[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

Fri Nov 23 18:07:15 CET 2012

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2012-11-16 - 2012-11-23)
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Issues counts and deltas:
  open    3799 ( -2)
  closed 24518 (+54)
  total  28317 (+52)

Open issues with patches: 1656 

Issues opened (37)
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#8627: Unchecked PyErr_WarnPy3k return value in Objects/typeobject.c
http://bugs.python.org/issue8627  reopened by mark.dickinson

#16306: Multiple error line for unknown command line parameter
http://bugs.python.org/issue16306  reopened by pitrou

#16490: "inspect.getargspec()" and "inspect.getcallargs()" don't work 
http://bugs.python.org/issue16490  opened by jcea

#16491: try-except-raise-bug
http://bugs.python.org/issue16491  opened by Jocjo

#16492: Add a load_parents argument to importlib.find_loader()
http://bugs.python.org/issue16492  opened by brett.cannon

#16494: Add a method on importlib.SourceLoader for creating bytecode f
http://bugs.python.org/issue16494  opened by brett.cannon

#16495: bytes_decode() unnecessarily examines encoding
http://bugs.python.org/issue16495  opened by chris.jerdonek

#16496: Simplify and optimize random_seed()
http://bugs.python.org/issue16496  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#16499: CLI option for isolated mode
http://bugs.python.org/issue16499  opened by christian.heimes

#16500: Add an 'afterfork' module
http://bugs.python.org/issue16500  opened by christian.heimes

#16501: deprecate RISCOS "support"
http://bugs.python.org/issue16501  opened by pitrou

#16504: IDLE - fatal error when opening a file with certain tokenizing
http://bugs.python.org/issue16504  opened by serwy

#16507: Patch selectmodule.c to support WSAPoll on Windows
http://bugs.python.org/issue16507  opened by trent

#16508: include the "object" type in the lists of documented types
http://bugs.python.org/issue16508  opened by chris.jerdonek

#16509: sqlite3 docs do not explain check_same_thread
http://bugs.python.org/issue16509  opened by strcat

#16510: Using appropriate checks in tests
http://bugs.python.org/issue16510  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#16511: IDLE configuration file: blank height and width fields trip up
http://bugs.python.org/issue16511  opened by doanviettrung

#16512: imghdr doesn't support jpegs with an ICC profile
http://bugs.python.org/issue16512  opened by joril

#16515: TypeError message incorrect for max() with one keyword arg
http://bugs.python.org/issue16515  opened by chris.jerdonek

#16516: argparse types (and actions) must be hashable
http://bugs.python.org/issue16516  opened by jnothman

#16518: add "buffer protocol" to glossary
http://bugs.python.org/issue16518  opened by chris.jerdonek

#16519: site.venv() should use abspath(executable)
http://bugs.python.org/issue16519  opened by christian.heimes

#16520: subprocess.Popen() TypeError message incorrect without args ar
http://bugs.python.org/issue16520  opened by chris.jerdonek

#16521: logging.basicConfig creates empty file when using handlers
http://bugs.python.org/issue16521  opened by Jovik

#16523: attrgetter and itemgetter signatures in docs need cleanup
http://bugs.python.org/issue16523  opened by r.david.murray

#16524: File access not always working with Python for Windows 32 bits
http://bugs.python.org/issue16524  opened by Antoine.Brodin

#16525: wave file module does not support 32bit float format
http://bugs.python.org/issue16525  opened by Sebastian.Kraft

#16526: Python does not cross compile properly
http://bugs.python.org/issue16526  opened by Lothsahn

#16529: Compiler error when trying to compile ceval.c on OpenSUSE 11.3
http://bugs.python.org/issue16529  opened by lemburg

#16530: documentation of os.wait3
http://bugs.python.org/issue16530  opened by quiver

#16531: Allow IPNetwork to take a tuple
http://bugs.python.org/issue16531  opened by pitrou

#16532: AMD64 Windows 7 build failures
http://bugs.python.org/issue16532  opened by pitrou

#16533: HPUX: Unable to fork() in thread
http://bugs.python.org/issue16533  opened by skrah

#16534: test_float failure on IA64 (HPUX)
http://bugs.python.org/issue16534  opened by skrah

#16535: json encoder unable to handle decimal
http://bugs.python.org/issue16535  opened by eric.araujo

#16537: setup.py throws a ValueError when self.extensions is empty
http://bugs.python.org/issue16537  opened by jhosmer

#16540: Make itertools count, cycle, and repeat objects subscriptable 
http://bugs.python.org/issue16540  opened by neil.g

