[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

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ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2010-08-06 - 2010-08-13)
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Issues stats:
  open    2645 (+42)
  closed 18724 (+83)
  total  21369 (+51)

Open issues with patches: 1107 


Issues opened (42)
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#3402: test_nis is hanging on Solaris
http://bugs.python.org/issue3402  reopened by benjamin.peterson

#5416: str.replace does strange things when given a negative count
http://bugs.python.org/issue5416  reopened by rhettinger

#5504: ctypes should work with systems where mmap can't be	PROT_WRITE
http://bugs.python.org/issue5504  reopened by pitrou

#7467: The zipfile module does not check files' CRCs, including in Zi
http://bugs.python.org/issue7467  reopened by pitrou

#8688: distutils sdist is too laze w.r.t. recalculating MANIFEST
http://bugs.python.org/issue8688  reopened by ronaldoussoren

#9323: trace.py bug with the main file being traced
http://bugs.python.org/issue9323  reopened by belopolsky

#9396: Standardise (and publish?) cache handling in standard library
http://bugs.python.org/issue9396  reopened by rhettinger

#9424: Disable unittest.TestCase.assertEquals and assert_ during a re
http://bugs.python.org/issue9424  reopened by michael.foord

#9538: Replace confusing pseudoname 'object' in special methods secti
http://bugs.python.org/issue9538  opened by terry.reedy

#9539: python-2.6.4: test failure in test_distutils due to linking to
http://bugs.python.org/issue9539  opened by valeo

#9542: Create PyUnicode_FSDecoder() function
http://bugs.python.org/issue9542  opened by haypo

#9544: xdrlib.Packer().pack_fstring throws a TypeError when called wi
http://bugs.python.org/issue9544  opened by arnoldp

#9545: Adding _collections to static build
http://bugs.python.org/issue9545  opened by orsenthil

#9548: locale can be imported at startup but relies on too many	libra
http://bugs.python.org/issue9548  opened by pitrou

#9549: Remove sys.setdefaultencoding()
http://bugs.python.org/issue9549  opened by pitrou

#9552: ssl build under Windows always rebuilds OpenSSL
http://bugs.python.org/issue9552  opened by pitrou

#9553: test_argparse.py: 80 failures if COLUMNS env var set to a valu
http://bugs.python.org/issue9553  opened by denversc

#9554: test_argparse.py: use new unittest features
http://bugs.python.org/issue9554  opened by denversc

#9556: Specifying the time a TimedRotatingFileHandler rotates
http://bugs.python.org/issue9556  opened by ronaldoussoren

#9557: test_mailbox failure under a Windows VM
http://bugs.python.org/issue9557  opened by pitrou

#9558: build_ext fails on VS8.0
http://bugs.python.org/issue9558  opened by ocean-city

#9559: mailbox.mbox creates new file when adding message to mbox
http://bugs.python.org/issue9559  opened by chrisisbd

#9560: platform.py: use -b option for file	command	in	_syscmd_file()
http://bugs.python.org/issue9560  opened by haypo

#9561: distutils: set encoding to utf-8 for input and output files
http://bugs.python.org/issue9561  opened by haypo

#9562: Slightly misleading wording in documentation of dict.update
http://bugs.python.org/issue9562  opened by MLModel

#9566: Compilation warnings under x64 Windows
http://bugs.python.org/issue9566  opened by pitrou

#9567: Add attribute pointing to wrapped function in functools.update
http://bugs.python.org/issue9567  opened by eric.araujo

#9568: test_urllib2_localnet fails on OS X 10.3
http://bugs.python.org/issue9568  opened by ned.deily

#9569: Add tests for posix.mknod() and posix.mkfifo()
http://bugs.python.org/issue9569  opened by baikie

#9571: argparse: Allow the use of -- to break out of nargs and into s
http://bugs.python.org/issue9571  opened by elsdoerfer

#9572: IOError in test_multiprocessing
http://bugs.python.org/issue9572  opened by flox

#9573: importing a module that executes fork() raises RuntimeError
http://bugs.python.org/issue9573  opened by Alex.Roitman

#9574: complex does not parse strings containing decimals
http://bugs.python.org/issue9574  opened by jdwhitley

#9576: logging.addLevelName in file-based configurations
http://bugs.python.org/issue9576  opened by tarek

#9579: In 3.x, os.confstr() returns garbage if value is longer than 2
http://bugs.python.org/issue9579  opened by baikie

#9580: os.confstr() doesn't decode result according to PEP 383
http://bugs.python.org/issue9580  opened by baikie

#9581: PosixGroupsTester fails as root
http://bugs.python.org/issue9581  opened by pitrou

#9582: documentation line needs rewording
http://bugs.python.org/issue9582  opened by mohrr

#9583: PYTHONOPTIMIZE = 0 is not honored
http://bugs.python.org/issue9583  opened by bukzor

