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2796 open (+44) / 18167 closed (+20) / 20963 total (+64)
Open issues with patches: 1126
Average duration of open issues: 709 days.
Median duration of open issues: 504 days.
Open Issues Breakdown
open 2763 (+44)
languishing 14 ( +0)
pending 18 ( +0)
Issues Created Or Reopened (70)
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assumption about unsigned long byte size in struct module usag 2010-06-25
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1789 reopened mark.dickinson
patch, easy
optparse doesn’t disallow adding one-dash long options (“- 2010-06-26
http://bugs.python.org/issue4640 reopened haypo
mimetypes.guess_extension result changes after mimetypes.init( 2010-06-26
http://bugs.python.org/issue4963 reopened r.david.murray
patch, easy
PyDateTime_IMPORT macro incorrectly marked up 2010-06-26
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9024 reopened belopolsky
patch
test_sysconfig failure 2010-06-25
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9081 created michael.foord
warnings.filterwarnings doesn't work with -O 2010-06-25
http://bugs.python.org/issue9082 created michael.foord
At least some Tools utilities are still Python 2 2010-06-25
http://bugs.python.org/issue9083 created holdenweb
vimrc: use matchall() instead of ":match" to allow multiple ma 2010-06-26
http://bugs.python.org/issue9084 created blueyed
patch, needs review
Version number inconsistency in email package 2010-06-28
http://bugs.python.org/issue9085 reopened r.david.murray
Wrong linking terminology in windows FAQ 2010-06-26
http://bugs.python.org/issue9086 created john.miller
json docstrings on 3.x still use 'unicode' and 'str' 2010-06-26
http://bugs.python.org/issue9087 created ezio.melotti
revert distutils to its 3.1 state 2010-06-26
http://bugs.python.org/issue9088 created tarek
PyNumber_Int is still mentioned in number protocol docs 2010-06-27
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9089 created belopolsky
Error code 10035 calling socket.recv() on a socket with a time 2010-06-27
http://bugs.python.org/issue9090 created ehohenstein
patch
str.capitalize() should not lower the rest of the string 2010-06-27
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9091 created eka
static behavior of local variables 2010-06-27
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9092 created Aslanidi
Tools/README is out of date 2010-06-27
http://bugs.python.org/issue9093 created belopolsky
Make python-m pickletools do something useful 2010-06-27
http://bugs.python.org/issue9094 created belopolsky
patch, easy
patchcheck should handle extraneous whitespace in .rst files 2010-06-27
http://bugs.python.org/issue9095 created brett.cannon
easy
importlib doesn't handle valid marshalled data with invalid se 2010-06-28
http://bugs.python.org/issue9096 created benjamin.peterson
os.chdir(path) to return current dir 2010-06-28
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9097 created techtonik
MSYS build fails with `S_IXGRP' undeclared 2010-06-28
http://bugs.python.org/issue9098 created Martin.Ellison
multiprocessing/win32: WindowsError: [Error 0] Success on Pipe 2010-06-28
http://bugs.python.org/issue9099 created honeyman
test_sysconfig fails (test_user_similar) 2010-06-28
http://bugs.python.org/issue9100 created csernazs
reference json format in file formats chapter 2010-06-28
http://bugs.python.org/issue9101 created techtonik
pybench: Cannot compare 2.x and 3.x benchmarks 2010-06-28
http://bugs.python.org/issue9102 created belopolsky
API keyword 2010-06-28
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9103 created techtonik
test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py 2010-06-28
http://bugs.python.org/issue9104 created belopolsky
patch
pickle security note should be more prominent 2010-06-28
http://bugs.python.org/issue9105 created techtonik
easy
remove numbers from 3-.. level entries in docs toc 2010-06-28
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9106 created techtonik
PyModule_Create not working properly 2010-06-28
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9107 created Krauzi
list object variable assign with multiplication sign 2010-06-28
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9108 created muzuiget
absolute import cleanups for Python 3 2010-06-28
http://bugs.python.org/issue9109 created nas
contextlib.ContextDecorator 2010-06-28
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9110 created michael.foord
patch
cmd.do_help documentation should mention docstrings 2010-06-29
http://bugs.python.org/issue9111 created tebeka
argparse missing documentation for error() method 2010-06-29
http://bugs.python.org/issue9112 created mark
Tools/msi still uses string exceptions 2010-06-29
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9113 created doko
br"" string literals don't appear to be documented 2010-06-29
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9114 created mark
test_site: support for systems without unsetenv 2010-06-29
http://bugs.python.org/issue9115 created csernazs
patch
test_capi.test_no_FatalError_infinite_loop crash on Windows 2010-06-29
http://bugs.python.org/issue9116 created brian.curtin
class syntax not fully documented in reference manual 2010-06-29
http://bugs.python.org/issue9117 created mark.dickinson
patch
help() on a property descriptor launches interactive help 2010-06-29
http://bugs.python.org/issue9118 created jackdied
patch
Python download page needs to mention crypto code in Windows i 2010-06-29
http://bugs.python.org/issue9119 created lemburg
Reduce pickle size for an empty set 2010-06-29
http://bugs.python.org/issue9120 created belopolsky
patch
Glossary entry for nested scope incorrect 2010-06-29
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9121 created stoneleaf
Problems with multiprocessing, Python embedding and Windows 2010-06-29
http://bugs.python.org/issue9122 created honeyman
insecure os.urandom on VMS 2010-06-30
http://bugs.python.org/issue9123 created zooko
Mailbox module demonstrates infeasibly slow performance 2010-06-30
http://bugs.python.org/issue9124 created holdenweb
parser module doesn't like except-as syntax. 2010-06-30
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9125 created mark.dickinson
patch
errors='replace' does not work at Windows command line 2010-06-30
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9126 created jvanpraag
subprocess.Popen.communicate() and SIGCHLD handlers 2010-06-30
