[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

Fri May 13 12:08:41 EDT 2016

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2016-05-06 - 2016-05-13)
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Issues counts and deltas:
  open    5501 ( -3)
  closed 33270 (+47)
  total  38771 (+44)

Open issues with patches: 2383 

Issues opened (28)
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#22570: Better stdlib support for Path objects
http://bugs.python.org/issue22570  reopened by gvanrossum

#26857: gethostbyname_r() is broken on android
http://bugs.python.org/issue26857  reopened by xdegaye

#26971: python v3.5.1: sys.paths not respecting DESTDIRS and DESTSHARE
http://bugs.python.org/issue26971  opened by yaro-yaro

#26972: mistakes in docstrings in the import machinery
http://bugs.python.org/issue26972  opened by Oren Milman

#26974: Crash in Decimal.from_float
http://bugs.python.org/issue26974  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#26975: Decimal.from_float works incorrectly for non-binary floats
http://bugs.python.org/issue26975  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#26978: Implement pathlib.Path.link (Using os.link)
http://bugs.python.org/issue26978  opened by cool-RR

#26979: The danger of PyType_FromSpec()
http://bugs.python.org/issue26979  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#26980: The path argument of asyncio.BaseEventLoop.create_unix_connect
http://bugs.python.org/issue26980  opened by texttheater

#26981: add compatibility shim for enum34 backport
http://bugs.python.org/issue26981  opened by ethan.furman

#26982: Clarify forward annotations in PEP 484
http://bugs.python.org/issue26982  opened by James.Tatum

#26983: float() can return not exact float instance
http://bugs.python.org/issue26983  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#26984: int() can return not exact int instance
http://bugs.python.org/issue26984  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#26985: Information about CodeType in inspect documentation is outdate
http://bugs.python.org/issue26985  opened by xiang.zhang

#26988: Add AutoNumberedEnum to stdlib
http://bugs.python.org/issue26988  opened by John Hagen

#26990: file.tell affect decoding
http://bugs.python.org/issue26990  opened by mfmain

#26991: Possible reference leak in MAKE_FUNCTION
http://bugs.python.org/issue26991  opened by xiang.zhang

#26992: 64-bit Python 2.7.11 hangs in 64-bit Windows 10 - CMD and Git 
http://bugs.python.org/issue26992  opened by sam.taylor.bs

#26993: Copy idlelib *.py files with new names
http://bugs.python.org/issue26993  opened by terry.reedy

#26995: Add tests for parsing float and object arguments
http://bugs.python.org/issue26995  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#26997: Docs for pdb should note that __future__ magic doesn't work
http://bugs.python.org/issue26997  opened by Martin Jones

#27002: Support different modes in posixpath.realpath()
http://bugs.python.org/issue27002  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#27004: Handle script shbang options
http://bugs.python.org/issue27004  opened by opoplawski

#27006: C implementation of Decimal.from_float() bypasses __new__ and 
http://bugs.python.org/issue27006  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#27007: Alternate constructors bytes.fromhex() and bytearray.fromhex()
http://bugs.python.org/issue27007  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#27010: email library could "recover" from bad mime boundary like (som
http://bugs.python.org/issue27010  opened by Fedele Mantuano

#27012: Rename the posix module to _os
http://bugs.python.org/issue27012  opened by brett.cannon

#27014: maximum recursion depth when using typing options
http://bugs.python.org/issue27014  opened by Roy Shmueli

Most recent 15 issues with no replies (15)
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#27014: maximum recursion depth when using typing options
http://bugs.python.org/issue27014

#27006: C implementation of Decimal.from_float() bypasses __new__ and 
http://bugs.python.org/issue27006

#27002: Support different modes in posixpath.realpath()
http://bugs.python.org/issue27002

#26997: Docs for pdb should note that __future__ magic doesn't work
http://bugs.python.org/issue26997

#26995: Add tests for parsing float and object arguments
http://bugs.python.org/issue26995

#26990: file.tell affect decoding
http://bugs.python.org/issue26990

#26982: Clarify forward annotations in PEP 484
http://bugs.python.org/issue26982

#26980: The path argument of asyncio.BaseEventLoop.create_unix_connect
http://bugs.python.org/issue26980