Most recent 15 issues with no replies (15)
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#16533: HPUX: Unable to fork() in thread
http://bugs.python.org/issue16533

#16530: documentation of os.wait3
http://bugs.python.org/issue16530

#16523: attrgetter and itemgetter signatures in docs need cleanup
http://bugs.python.org/issue16523

#16521: logging.basicConfig creates empty file when using handlers
http://bugs.python.org/issue16521

#16519: site.venv() should use abspath(executable)
http://bugs.python.org/issue16519

#16518: add "buffer protocol" to glossary
http://bugs.python.org/issue16518

#16516: argparse types (and actions) must be hashable
http://bugs.python.org/issue16516

#16509: sqlite3 docs do not explain check_same_thread
http://bugs.python.org/issue16509

#16508: include the "object" type in the lists of documented types
http://bugs.python.org/issue16508

#16494: Add a method on importlib.SourceLoader for creating bytecode f
http://bugs.python.org/issue16494

#16492: Add a load_parents argument to importlib.find_loader()
http://bugs.python.org/issue16492

#16486: Add context manager support to aifc module
http://bugs.python.org/issue16486

#16472: Distutils+mingw links agains msvcr90, while python27.dll is li
http://bugs.python.org/issue16472

#16463: test_timeout failure on the RHEL buildbot
http://bugs.python.org/issue16463

#16450: test_missing_localfile masks problems in urlopen
http://bugs.python.org/issue16450

Most recent 15 issues waiting for review (15)
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#16537: setup.py throws a ValueError when self.extensions is empty
http://bugs.python.org/issue16537

#16515: TypeError message incorrect for max() with one keyword arg
http://bugs.python.org/issue16515

#16512: imghdr doesn't support jpegs with an ICC profile
http://bugs.python.org/issue16512

#16511: IDLE configuration file: blank height and width fields trip up
http://bugs.python.org/issue16511

#16510: Using appropriate checks in tests
http://bugs.python.org/issue16510

#16507: Patch selectmodule.c to support WSAPoll on Windows
http://bugs.python.org/issue16507

#16504: IDLE - fatal error when opening a file with certain tokenizing
http://bugs.python.org/issue16504

#16500: Add an 'afterfork' module
http://bugs.python.org/issue16500

#16499: CLI option for isolated mode
http://bugs.python.org/issue16499

#16496: Simplify and optimize random_seed()
http://bugs.python.org/issue16496

#16495: bytes_decode() unnecessarily examines encoding
http://bugs.python.org/issue16495

#16488: Add context manager support to epoll object
http://bugs.python.org/issue16488

#16487: Allow ssl certificates to be speficfied from memory rather tha
http://bugs.python.org/issue16487

#16486: Add context manager support to aifc module
http://bugs.python.org/issue16486

#16485: FD leaks in aifc module
http://bugs.python.org/issue16485

Top 10 most discussed issues (10)
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#16475: Support object instancing and recursion in marshal
http://bugs.python.org/issue16475  25 msgs

#16496: Simplify and optimize random_seed()
http://bugs.python.org/issue16496  18 msgs

#15031: Split .pyc parsing from module loading
http://bugs.python.org/issue15031  13 msgs

#16500: Add an 'afterfork' module
http://bugs.python.org/issue16500  13 msgs

#16306: Multiple error line for unknown command line parameter
http://bugs.python.org/issue16306  10 msgs

#16499: CLI option for isolated mode
http://bugs.python.org/issue16499  10 msgs

#16480: pyvenv 3.3 fails to create symlinks for <virtualenv>/local/{bi
http://bugs.python.org/issue16480   9 msgs

#16511: IDLE configuration file: blank height and width fields trip up
http://bugs.python.org/issue16511   8 msgs

#12848: pickle.py treats 32bit lengths as signed, but _pickle.c as uns
http://bugs.python.org/issue12848   7 msgs

#8627: Unchecked PyErr_WarnPy3k return value in Objects/typeobject.c
http://bugs.python.org/issue8627   6 msgs

Issues closed (44)
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#1160: Medium size regexp crashes python
http://bugs.python.org/issue1160  closed by pitrou

#3580: failures in test_os
http://bugs.python.org/issue3580  closed by pitrou

#4182: warnings.warn shows the wrong filename and line number for sta
http://bugs.python.org/issue4182  closed by brett.cannon

#6308: termios fix for QNX breaks HP-UX
http://bugs.python.org/issue6308  closed by skrah

#6526: importlib.import_module affects permissions of .pyc files subs
http://bugs.python.org/issue6526  closed by brett.cannon

#7782: new test for test_iter.py
http://bugs.python.org/issue7782  closed by ezio.melotti

