[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

Fri Feb 17 18:07:36 CET 2012

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2012-02-10 - 2012-02-17)
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Issues counts and deltas:
  open    3257 (+11)
  closed 22567 (+44)
  total  25824 (+55)

Open issues with patches: 1391 

Issues opened (40)
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#13609: Add "os.get_terminal_size()" function
http://bugs.python.org/issue13609  reopened by Arfrever

#13866: {urllib,urllib.parse}.urlencode should not use quote_plus
http://bugs.python.org/issue13866  reopened by Stephen.Day

#13989: gzip always returns byte strings, no text mode
http://bugs.python.org/issue13989  opened by maubp

#13990: Benchmarks: 2to3 failures on the py3 side
http://bugs.python.org/issue13990  opened by francismb

#13992: Segfault in PyTrash_destroy_chain
http://bugs.python.org/issue13992  opened by Aaron.Staley

#13997: Clearly explain the bare minimum Python 3 users should know ab
http://bugs.python.org/issue13997  opened by ncoghlan

#13998: Lookbehind assertions go behind the start position for the mat
http://bugs.python.org/issue13998  opened by Devin Jeanpierre

#13999: Queue references in multiprocessing doc points to Queue module
http://bugs.python.org/issue13999  opened by sandro.tosi

#14001: CVE-2012-0845 Python v2.7.2 / v3.2.2 (SimpleXMLRPCServer): DoS
http://bugs.python.org/issue14001  opened by iankko

#14002: distutils2 fails to install a package from PyPI on Python 2.7.
http://bugs.python.org/issue14002  opened by pmoore

#14003: __self__ on built-in functions is not as documented
http://bugs.python.org/issue14003  opened by SpecLad

#14004: Distutils filelist selects too many files on Windows
http://bugs.python.org/issue14004  opened by jason.coombs

#14005: IDLE Crash when running/saving a file
http://bugs.python.org/issue14005  opened by Scott.Bowman

#14006: Improve the documentation of xml.etree.ElementTree
http://bugs.python.org/issue14006  opened by eli.bendersky

#14007: xml.etree.ElementTree - XMLParser and TreeBuilder's doctype() 
http://bugs.python.org/issue14007  opened by eli.bendersky

#14009: Clearer documentation for cElementTree
http://bugs.python.org/issue14009  opened by eric.araujo

#14010: deeply nested filter segfaults
http://bugs.python.org/issue14010  opened by alex

#14011: packaging should use shutil archiving functions transparently
http://bugs.python.org/issue14011  opened by eric.araujo

#14012: Misc tarfile fixes
http://bugs.python.org/issue14012  opened by eric.araujo

#14013: tarfile should expose supported formats
http://bugs.python.org/issue14013  opened by eric.araujo

#14014: codecs.StreamWriter.reset contract not fulfilled
http://bugs.python.org/issue14014  opened by Jim.Jewett

#14015: surrogateescape largely missing from documentation
http://bugs.python.org/issue14015  opened by Jim.Jewett

#14017: Make it easy to create a new TextIOWrapper based on an existin
http://bugs.python.org/issue14017  opened by ncoghlan

#14018: OS X installer does not detect bad symlinks created by Xcode 3
http://bugs.python.org/issue14018  opened by ned.deily

#14019: Unify tests for str.format and string.Formatter
http://bugs.python.org/issue14019  opened by ncoghlan

#14020: Improve HTMLParser doc
http://bugs.python.org/issue14020  opened by ezio.melotti

#14023: bytes implied to be mutable
http://bugs.python.org/issue14023  opened by SpecLad

#14026: test_cmd_line_script should include more sys.argv checks
http://bugs.python.org/issue14026  opened by ncoghlan

#14027: distutils2 lack of pysetup.bat
http://bugs.python.org/issue14027  opened by å‹‡åˆš.ç½—

#14030: Be more careful about selecting the compiler in distutils
http://bugs.python.org/issue14030  opened by djc

#14032: test_cmd_line_script prints undefined 'data' variable
http://bugs.python.org/issue14032  opened by Jason.Yeo

#14034: the example in argparse doc is too complex
http://bugs.python.org/issue14034  opened by tshepang

#14035: behavior of test.support.import_fresh_module
http://bugs.python.org/issue14035  opened by flox

#14036: urlparse insufficient port property validation
http://bugs.python.org/issue14036  opened by zulla

#14037: Allow grouping of argparse subparser commands in help output
http://bugs.python.org/issue14037  opened by ncoghlan

#14038: Packaging test support code raises exception
http://bugs.python.org/issue14038  opened by vinay.sajip

#14039: Add "metavar" argument to add_subparsers() in argparse
http://bugs.python.org/issue14039  opened by ncoghlan