http://bugs.python.org/issue9127 created zarkdav
Parser module fails to validate class decorators correctly. 2010-06-30
http://bugs.python.org/issue9128 created mark.dickinson
patch
DoS smtpd module vulnerability 2010-06-30
http://bugs.python.org/issue9129 created giampaolo.rodola
Parser module fails on short relative imports 2010-06-30
http://bugs.python.org/issue9130 created mark.dickinson
patch
test_set_reprs in test_pprint is fragile 2010-06-30
http://bugs.python.org/issue9131 created stutzbach
Documentation for comparing dictionaries is out of date 2010-06-30
http://bugs.python.org/issue9132 created stutzbach
easy
Invalid UTF8 Byte sequence not raising exception/being substit 2010-06-30
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9133 created Mike.Lewis
sre bug: lastmark_save/restore 2010-06-30
http://bugs.python.org/issue9134 created arigo
XMLRPC documentation binary file example does not execute. 2010-06-30
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9135 created Delaney.Gillilan
RuntimeError when profiling Decimal 2010-06-30
http://bugs.python.org/issue9136 created ubershmekel
patch
x.update(red=5, blue=6, other=7) doesn't work, where x is a Mu 2010-07-01
http://bugs.python.org/issue9137 created stutzbach
patch
Tutorial: classes intro paragraph icky 2010-07-01
http://bugs.python.org/issue9138 created aahz
Add examples for str.format() 2010-07-02
http://bugs.python.org/issue9139 created ezio.melotti
patch
SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler not a new-style class? 2010-07-02
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9140 created phf
Allow objects to decide if they can be collected by GC 2010-07-02
http://bugs.python.org/issue9141 created krisvale
patch, patch, needs review
while executing python 2010-07-02
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9142 created rajesh.chandran
test_ctypes: fails on sparc64 long double 2010-07-02
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue9143 created jengelh
Import error for multiprocessing in 2.7rc2 on Windows 2010-07-02
http://bugs.python.org/issue9144 created ot
tracebacks eat up memory by holding references to locals and g 2010-06-25
http://bugs.python.org/issue1565525 reopened ghazel
recursive urlparse 2010-06-30
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue1643370 reopened techtonik
easy
Issues Now Closed (74)
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pickle's documentation is severely outdated 940 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1536 alexandre.vassalotti
assumption about unsigned long byte size in struct module usag 4 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1789 mark.dickinson
patch, easy
Backport: Mixing default keyword arguments with *args 886 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1909 ezio.melotti
ctypes.util fails to find libc in some environments 709 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue3383 tjreedy
patch
cPickle to pickle conversion in py3k missing methods 712 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue3385 alexandre.vassalotti
patch
httplib.HTTPMessage undocumented 707 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue3428 orsenthil
easy
ssl.wrap_socket() is incompatible with servers that drop privi 658 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue3823 pitrou
3.0rc2.msi Install Fails (Error Code 2755) 592 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue4299 mark.dickinson
Add a warnings.showwarning replacement for logging 586 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue4384 merwok
easy
SequenceMatcher bug with long sequences 562 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue4622 tjreedy
2.6.1 build issues on solaris with SunStudio 12 530 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue4919 benjamin.peterson
Duplicate UTF-16 BOM if a file is open in append mode 527 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5006 Conrad.Irwin
patch
[reopening] native build of python win32 using msys under both 520 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5026 tjreedy
RFC: improve distutils bdist_rpm so it builds pure python modu 471 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5482 tjreedy
patch
os.getpwent returns unsigned 32bit value, os.setuid refuses it 297 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5705 ezio.melotti
patch
[Distutils][PATCH] Add bdist_rpm option to select the name of 339 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue6546 tjreedy
patch
smtpd.SMTPServer can cause asyncore.loop to enter infinite eve 338 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue6589 giampaolo.rodola
patch
deepcopy erroneously doesn't call __setstate__ if __getstate__ 300 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue6827 r.david.murray
easy
Silence DeprecationWarning by default 63 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7319 benjamin.peterson
patch
setup.py ignores SDK root on OSX 161 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue7724 ronaldoussoren
patch, needs review
Piped parent's multiprocessing.Process children cannot write t 118 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8056 Vojtech.Fried
pep-0370 on osx duplicates existing functionality 50 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8084 ronaldoussoren
patch, needs review, buildbot
buildbot: DeprecationWarning not raised for icglue (test_py3kw 70 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8446 ronaldoussoren
patch, buildbot
buildbot: test_urllib2_localnet failures (Connection refused) 69 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8455 ronaldoussoren
patch, buildbot
test_distutils fails if srcdir != builddir 12 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8577 ronaldoussoren
patch
uuid.uuid4() generates non-unique values on OSX 6 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8621 ronaldoussoren
patch
urlparse.urlparse/urlsplit doc missing 52 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8653 orsenthil
Link to PEP 3147 from importlib docs 50 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8667 brett.cannon
patch, easy, needs review
Proxy exception lookup fails on MacOS in urllib. 24 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8883 ronaldoussoren
patch
email.encoders.encode_base64 sets payload to bytes, should set 22 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8896 merwok
