ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2010-04-09 - 2010-04-16)
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2658 open (+38) / 17582 closed (+25) / 20240 total (+63)
Open issues with patches: 1090
Average duration of open issues: 728 days.
Median duration of open issues: 492 days.
Open Issues Breakdown
open 2616 (+38)
languishing 9 ( +0)
pending 32 ( +0)
Issues Created Or Reopened (68)
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Add "key" argument to "bisect" module functions 2010-04-14
http://bugs.python.org/issue4356 reopened rhettinger
patch
AttributeError: MSVCCompiler instance has no attribute '_MSVCC 2010-04-13
http://bugs.python.org/issue7509 reopened tarek
configure: ignore AC_PROG_CC hardcoded CFLAGS 2010-04-11
http://bugs.python.org/issue8211 reopened lemburg
patch
test_ctypes fails in test_ulonglong on sparc buildbots 2010-04-12
http://bugs.python.org/issue8314 reopened pitrou
patch, buildbot
Add a --show-installation-paths in the install command 2010-04-09
http://bugs.python.org/issue8357 reopened tarek
absolute_import future directive ignored by 2to3 2010-04-09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8358 created jaraco
% formating - TypeError: not all arguments converted during st 2010-04-10
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8359 created sneetsher
doc: unittest.skipTest method added in 2.7 2010-04-10
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8360 created techtonik
patch
Remove assert in functools.total_ordering 2010-04-10
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8361 created merwok
patch
Add Misc/maintainers.rst to 2.x branch 2010-04-10
http://bugs.python.org/issue8362 created merwok
patch, needs review
Lots of duplicate code between test_classify_oldstyle and test 2010-04-10
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8363 created exarkun
patch, needs review
Update site.setquit docstring 2010-04-10
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8364 created merwok
patch
'readline' module fails to build on OS X - some recent change 2010-04-11
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8365 created l0nwlf
OS X universal builds fail on 2.7b1 and py3k with "Don't know 2010-04-11
http://bugs.python.org/issue8366 created ned.deily
test_winsound: failure on systems without soundcard 2010-04-11
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8367 created skrah
patch
Memory leak on multi-threaded PyObject_CallObject 2010-04-11
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8368 created Krauzi
Add a lint command to distutils 2010-04-11
http://bugs.python.org/issue8369 created merwok
change module "builtins" to "__builtin__" in __import__ docume 2010-04-11
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8370 created cjerdonek
patch
Add a command to download distributions 2010-04-11
http://bugs.python.org/issue8371 created merwok
socket: Buffer overrun while reading unterminated AF_UNIX addr 2010-04-11
http://bugs.python.org/issue8372 created baikie
patch
socket: AF_UNIX socket paths not handled according to PEP 383 2010-04-11
http://bugs.python.org/issue8373 created baikie
patch
Some locales are unsupported 2010-04-11
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8374 created ubuntujenkins
test_distutils fails when run with -j 2010-04-11
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8375 created pitrou
Tutorial offers dangerous advice about iterators: “__iter__( 2010-04-12
http://bugs.python.org/issue8376 created andersk
Errata on page:http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html 2010-04-12
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8377 created jatin085
PYTHONSTARTUP is not run by default when Idle is started 2010-04-12
http://bugs.python.org/issue8378 created jvanpraag
if __debug__: has nonobvious behaviour when evaluating .pyo wi 2010-04-12
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8379 created afriesen
Port of the gdb7 debugging hooks to the "py3k" branch 2010-04-12
http://bugs.python.org/issue8380 created dmalcolm
patch
IDLE 2.6 freezes on OS X 10.6 2010-04-12
http://bugs.python.org/issue8381 created aaron.the.cow
StringIO.write() takes any argument and converts it to a strin 2010-04-12
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8382 created tarek
pickle is unable to encode unicode surrogates 2010-04-13
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8383 created haypo
patch
Distutils C extension build with MinGW on Windows fails 2010-04-13
http://bugs.python.org/issue8384 created cmcqueen1975
easy
_winreg remaining in test_winsound 2010-04-13
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8385 created tim.golden
patch
test_pickle failing 2010-04-13
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8386 created tim.golden
use universal newline mode in csv module examples 2010-04-13
http://bugs.python.org/issue8387 created sfinnie
None shouldn't be passed to traceback.format_exception 2010-04-13
http://bugs.python.org/issue8388 created benjamin.peterson
Incomprehensible import error 2010-04-13
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8389 created torsten
tarfile: use surrogates for undecode fields 2010-04-13
http://bugs.python.org/issue8390 created haypo
patch
os.execvpe() doesn't support surrogates in env 2010-04-14
http://bugs.python.org/issue8391 created haypo
patch
unit tests rather light on testing __import__(..., level) 2010-04-14
http://bugs.python.org/issue8392 created skip.montanaro
