch, patch                                                            

Embedding into a shared library fails                            11/26/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4434    created  rb                        
                                                                               

Sphinx does not show failed doctests in quiet mode               11/26/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4435    created  schuppenies               
                                                                               

Sphinx latex writer crashes when encountering deep section level 11/26/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4436    created  schuppenies               
                                                                               

Windows 32-bit installer crash on "cancel" in "advanced" setting 11/26/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4437    created  fgrieu                    
                                                                               

Add an easy way to __import___ submodules                        11/26/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4438    created  mrts                      
       patch                                                                   

Typo in sqlite3 documentation.                                   11/26/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4439    created  olt                       
                                                                               

"sort" command doesn't work in pstats if run interactively       11/26/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4440    created  marcin.bachry             
       patch                                                                   

Improve os open flag options doc                                 11/26/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4441    created  tjreedy                   
                                                                               

datetime not subclassable in the usual way                       11/26/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4442    created  cjw296                    
                                                                               

Python/pystate.c:561 :PyGILState: The assertion 'autoInterpreter 11/26/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4443    created  lcarrionr                 
                                                                               

unittest - use contexts to assert exceptions                     11/27/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4444    created  dleonard0                 
       patch                                                                   

String allocations waste 3 bytes of memory on average.           11/27/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4445    created  marketdickinson           
       patch                                                                   

Distutils Metadata Documentation Missing "platforms" Keyword     11/27/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4446    created  hodgestar                 
       patch                                                                   

exec inside a function                                           11/27/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4447    created  beazley                   
                                                                               

should socket readline() use default_bufsize instead of _rbufsiz 11/27/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4448    created  gregory.p.smith           
                                                                               

AssertionError in Doc/includes/mp_benchmarks.py                  11/28/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4449    created  christian.heimes          
                                                                               

2to3 run changed multiprocessing.Queue() to multiprocessing.queu 11/28/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4450    created  christian.heimes          
                                                                               

multiprocessing fails with "Invalid thread state for this thread 11/28/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4451    created  christian.heimes          
                                                                               

Incorrect docstring of os.setpgrp                                11/28/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4452    created  eggy                      
                                                                               

MSI installer shows error message if "Compile .py files to bytec 11/28/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4453    created  suraj                     
                                                                               

urllib2's urlopen() method causes a memory leak                  11/24/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue1208304 reopened amaury.forgeotdarc        
                                                                               



Issues Now Closed (56)
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__import__ with fromlist=[''] causes double initialization of mo  288 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue2090    mrts                      
                                                                               

Merge audio modules                                               249 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue2433    brett.cannon              
                                                                               

io.open() handles errors differently on different platforms       245 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue2491    amaury.forgeotdarc        
                                                                               

DISTUTILS_USE_SDK set causes msvc9compiler.py to raise an except   89 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3741    christian.heimes          
       patch                                                                   

Byte/string inconsistencies between different dbm modules           5 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3799    brett.cannon              
       patch, needs review                                                     

import fixer misses some symbols                                   58 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3994    benjamin.peterson         
       patch                                                                   

PyOS_CheckStack does not work                                      54 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3996    amaury.forgeotdarc        
       patch                                                                   

os.getenv silently discards env variables with non-UTF-8 values    54 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4006    a.badger                  
                                                                               

Unicode HOWTO up to date?                                          33 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4153    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

multiprocessing docs                                               27 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4206    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

some missing links in html help index pane                         20 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4252    georg.brandl              
       patch                                                                   

base64 does not properly handle unicode strings                    11 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4329    mbecker                   
                                                                               

Iteration over a map object with list()                             4 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4337    tjreedy                   
                                                                               

Add "key" argument to "bisect" module functions                     2 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4356    tjreedy                   
                                                                               

Docstring for "Lib/string.py" is outdated                           2 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4361    georg.brandl              
       patch                                                                   

Make uuid module functions usable without ctypes                    1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4363    amaury.forgeotdarc        
       patch                                                                   

error in multiprocessing docs - rawvalue                            2 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4364    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

segmentation fault in ast_for_atom                                  1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4367    benjamin.peterson         
       patch                                                                   

coerce gone---but not from docs                                     1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4371    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