#14040: Deprecate some of the module file formats
http://bugs.python.org/issue14040  opened by pitrou

#14042: json.dumps() documentation is slightly incorrect.
http://bugs.python.org/issue14042  opened by tomchristie

#14043: Speed-up importlib's _FileFinder
http://bugs.python.org/issue14043  opened by pitrou

Most recent 15 issues with no replies (15)
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#14043: Speed-up importlib's _FileFinder
http://bugs.python.org/issue14043

#14042: json.dumps() documentation is slightly incorrect.
http://bugs.python.org/issue14042

#14039: Add "metavar" argument to add_subparsers() in argparse
http://bugs.python.org/issue14039

#14038: Packaging test support code raises exception
http://bugs.python.org/issue14038

#14032: test_cmd_line_script prints undefined 'data' variable
http://bugs.python.org/issue14032

#14027: distutils2 lack of pysetup.bat
http://bugs.python.org/issue14027

#14023: bytes implied to be mutable
http://bugs.python.org/issue14023

#14019: Unify tests for str.format and string.Formatter
http://bugs.python.org/issue14019

#14018: OS X installer does not detect bad symlinks created by Xcode 3
http://bugs.python.org/issue14018

#14015: surrogateescape largely missing from documentation
http://bugs.python.org/issue14015

#14014: codecs.StreamWriter.reset contract not fulfilled
http://bugs.python.org/issue14014

#14013: tarfile should expose supported formats
http://bugs.python.org/issue14013

#14012: Misc tarfile fixes
http://bugs.python.org/issue14012

#14011: packaging should use shutil archiving functions transparently
http://bugs.python.org/issue14011

#13999: Queue references in multiprocessing doc points to Queue module
http://bugs.python.org/issue13999

Most recent 15 issues waiting for review (15)
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#14043: Speed-up importlib's _FileFinder
http://bugs.python.org/issue14043

#14040: Deprecate some of the module file formats
http://bugs.python.org/issue14040

#14036: urlparse insufficient port property validation
http://bugs.python.org/issue14036

#14035: behavior of test.support.import_fresh_module
http://bugs.python.org/issue14035

#14020: Improve HTMLParser doc
http://bugs.python.org/issue14020

#14013: tarfile should expose supported formats
http://bugs.python.org/issue14013

#14012: Misc tarfile fixes
http://bugs.python.org/issue14012

#14009: Clearer documentation for cElementTree
http://bugs.python.org/issue14009

#14001: CVE-2012-0845 Python v2.7.2 / v3.2.2 (SimpleXMLRPCServer): DoS
http://bugs.python.org/issue14001

#13974: packaging: test for set_platform()
http://bugs.python.org/issue13974

#13973: urllib.parse is imported twice in xmlrpc.client
http://bugs.python.org/issue13973

#13970: frameobject should not have f_yieldfrom attribute
http://bugs.python.org/issue13970

#13969: path name must always be string (or None)
http://bugs.python.org/issue13969

#13968: Support recursive globs
http://bugs.python.org/issue13968

#13967: also test for an empty pathname
http://bugs.python.org/issue13967

Top 10 most discussed issues (10)
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#13992: Segfault in PyTrash_destroy_chain
http://bugs.python.org/issue13992  15 msgs

#13609: Add "os.get_terminal_size()" function
http://bugs.python.org/issue13609  14 msgs

#13997: Clearly explain the bare minimum Python 3 users should know ab
http://bugs.python.org/issue13997  14 msgs

#13703: Hash collision security issue
http://bugs.python.org/issue13703  11 msgs

#14004: Distutils filelist selects too many files on Windows
http://bugs.python.org/issue14004   8 msgs

#14001: CVE-2012-0845 Python v2.7.2 / v3.2.2 (SimpleXMLRPCServer): DoS
http://bugs.python.org/issue14001   7 msgs

#14036: urlparse insufficient port property validation
http://bugs.python.org/issue14036   7 msgs

#13198: Remove duplicate definition of write_record_file
http://bugs.python.org/issue13198   6 msgs

#13579: string.Formatter doesn't understand the !a conversion specifie
http://bugs.python.org/issue13579   6 msgs

#13882: PEP 410: Use decimal.Decimal type for timestamps
http://bugs.python.org/issue13882   6 msgs

Issues closed (44)
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#7644: bug in nntplib.body() method with possible fix
http://bugs.python.org/issue7644  closed by pitrou

#9750: sqlite3 iterdump fails on column with reserved name
http://bugs.python.org/issue9750  closed by python-dev

#10227: Improve performance of MemoryView slicing
http://bugs.python.org/issue10227  closed by skrah