patch, needs review
subprocess: support undecodable current working directory on P 2010-04-14
http://bugs.python.org/issue8393 created haypo
patch
ctypes.dlopen() doesn't support surrogates 2010-04-14
http://bugs.python.org/issue8394 created haypo
patch
shutil.copytree() add a copy_func parameter. 2010-04-14
http://bugs.python.org/issue8395 created ysj.ray
tarfile.open does fails with UnicodeDecodeError if parent dir 2010-04-14
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8396 created parthm
BZ2File doesn't protect against mixed iterator and read usage 2010-04-14
http://bugs.python.org/issue8397 created Alex.Stapleton
Modules with a dot in the filename don't load 2010-04-14
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8398 created giunghi
Document os.open 2010-04-14
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8399 reopened techtonik
patch
zipimporter find_module fullname mis-documented 2010-04-14
http://bugs.python.org/issue8400 created kmtracey
Strange behavior of bytearray slice assignment 2010-04-14
http://bugs.python.org/issue8401 created abacabadabacaba
patch
glob returns empty list with "[" character in the folder name 2010-04-15
http://bugs.python.org/issue8402 reopened george.hu
dis.dis gives different results if Ctrl-C is pressed 2010-04-15
http://bugs.python.org/issue8403 created ivank
Set operations don't work for dictionary views 2010-04-15
http://bugs.python.org/issue8404 created akuchling
patch
Improve test_os._kill (failing on slow machines) 2010-04-15
http://bugs.python.org/issue8405 created brian.curtin
patch
Make some setup.py paths exclude-able 2010-04-15
http://bugs.python.org/issue8406 created skip.montanaro
patch
expose signalfd(2) and sigprocmask(2) in the signal module 2010-04-15
http://bugs.python.org/issue8407 created exarkun
need console/pager module 2010-04-15
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8408 created techtonik
gettext should honor $LOCPATH environment variable 2010-04-15
http://bugs.python.org/issue8409 created barry
easy
Fix emulated lock to be 'fair' 2010-04-15
http://bugs.python.org/issue8410 created krisvale
patch, patch, needs review
Improve condition variable emulation on NT 2010-04-15
http://bugs.python.org/issue8411 created krisvale
patch, patch, needs review
os.system() doesn't support surrogates nor bytes 2010-04-16
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8412 created haypo
patch
String interpolation doesn't work with sys.version_info 2010-04-16
http://bugs.python.org/issue8413 created Arfrever
Add test cases for assert 2010-04-16
http://bugs.python.org/issue8414 created gnofi
patch
namedtuple vs tuple 2010-04-16
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue8415 created hkrishnan
python 2.6.5 documentation can't search 2010-04-16
http://bugs.python.org/issue8416 created sgala
bytes and bytearray constructors raise TypeError for very larg 2010-04-16
http://bugs.python.org/issue8417 created abacabadabacaba
Crash 0xc0000417 STATUS_INVALID_CRUNTIME_PARAMETER on program 2010-04-16
http://bugs.python.org/issue8418 created alfps
dict constructor allows invalid identifiers in **kwargs 2010-04-16
http://bugs.python.org/issue8419 created mark.dickinson
set_lookkey is unsafe 2010-04-16
http://bugs.python.org/issue8420 created abacabadabacaba
Issues Now Closed (54)
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_fmode = O_TEXT is obsolete 797 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue2028 techtonik
add ftp-tls support to ftplib - RFC 4217 793 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue2054 orsenthil
patch
__import__ with fromlist= 793 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue2090 gsakkis
RFC2732 support for urlparse (IPv6 addresses) 689 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue2987 orsenthil
patch, easy
failures in test_uuid 603 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue3581 skrah
patch
Build failure on OpenBSD 4.4-current regarding lstat() 486 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue4639 skrah
patch
Document __instancecheck__ and __subclasscheck__ 425 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5250 georg.brandl
patch
email message.get_params() and related methods sometimes fail. 423 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5277 r.david.murray
patch, easy
A selection of spelling errors and typos throughout source 69 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5341 merwok
patch
Strange behavior when performing int on a Decimal made from -s 411 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5377 mark.dickinson
patch
urllib.request.open(someURL).read() returns a bytes object so 407 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5419 orsenthil
easy
2to3 -j 4 generates malformed diffs 283 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue6409 benjamin.peterson
patch
test_urllib: unsetting missing 'env' variable 20 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7026 orsenthil
Add environment variable $PYTHONWARNINGS 8 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7301 pjenvey
patch, needs review
Patch - skip winsound tests if no default sound is configured 152 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7306 brian.curtin
patch, needs review
Add a timeout functionality to common locking operations 152 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7316 torsten
patch, needs review
difflib should separate filename from timestamp with tab 107 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7585 r.david.murray