#26979: The danger of PyType_FromSpec()
http://bugs.python.org/issue26979

#26978: Implement pathlib.Path.link (Using os.link)
http://bugs.python.org/issue26978

#26964: Incorrect documentation for `-u`-flag
http://bugs.python.org/issue26964

#26955: Implement equivalent to `pip.locations.distutils_scheme` in di
http://bugs.python.org/issue26955

#26954: Add Guido's rejection notice to the "with" FAQ
http://bugs.python.org/issue26954

#26942: android: test_ctypes crashes on armv7
http://bugs.python.org/issue26942

#26937: android: test_tarfile fails
http://bugs.python.org/issue26937

Most recent 15 issues waiting for review (15)
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#27007: Alternate constructors bytes.fromhex() and bytearray.fromhex()
http://bugs.python.org/issue27007

#27002: Support different modes in posixpath.realpath()
http://bugs.python.org/issue27002

#26995: Add tests for parsing float and object arguments
http://bugs.python.org/issue26995

#26991: Possible reference leak in MAKE_FUNCTION
http://bugs.python.org/issue26991

#26985: Information about CodeType in inspect documentation is outdate
http://bugs.python.org/issue26985

#26983: float() can return not exact float instance
http://bugs.python.org/issue26983

#26982: Clarify forward annotations in PEP 484
http://bugs.python.org/issue26982

#26974: Crash in Decimal.from_float
http://bugs.python.org/issue26974

#26972: mistakes in docstrings in the import machinery
http://bugs.python.org/issue26972

#26970: Replace OpenSSL's CPRNG with system entropy source
http://bugs.python.org/issue26970

#26964: Incorrect documentation for `-u`-flag
http://bugs.python.org/issue26964

#26959: pickle: respect dispatch for functions again
http://bugs.python.org/issue26959

#26948: Simplify PyImport_ImportModuleLevelObject: avoid temporary tup
http://bugs.python.org/issue26948

#26939: android: test_functools hangs on armv7
http://bugs.python.org/issue26939

#26935: android: test_os fails
http://bugs.python.org/issue26935

Top 10 most discussed issues (10)
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#26969: ascynio should provide a policy to address pass-loop-everywher
http://bugs.python.org/issue26969  36 msgs

#26439: ctypes.util.find_library fails when ldconfig/glibc not availab
http://bugs.python.org/issue26439  12 msgs

#26993: Copy idlelib *.py files with new names
http://bugs.python.org/issue26993   9 msgs

#26906: format(object.__reduce__) fails intermittently
http://bugs.python.org/issue26906   8 msgs

#6422: timeit called from within Python should allow autoranging
http://bugs.python.org/issue6422   7 msgs

#18531: Undocumented different between METH_KEYWORDS and **kws
http://bugs.python.org/issue18531   7 msgs

#26632: __all__ decorator
http://bugs.python.org/issue26632   7 msgs

#26983: float() can return not exact float instance
http://bugs.python.org/issue26983   7 msgs

#26039: More flexibility in zipfile write interface
http://bugs.python.org/issue26039   6 msgs

#26369: unicode.decode and str.encode are unnecessarily confusing for 
http://bugs.python.org/issue26369   6 msgs

Issues closed (45)
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#5062: Rlcompleter.Completer does not use __dir__ magic method
http://bugs.python.org/issue5062  closed by martin.panter

#11643: Use |version| instead of X.Y in the doc
http://bugs.python.org/issue11643  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#15721: PEP 3121, 384 Refactoring applied to tkinter module
http://bugs.python.org/issue15721  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#17765: weakref.ref ignores a 'callback' keyword argument
http://bugs.python.org/issue17765  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#18864: Implementation for PEP 451 (importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec)
http://bugs.python.org/issue18864  closed by eric.snow

#19444: mmap.mmap() allocates a file descriptor that isn't CLOEXEC
http://bugs.python.org/issue19444  closed by martin.panter

#21012: Figure out how to best leverage pip in devinabox
http://bugs.python.org/issue21012  closed by brett.cannon