#10287: NNTP authentication should check capabilities
http://bugs.python.org/issue10287  closed by pitrou

#11836: multiprocessing.queues.SimpleQueue is undocumented
http://bugs.python.org/issue11836  closed by sandro.tosi

#12297: Clarifications to atexit.register and unregister doc
http://bugs.python.org/issue12297  closed by eric.araujo

#13014: _ssl.c: refleak
http://bugs.python.org/issue13014  closed by pitrou

#13015: _collectionsmodule.c: refleak
http://bugs.python.org/issue13015  closed by pitrou

#13020: structseq.c: refleak
http://bugs.python.org/issue13020  closed by pitrou

#13089: parsetok.c: memory leak
http://bugs.python.org/issue13089  closed by skrah

#13092: pep-393: memory leaks #2
http://bugs.python.org/issue13092  closed by pitrou

#13619: Add a new codec: "locale", the current locale encoding
http://bugs.python.org/issue13619  closed by haypo

#13878: test_sched failures on Windows buildbot
http://bugs.python.org/issue13878  closed by neologix

#13913: utf-8 or utf8 or utf-8 (codec display name inconsistency)
http://bugs.python.org/issue13913  closed by haypo

#13930: lib2to3 ability to output files into a different directory and
http://bugs.python.org/issue13930  closed by gregory.p.smith

#13948: rm needless use of set function
http://bugs.python.org/issue13948  closed by eric.araujo

#13949: rm needless use of pass statement
http://bugs.python.org/issue13949  closed by eric.araujo

#13950: rm commented-out code
http://bugs.python.org/issue13950  closed by eric.araujo

#13960: Handling of broken comments in HTMLParser
http://bugs.python.org/issue13960  closed by ezio.melotti

#13961: Have importlib use os.replace()
http://bugs.python.org/issue13961  closed by brett.cannon

#13972: set and frozenset constructors don't accept multiple iterables
http://bugs.python.org/issue13972  closed by petri.lehtinen

#13977: importlib simplification
http://bugs.python.org/issue13977  closed by brett.cannon

#13979: Automatic *libc.so loading behaviour
http://bugs.python.org/issue13979  closed by meador.inge

#13987: Handling of broken markup in HTMLParser on 2.7
http://bugs.python.org/issue13987  closed by ezio.melotti

#13988: Expose the C implementation of ElementTree by default when imp
http://bugs.python.org/issue13988  closed by flox

#13991: namespace packages depending on order
http://bugs.python.org/issue13991  closed by eric.araujo

#13993: Handling of broken end tags in HTMLParser
http://bugs.python.org/issue13993  closed by ezio.melotti

#13994: incomplete revert in 2.7 Distutils left two copies of customiz
http://bugs.python.org/issue13994  closed by ned.deily

#13995: sqlite3 Cursor.rowcount documentation for old sqlite bug
http://bugs.python.org/issue13995  closed by python-dev

#13996: "What's New in Python" should have initial release date on hea
http://bugs.python.org/issue13996  closed by rhettinger

#14000: Subprocess stdin.flush does not flush
http://bugs.python.org/issue14000  closed by rosslagerwall

#14008: Python uses the new source when reporting an old exception
http://bugs.python.org/issue14008  closed by flox

#14016: Usage of socket.sendall() in multiple threads
http://bugs.python.org/issue14016  closed by r.david.murray

#14021: Write pkg_info with local encoding(GBK) will be a problem.
http://bugs.python.org/issue14021  closed by eric.araujo

#14022: bug in pkgutil.py with suggested fix
http://bugs.python.org/issue14022  closed by ned.deily

#14024: logging.Formatter Cache Prevents Exception Format Overriding
http://bugs.python.org/issue14024  closed by vinay.sajip

#14025: unittest.TestCase.assertEqual does not show diff when comparin
http://bugs.python.org/issue14025  closed by michael.foord

#14028: random.choice hits ValueError: cannot convert float NaN to int
http://bugs.python.org/issue14028  closed by gregory.p.smith

#14029: When using setattr identifiers can start with any character
http://bugs.python.org/issue14029  closed by loewis

#14031: logging module cannot format str.format log messages
http://bugs.python.org/issue14031  closed by vinay.sajip

#14033: distutils problem with setup.py build &setup.py install vs dir
http://bugs.python.org/issue14033  closed by å‹‡åˆš.ç½—

#14041: bsddb DB_RUNRECOVERY crash on write access
http://bugs.python.org/issue14041  closed by jcea

#1326113: Letting "build_ext --libraries" take more than one lib
http://bugs.python.org/issue1326113  closed by eric.araujo

#1051216: make distutils.core.run_setup re-entrant
http://bugs.python.org/issue1051216  closed by eric.araujo