#9584: Allow curly braces in fnmatch
http://bugs.python.org/issue9584  opened by bochecha

#9586: "warning: comparison between pointer and integer" in multiproc
http://bugs.python.org/issue9586  opened by mark.dickinson

#9587: unittest.assertRaises() return the raised exception
http://bugs.python.org/issue9587  opened by denversc



Most recent 15 issues with no replies (15)
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#9587: unittest.assertRaises() return the raised exception
http://bugs.python.org/issue9587

#9583: PYTHONOPTIMIZE = 0 is not honored
http://bugs.python.org/issue9583

#9582: documentation line needs rewording
http://bugs.python.org/issue9582

#9576: logging.addLevelName in file-based configurations
http://bugs.python.org/issue9576

#9562: Slightly misleading wording in documentation of dict.update
http://bugs.python.org/issue9562

#9559: mailbox.mbox creates new file when adding message to mbox
http://bugs.python.org/issue9559

#9557: test_mailbox failure under a Windows VM
http://bugs.python.org/issue9557

#9552: ssl build under Windows always rebuilds OpenSSL
http://bugs.python.org/issue9552

#9535: Pending signals are inherited by child processes
http://bugs.python.org/issue9535

#9533: metaclass can't derive from ABC
http://bugs.python.org/issue9533

#9523: Improve dbm module
http://bugs.python.org/issue9523

#9521: xml.etree.ElementTree strips XML declaration and procesing ins
http://bugs.python.org/issue9521

#9518: PyModuleDef_HEAD_INIT does not explicitly initialize all field
http://bugs.python.org/issue9518

#9509: argparse FileType raises ugly exception for missing file
http://bugs.python.org/issue9509

#9508: python3.2 reversal of distutils reintrocud macos9 support
http://bugs.python.org/issue9508



Most recent 15 issues waiting for review (15)
=============================================

#9587: unittest.assertRaises() return the raised exception
http://bugs.python.org/issue9587

#9584: Allow curly braces in fnmatch
http://bugs.python.org/issue9584

#9581: PosixGroupsTester fails as root
http://bugs.python.org/issue9581

#9580: os.confstr() doesn't decode result according to PEP 383
http://bugs.python.org/issue9580

#9579: In 3.x, os.confstr() returns garbage if value is longer than 2
http://bugs.python.org/issue9579

#9569: Add tests for posix.mknod() and posix.mkfifo()
http://bugs.python.org/issue9569

#9560: platform.py: use -b option for file	command	in	_syscmd_file()
http://bugs.python.org/issue9560

#9558: build_ext fails on VS8.0
http://bugs.python.org/issue9558

#9554: test_argparse.py: use new unittest features
http://bugs.python.org/issue9554

#9553: test_argparse.py: 80 failures if COLUMNS env var set to a valu
http://bugs.python.org/issue9553

#9548: locale can be imported at startup but relies on too many	libra
http://bugs.python.org/issue9548

#9545: Adding _collections to static build
http://bugs.python.org/issue9545

#9542: Create PyUnicode_FSDecoder() function
http://bugs.python.org/issue9542

#9536: defaultdict doc makes incorrect reference to __missing__ metho
http://bugs.python.org/issue9536

#9535: Pending signals are inherited by child processes
http://bugs.python.org/issue9535



Top 10 most discussed issues (10)
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#9425: Rewrite import machinery to work with unicode paths
http://bugs.python.org/issue9425  21 msgs

#9548: locale can be imported at startup but relies on too many	libra
http://bugs.python.org/issue9548  13 msgs

#9560: platform.py: use -b option for file	command	in	_syscmd_file()
http://bugs.python.org/issue9560  11 msgs

#9584: Allow curly braces in fnmatch
http://bugs.python.org/issue9584  11 msgs

#7467: The zipfile module does not check files' CRCs, including in Zi
http://bugs.python.org/issue7467   9 msgs

#9396: Standardise (and publish?) cache handling in standard library
http://bugs.python.org/issue9396   9 msgs

#3539: Problem with pgen make dependencies in certain circumstances
http://bugs.python.org/issue3539   8 msgs

#9424: Disable unittest.TestCase.assertEquals and assert_ during a re
http://bugs.python.org/issue9424   8 msgs

#9553: test_argparse.py: 80 failures if COLUMNS env var set to a valu
http://bugs.python.org/issue9553   8 msgs

#9574: complex does not parse strings containing decimals
http://bugs.python.org/issue9574   7 msgs



Issues closed (83)
==================

#1485576: Backwards compatibility support for Py_ssize_t
http://bugs.python.org/issue1485576  closed by pitrou

#1475: test_popen fails when the directory contains a space
http://bugs.python.org/issue1475  closed by tim.golden