patch
Provide as_integer_ratio() method to Decimal 21 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue8947 mark.dickinson
patch
PyDateTime_IMPORT macro incorrectly marked up 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9024 belopolsky
patch
add test_support.run_unittest command line options and argumen 9 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9027 georg.brandl
errors='replace' works in IDLE, fails at Windows command line. 12 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9029 benjamin.peterson
using MIMEApplication to attach a PDF raises a TypeError excep 5 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9040 r.david.murray
2to3 doesn't handle byte comparison well 4 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9043 tjreedy
[optparse] confusion over an option and its value without any 6 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9044 georg.brandl
Python 2.7rc2 doesn't build on Mac OS X 10.4 6 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9046 ronaldoussoren
Backwards compatibility 4 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9059 georg.brandl
pdb enhancement up/down traversals 4 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9064 georg.brandl
patch
test_float failure on Solaris 3 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9069 mark.dickinson
TarFile doesn't support member files with a leading "./" 5 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9071 niemeyer
ssl module sets "debug" flag on SSL struct 5 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9075 srid
argparse does not handle arguments correctly after -- 4 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9077 georg.brandl
Fix C API documentation of unicode 2 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9078 georg.brandl
patch
test_sysconfig failure 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9081 pitrou
PyNumber_Int is still mentioned in number protocol docs 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9089 mark.dickinson
str.capitalize() should not lower the rest of the string 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9091 orsenthil
static behavior of local variables 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9092 mark.dickinson
os.chdir(path) to return current dir 2 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9097 techtonik
API keyword 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9103 merwok
remove numbers from 3-.. level entries in docs toc 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9106 techtonik
PyModule_Create not working properly 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9107 amaury.forgeotdarc
list object variable assign with multiplication sign 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9108 ezio.melotti
contextlib.ContextDecorator 2 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9110 michael.foord
patch
Tools/msi still uses string exceptions 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9113 loewis
br"" string literals don't appear to be documented 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9114 merwok
Glossary entry for nested scope incorrect 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9121 benjamin.peterson
parser module doesn't like except-as syntax. 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9125 mark.dickinson
patch
errors='replace' does not work at Windows command line 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9126 r.david.murray
Invalid UTF8 Byte sequence not raising exception/being substit 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9133 ezio.melotti
XMLRPC documentation binary file example does not execute. 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9135 ezio.melotti
SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler not a new-style class? 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9140 phf
while executing python 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9142 mark.dickinson
test_ctypes: fails on sparc64 long double 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue9143 mark.dickinson
cPickle not always same as pickle 2749 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue655802 alexandre.vassalotti
Generate rpm filelist including directories 2567 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue755286 tjreedy
patch
bdist_rpm failure when no setup.py 2439 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue828743 tjreedy
Specify a source baseurl for bdist_rpm. 2111 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1028432 tjreedy
patch
Add New RPM-friendly record option to setup.py 2098 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1035576 tjreedy
patch
difflib.SequenceMatcher.find_longest_match() wrong result 1432 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1528074 tjreedy
Py3k: Fix pybench so it runs 1262 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1634499 merwok
patch
recursive urlparse 2 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1643370 r.david.murray
easy
New byte packing format for the struct module 1088 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1749662 mark.dickinson
patch
Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
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25 RuntimeError when profiling Decimal 2 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue9136
22 test_float failure on Solaris 3 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue9069
17 3.1 cannot unpickle 2.7-created pickle 510 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue5180
16 Add pure Python implementation of datetime module to CPython 130 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue7989
12 test_exceptions does not test pickling with pickle.py 4 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue9104
11 Reduce pickle size for an empty set 3 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue9120
11 tracebacks eat up memory by holding references to locals and gl 7 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1565525
9 remove numbers from 3-.. level entries in docs toc 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue9106
9 mimetypes.guess_extension result changes after mimetypes.init() 6 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue4963
8 Instance methods are misreporting the number of arguments 824 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue2516