Reference leaks in Python 3.0rc3                                    5 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4373    christian.heimes          
       patch                                                                   

howto doc update                                                    1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4378    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

Cannot declare multiple classes via exec when inside a function.    0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4381    amaury.forgeotdarc        
                                                                               

test_dbm_dumb fails due to character encoding issue on Mac OS X     3 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4382    brett.cannon              
                                                                               

UnboundLocalError when IDLE cannot connect to its subprocess        0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4383    amaury.forgeotdarc        
       patch, needs review                                                     

A binary file should show "b" in its mode                           0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4386    benjamin.peterson         
       patch, needs review                                                     

Using subprocess.STDOUT causes AttributeError                       0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4390    amaury.forgeotdarc        
                                                                               

incorrect parameter name for collections.namedtuple                 1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4392    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

parser module fails to validate "with" statements.                  1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4396    benjamin.peterson         
       patch                                                                   

erewer                                                              0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4398    loewis                    
                                                                               

"shard" appears where "shared" intended                             0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4399    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

os.listdir() documentation error                                    1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4404    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

fix_metaclass broken                                                1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4405    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

Failure to test return value of PyUnicode_AsUTF8String() for NUL    0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4412    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

Failure to check PyUnicode_AsUTF8String() return value for NULL     0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4413    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

Failure to check return value of PyBool_FromLong for NULL           0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4414    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

Failure to check return value of PyBool_FromLong for NULL           0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4415    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

PySequence_List is not checked for NULL return value                0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4417    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

PyObject_CallObject is not checked for NULL return value            0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4418    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

PyUnicode_DecodeUTF8 is not checked for NULL return value           0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4419    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

PyUnicode_Decode is not checked for NULL return value               0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4420    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

Failed to check 3rd Param of PyArena_AddPyObject() to ensure it     1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4421    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

Failed to check 3rd Param of PyArena_AddPyObject() to ensure it     1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4422    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

2to3 replaces "arbitrary" variables                                 2 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4423    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

Add support for a cmp, or key argument to heapq functions.          0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4424    alex                      
                                                                               

ctypes.FormatError raises when the string to return contains non    1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4429    theller                   
       patch                                                                   

Distutils MSVC doesn't create manifest file (with fix)              0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4431    loewis                    
                                                                               

_ctypes.COMError crash                                              0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4433    theller                   
       patch, patch                                                            

Sphinx does not show failed doctests in quiet mode                  1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4435    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

Sphinx latex writer crashes when encountering deep section level    1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4436    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

Windows 32-bit installer crash on "cancel" in "advanced" setting    0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4437    amaury.forgeotdarc        
                                                                               

Typo in sqlite3 documentation.                                      0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4439    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

Python/pystate.c:561 :PyGILState: The assertion 'autoInterpreter    1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4443    amaury.forgeotdarc        
                                                                               

exec inside a function                                              0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4447    beazley                   
                                                                               

multiprocessing fails with "Invalid thread state for this thread    0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue4451    jnoller                   
                                                                               

about shift key                                                  1306 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue1191726 gpolo                     
                                                                               

Problem with socket.gethostbyaddr() and KeyboardInterrupt         499 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue1755388 gagenellina               
                                                                               



Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
______________________________

 10 2to3 replaces "arbitrary" variables                                2 days
closed  http://bugs.python.org/issue4423   

 10 os.getenv silently discards env variables with non-UTF-8 values   54 days
closed  http://bugs.python.org/issue4006   

 10 Byte/string inconsistencies between different dbm modules          5 days
closed  http://bugs.python.org/issue3799   

 10 datetime needs and "epoch" method                                211 days
open    http://bugs.python.org/issue2736   

  9 Embedding into a shared library fails                              2 days
open    http://bugs.python.org/issue4434   

  8 test_cmd_line fails on MacOS X                                     7 days
open    http://bugs.python.org/issue4388   

  8 Fix performance issues in xmlrpclib                               11 days
pending http://bugs.python.org/issue4336   

  7 UTF7 decoding is far too strict                                    3 days
open    http://bugs.python.org/issue4426   

  7 os.getenv('PATH')   return different result between 2.5 and 3.0    5 days
open    http://bugs.python.org/issue4402   

  7 warning: unknown conversion type character `z' in format           8 days
open    http://bugs.python.org/issue4370   





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