#1886: Permit to easily use distutils "--formats=tar,gztar,bztar" on 
http://bugs.python.org/issue1886  closed by eric.araujo

#2066: Adding new CNS11643, a *huge* charset,	support in cjkcodecs
http://bugs.python.org/issue2066  closed by haypo

#2304: subprocess under windows fails to quote properly when	shell=Tr
http://bugs.python.org/issue2304  closed by tim.golden

#2443: Define Py_VA_COPY macro as a cross-platform replacement for gc
http://bugs.python.org/issue2443  closed by belopolsky

#2864: etree: Add XPath documentation
http://bugs.python.org/issue2864  closed by flox

#3456: compile python using MinGW
http://bugs.python.org/issue3456  closed by skrah

#3592: Patch to add imp.get_codingspec()
http://bugs.python.org/issue3592  closed by brett.cannon

#3757: threading.local doesn't support cyclic garbage collecting
http://bugs.python.org/issue3757  closed by pitrou

#4608: urllib.request.urlopen does not return an iterable object
http://bugs.python.org/issue4608  closed by flox

#5321: I/O error during one-liner gives no (!) diagnostic (and fails 
http://bugs.python.org/issue5321  closed by skrah

#5479: Add an easy way to provide total ordering now that __cmp__ is 
http://bugs.python.org/issue5479  closed by rhettinger

#5484: subprocess.call() fails for .bat files on Windows, if executab
http://bugs.python.org/issue5484  closed by tim.golden

#6105: json.dumps doesn't respect OrderedDict's iteration order
http://bugs.python.org/issue6105  closed by benjamin.peterson

#6186: test_thread occasionally reports unhandled exceptions on OS X
http://bugs.python.org/issue6186  closed by ned.deily

#6609: zipfile: WindowsError [267] The directory name is invalid
http://bugs.python.org/issue6609  closed by tim.golden

#6678: inspect.currentframe documentation omits optional depth parame
http://bugs.python.org/issue6678  closed by benjamin.peterson

#6751: Default return value in ConfigParser
http://bugs.python.org/issue6751  closed by lukasz.langa

#6786: readline and zero based indexing
http://bugs.python.org/issue6786  closed by terry.reedy

#6869: Embedded python crashed on 4th run, if "ctypes" is used
http://bugs.python.org/issue6869  closed by theller

#6915: os.listdir inconsistenly releases the GIL on win32
http://bugs.python.org/issue6915  closed by pitrou

#7007: Tiny inconsistency in the orthography of "url encoded" in the 
http://bugs.python.org/issue7007  closed by orsenthil

#7037: test_asynchat fails on os x 10.6
http://bugs.python.org/issue7037  closed by mark.dickinson

#7335: int/long discrepancy when formatting zero with "%.0d"
http://bugs.python.org/issue7335  closed by mark.dickinson

#7564: test_ioctl may fail when run in background
http://bugs.python.org/issue7564  closed by flox

#7734: discuss mark-as-invalid trick in heapq docs
http://bugs.python.org/issue7734  closed by rhettinger

#8095: test_urllib2 crashes on OS X 10.3 attempting to retrieve netwo
http://bugs.python.org/issue8095  closed by ned.deily

#8228: pprint, single/multiple items per line parameter
http://bugs.python.org/issue8228  closed by rhettinger

#8280: urllib2 passes fragment identifier to server
http://bugs.python.org/issue8280  closed by orsenthil

#8299: Improve GIL in 2.7
http://bugs.python.org/issue8299  closed by terry.reedy

#8306: ctypes.create_string_buffer should only accept bytes
http://bugs.python.org/issue8306  closed by benjamin.peterson

#8411: New GIL: improve condition variable emulation on NT
http://bugs.python.org/issue8411  closed by pitrou

#8433: buildbot: test_curses failure, getmouse() returned ERR
http://bugs.python.org/issue8433  closed by mark.dickinson

#8457: buildbot: test_asynchat and test_smtplib failures on Tiger: [E
http://bugs.python.org/issue8457  closed by mark.dickinson

#8530: Stringlib fastsearch can read beyond the front of an array
http://bugs.python.org/issue8530  closed by flox

#8666: Allow ConfigParser.get*() to take a default value
http://bugs.python.org/issue8666  closed by lukasz.langa

#8834: Define order of Misc/ACKS entries
http://bugs.python.org/issue8834  closed by belopolsky

#9031: distutils uses invalid "-Wstrict-prototypes" flag when compili
http://bugs.python.org/issue9031  closed by terry.reedy

#9057: Distutils2 needs a home page
http://bugs.python.org/issue9057  closed by eric.araujo

#9292: Dead code in Modules/pyexpat.c
http://bugs.python.org/issue9292  closed by benjamin.peterson

#9345: argparse wrap tests are sensitive to terminal size
http://bugs.python.org/issue9345  closed by bethard