#9761: stale .pyc files aren't cleaned out
http://bugs.python.org/issue9761  closed by brett.cannon

#10966: eliminate use of ImportError implicitly representing SkipTest
http://bugs.python.org/issue10966  closed by brett.cannon

#11679: readline interferes with characters beginning with byte \xe9
http://bugs.python.org/issue11679  closed by takluyver

#11981: dupe self.fp.tell() in zipfile.ZipFile.writestr
http://bugs.python.org/issue11981  closed by ezio.melotti

#12005: modulo result of Decimal differs from float/int
http://bugs.python.org/issue12005  closed by mark.dickinson

#12614: Allow to explicitly set the method of urllib.request.Request
http://bugs.python.org/issue12614  closed by orsenthil

#13538: Improve doc for str(bytesobject)
http://bugs.python.org/issue13538  closed by chris.jerdonek

#14313: zipfile should raise an exception for unsupported compression 
http://bugs.python.org/issue14313  closed by ezio.melotti

#14525: ia64-hp-hpux11.31 won't compile 2.7 without -D_TERMIOS_INCLUDE
http://bugs.python.org/issue14525  closed by skrah

#14631: Instance methods and WeakRefs don't mix.
http://bugs.python.org/issue14631  closed by pitrou

#15627: Add a method to importlib.abc.SourceLoader for converting sour
http://bugs.python.org/issue15627  closed by brett.cannon

#16053: "strict" parameter is not documented in csv module
http://bugs.python.org/issue16053  closed by ezio.melotti

#16157: Irrelevant references to Misc/News
http://bugs.python.org/issue16157  closed by ezio.melotti

#16213: Expose private functions in marshal used by importlib
http://bugs.python.org/issue16213  closed by brett.cannon

#16215: Possible double memory free in str.replace
http://bugs.python.org/issue16215  closed by pitrou

#16240: Document a way to escape metacharacters in glob/fnmatch
http://bugs.python.org/issue16240  closed by ezio.melotti

#16408: FD leaks in zipfile
http://bugs.python.org/issue16408  closed by pitrou

#16451: Remove duplication between slice_indices and compute_slice_ind
http://bugs.python.org/issue16451  closed by mark.dickinson

#16461: wave module: wrong integer format
http://bugs.python.org/issue16461  closed by python-dev

#16470: Backport set and dictionary comprehensions in tutorial to 2.7
http://bugs.python.org/issue16470  closed by ezio.melotti

#16489: importlib find_loader returns a loader for a non existent modu
http://bugs.python.org/issue16489  closed by brett.cannon

#16493: Document the 'optimize' argument to compile()
http://bugs.python.org/issue16493  closed by ezio.melotti

#16497: zipimport.zipimporter.find_module() does not work with dotted 
http://bugs.python.org/issue16497  closed by brett.cannon

#16498: Unwanted link between volatile and shelve storage
http://bugs.python.org/issue16498  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#16502: PEP 305: eaten backslashes
http://bugs.python.org/issue16502  closed by ezio.melotti

#16503: Unclear documentation regarding apply(), 'extended call syntax
http://bugs.python.org/issue16503  closed by ezio.melotti

#16505: Drop Py_TPFLAGS_INT_SUBCLASS
http://bugs.python.org/issue16505  closed by python-dev

#16506: devguide should have table of contents
http://bugs.python.org/issue16506  closed by chris.jerdonek

#16513: SGMLParser processing <tr> which include two <a> will have pro
http://bugs.python.org/issue16513  closed by ezio.melotti

#16514: Cryptic traceback when sys.path[0] is None
http://bugs.python.org/issue16514  closed by barry

#16517: address merge conflicts in devguide null-merge instructions
http://bugs.python.org/issue16517  closed by chris.jerdonek

#16522: Add 'FAIL_FAST' flag to doctest
http://bugs.python.org/issue16522  closed by r.david.murray

#16527: (very) long list of elif causes segfault
http://bugs.python.org/issue16527  closed by benjamin.peterson

#16528: 3.2 docs not updating on docs.python.org
http://bugs.python.org/issue16528  closed by r.david.murray

#16536: test_cmd_line: failure on Ubuntu Shared
http://bugs.python.org/issue16536  closed by ezio.melotti

#16538: The docs doesn't describe MAKE_CLOSURE correctly
http://bugs.python.org/issue16538  closed by asvetlov

#667770: import C API mess
http://bugs.python.org/issue667770  closed by brett.cannon

#16539: Turn off 'No handlers could be found for logger' message
http://bugs.python.org/issue16539  closed by vinay.sajip