#22143: rlcompleter.Completer has duplicate matches
http://bugs.python.org/issue22143  closed by martin.panter

#22274: subprocess.Popen(stderr=STDOUT) fails to redirect subprocess s
http://bugs.python.org/issue22274  closed by martin.panter

#23213: subprocess communicate() hangs when stderr isn't closed
http://bugs.python.org/issue23213  closed by martin.panter

#23640: int.from_bytes() is broken for subclasses
http://bugs.python.org/issue23640  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#23815: Segmentation fault when create _tkinter objects
http://bugs.python.org/issue23815  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#23921: Standardize documentation whitespace, formatting
http://bugs.python.org/issue23921  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#24550: maxint on 64 bit platforms breaks os.read
http://bugs.python.org/issue24550  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#25745: Reference leaks in test_curses
http://bugs.python.org/issue25745  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#26352: getpass incorrectly displays password prompt on stderr on fall
http://bugs.python.org/issue26352  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#26512: Vocabulary: Using "integral" in library/stdtypes.html
http://bugs.python.org/issue26512  closed by martin.panter

#26708: Constify C string pointers in the posix module
http://bugs.python.org/issue26708  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#26736: Use HTTPS protocol in links
http://bugs.python.org/issue26736  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#26881: modulefinder should reuse the dis module
http://bugs.python.org/issue26881  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#26889: Improve Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst
http://bugs.python.org/issue26889  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#26892: debuglevel not honored in urllib
http://bugs.python.org/issue26892  closed by orsenthil

#26911: lib2to3/tests/pytree_idempotency.py has broken imports
http://bugs.python.org/issue26911  closed by terry.reedy

#26912: Broken imports in test/test_email/torture_test.py, test_asian_
http://bugs.python.org/issue26912  closed by terry.reedy

#26924: android: test_concurrent_futures fails
http://bugs.python.org/issue26924  closed by berker.peksag

#26925: android: test_multiprocessing_main_handling fails
http://bugs.python.org/issue26925  closed by xdegaye

#26960: urllib hangs when closing connection
http://bugs.python.org/issue26960  closed by python-dev

#26973: Dict View binops permit non-set types
http://bugs.python.org/issue26973  closed by r.david.murray

#26976: pathlib equivalent for os.path.realpath()
http://bugs.python.org/issue26976  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#26977: Unnecessary line in statistics.pvariance
http://bugs.python.org/issue26977  closed by steven.daprano

#26986: Enhance PyFunction_New documentation
http://bugs.python.org/issue26986  closed by python-dev

#26987: Comment/implementation disagreement in Thread._bootstrap_inner
http://bugs.python.org/issue26987  closed by python-dev

#26989: error in installation of ez_setup.py
http://bugs.python.org/issue26989  closed by benjamin.peterson

#26994: unexpected behavior for booleans in argparse
http://bugs.python.org/issue26994  closed by r.david.murray

#26996: Add secrets module as per PEP 506.
http://bugs.python.org/issue26996  closed by steven.daprano

#26998: Unable to import "site" in an embedded application
http://bugs.python.org/issue26998  closed by steve.dower

#26999: Add child separator keyword to logging.basicConfig and use it 
http://bugs.python.org/issue26999  closed by vinay.sajip

#27000: improve document of filter
http://bugs.python.org/issue27000  closed by r.david.murray

#27001: Python Interface X-Plane 10.45
http://bugs.python.org/issue27001  closed by r.david.murray

#27003: Python 3.5.1 fails at HTTPSTest with SSL CERT error
http://bugs.python.org/issue27003  closed by martin.panter

#27005: Faster float.fromhex()
http://bugs.python.org/issue27005  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#27008: error message of ord is not intuitive
http://bugs.python.org/issue27008  closed by r.david.murray

#27009: multiprocessing Connection data length limited to max(int32)
http://bugs.python.org/issue27009  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#27011: Identation error
http://bugs.python.org/issue27011  closed by python-dev

#27013: IDLE completion for dict keys
http://bugs.python.org/issue27013  closed by terry.reedy