#9386: Bad indentation in urllib import fixer with multiple imports
http://bugs.python.org/issue9386  closed by benjamin.peterson

#9431: 2to3 reapplies fix_dict
http://bugs.python.org/issue9431  closed by benjamin.peterson

#9446: urllib2 tests fail when offline
http://bugs.python.org/issue9446  closed by orsenthil

#9452: configparser support for reading from strings and dictionaries
http://bugs.python.org/issue9452  closed by fdrake

#9507: namedtuple should not hardcode the class name in __repr__
http://bugs.python.org/issue9507  closed by rhettinger

#9511: CharacterEncoderError when reading from sys.stdin from piped i
http://bugs.python.org/issue9511  closed by haypo

#9515: vars() dictionary access to generate variables
http://bugs.python.org/issue9515  closed by r.david.murray

#9519: IDLE cannot do example 4.1 in tutorial (if statements)
http://bugs.python.org/issue9519  closed by r.david.murray

#9534: OrderedDict.__del__ destructor throws AttributeError when proc
http://bugs.python.org/issue9534  closed by rhettinger

#9537: argparse: use OrderedDict to store subparsers
http://bugs.python.org/issue9537  closed by bethard

#9540: argparse: combine subparsers with global positional args
http://bugs.python.org/issue9540  closed by r.david.murray

#9541: node.pre_order() does not do preorder traversal
http://bugs.python.org/issue9541  closed by joe.amenta

#9543: 2.6.6 rc1 socket.py flush() calls del on unbound 'view' variab
http://bugs.python.org/issue9543  closed by ezio.melotti

#9546: buildbot: if a compile error occurs,	the "clean" step is skipp
http://bugs.python.org/issue9546  closed by loewis

#9547: iterator length
http://bugs.python.org/issue9547  closed by benjamin.peterson

#9550: BufferedReader may issue additional read, may cause hang when 
http://bugs.python.org/issue9550  closed by pitrou

#9551: ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser.set fails when no value provided
http://bugs.python.org/issue9551  closed by fdrake

#9555: transient crashes on "x86 XP-4" buildbot: test_file, test_file
http://bugs.python.org/issue9555  closed by flox

#9563: optparse: bad exception handling when giving no value to an op
http://bugs.python.org/issue9563  closed by r.david.murray

#9564: Test issue.
http://bugs.python.org/issue9564  closed by mark.dickinson

#9565: socket :  accept() method not working
http://bugs.python.org/issue9565  closed by r.david.murray

#9570: PEP 383: os.mknod() and os.mkfifo() do not accept surrogateesc
http://bugs.python.org/issue9570  closed by benjamin.peterson

#9575: os.listdir() crashes on some long and deep paths in	Windows 7
http://bugs.python.org/issue9575  closed by tim.golden

#9577: html parser bug related with CDATA sections
http://bugs.python.org/issue9577  closed by r.david.murray

#9578: int() raises UnicodeDecodeError when called on malformed strin
http://bugs.python.org/issue9578  closed by flox

#9585: Largefile detection in configure fails
http://bugs.python.org/issue9585  closed by pitrou

#1546442: subprocess.Popen can't read file object as stdin after seek
http://bugs.python.org/issue1546442  closed by terry.reedy

#1443866: email 3.0+ stops parsing headers prematurely
http://bugs.python.org/issue1443866  closed by r.david.murray

#1491804: Simple slice support for list.sort() and .reverse()
http://bugs.python.org/issue1491804  closed by rhettinger

#1158231: string.Template does not allow step-by-step replacements
http://bugs.python.org/issue1158231  closed by rhettinger

#1590352: The "lazy strings" patch
http://bugs.python.org/issue1590352  closed by eric.araujo

#477863: Print warning at shutdown if gc.garbage not empty
http://bugs.python.org/issue477863  closed by pitrou

#1095821: The doc for DictProxy is missing
http://bugs.python.org/issue1095821  closed by terry.reedy

#1744382: Read Write lock
http://bugs.python.org/issue1744382  closed by terry.reedy

#1707753: get status output fix for Win32
http://bugs.python.org/issue1707753  closed by tim.golden

#1498363: Improve super() objects support for implicit method calls
http://bugs.python.org/issue1498363  closed by rhettinger

#1566260: Better order in file type descriptions
http://bugs.python.org/issue1566260  closed by tim.golden

#1730480: dict init/update accesses internal items of dict derivative
http://bugs.python.org/issue1730480  closed by terry.reedy

#1306248: Add 64-bit Solaris 9 build instructions to README
http://bugs.python.org/issue1306248  closed by terry.reedy

#1173475: __slots__ for subclasses of variable length types
http://bugs.python.org/issue1173475  closed by rhettinger

#1714451: subprocess.py problems errors when calling cmd.exe
http://bugs.python.org/issue1714451  closed by tim.golden