patch
test_cmd_line fails with non-ascii path 107 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7605 haypo
patch
test_xmlrpc fails with non-ascii path 107 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7606 haypo
patch
Test issue 98 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7621 ezio.melotti
test_uuid is invalid 95 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7650 skrah
patch
Remove precision restriction for integer formatting. 65 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7873 mark.dickinson
easy
Documentation of math.pow, math.hypot, and complex.__abs__ 6 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7947 mark.dickinson
patch
strftime bug when timedelta is negative 45 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8026 amaury.forgeotdarc
urlunparse(urlparse('x://')) now returns 'x:' instead of 'x:// 7 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8339 orsenthil
easy
test_tag_configure fails on FreeBSD 7 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8344 loewis
buildbot
Old Version Name in Interactive Mode 2 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8346 georg.brandl
absolute_import future directive ignored by 2to3 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8358 benjamin.peterson
% formating - TypeError: not all arguments converted during st 3 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8359 dpm
doc: unittest.skipTest method added in 2.7 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8360 georg.brandl
patch
Remove assert in functools.total_ordering 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8361 ezio.melotti
patch
Lots of duplicate code between test_classify_oldstyle and test 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8363 exarkun
patch, needs review
Update site.setquit docstring 2 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8364 merwok
patch
'readline' module fails to build on OS X - some recent change 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8365 l0nwlf
test_winsound: failure on systems without soundcard 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8367 skrah
patch
Memory leak on multi-threaded PyObject_CallObject 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8368 loewis
change module "builtins" to "__builtin__" in __import__ docume 3 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8370 georg.brandl
patch
Some locales are unsupported 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8374 loewis
test_distutils fails when run with -j 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8375 tarek
Errata on page:http://docs.python.org/library/stdtypes.html 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8377 doerwalter
if __debug__: has nonobvious behaviour when evaluating .pyo wi 2 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8379 brett.cannon
StringIO.write() takes any argument and converts it to a strin 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8382 r.david.murray
pickle is unable to encode unicode surrogates 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8383 haypo
patch
_winreg remaining in test_winsound 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8385 brian.curtin
patch
test_pickle failing 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8386 haypo
Incomprehensible import error 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8389 brett.cannon
tarfile.open does fails with UnicodeDecodeError if parent dir 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8396 haypo
Modules with a dot in the filename don't load 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8398 ezio.melotti
Document os.open 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8399 georg.brandl
patch
need console/pager module 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8408 r.david.murray
os.system() doesn't support surrogates nor bytes 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8412 haypo
patch
namedtuple vs tuple 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8415 rhettinger
os.kill on windows 1763 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1220212 brian.curtin
patch
Thread shutdown exception in Thread.notify() 798 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1722344 brett.cannon
patch
Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
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30 Improve GIL in 2.7 13 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue8299
23 diff.py produce unified format by default 7 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue8355
23 test_os causes delayed failure on x86 gentoo buildbot: Unknown 454 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue4970
19 Some locales are unsupported 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue8374
17 RFC2732 support for urlparse (IPv6 addresses) 689 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2987
15 IGNORE_EXCEPTION_DETAIL should ignore the module name 124 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue7490
11 siginterrupt with flag=False is reset when signal received 7 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue8354
10 curses crash on FreeBSD 144 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue7384
9 Make some setup.py paths exclude-able 2 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue8406
9 Memory leak on multi-threaded PyObject_CallObject 0 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue8368