Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches :  261 open ( +4) /  2718 closed ( +3) /  2979 total ( +7)
Bugs    :  801 open ( -6) /  4733 closed (+16) /  5534 total (+10)
RFE     :  165 open ( +2) /   139 closed ( +0) /   304 total ( +2)

New / Reopened Patches
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Patch for bug 999042.  (2004-12-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1090482  opened by  Darek Suchojad

_AEModule.c patch  (2004-12-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1090958  opened by  has

py-compile DESTDIR support to compile in correct paths  (2004-12-27)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1091679  opened by  Thomas Vander Stichele

Refactoring Python/import.c  (2004-12-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1093253  opened by  Thomas Heller

socket leak in SocketServer  (2004-12-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1093468  opened by  Shannon -jj Behrens

sanity check for readline remove/replace  (2004-12-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1093585  opened by  DSM

miscellaneous doc typos  (2004-12-31)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1093896  opened by  DSM

Patches Closed
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Avoid calling tp_compare with different types  (2004-07-22)
       http://python.org/sf/995939  closed by  arigo

py-compile DESTDIR support to compile in correct paths  (2004-12-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1091679  closed by  jafo

miscellaneous doc typos  (2004-12-31)
       http://python.org/sf/1093896  closed by  rhettinger

New / Reopened Bugs
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presentation typo in lib: 6.21.4.2 How callbacks are called  (2004-12-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1090139  reopened by  jlgijsbers

input from numeric pad always dropped when numlock off  (2004-11-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1074333  reopened by  kbk

minor bug in what's new > decorators  (2004-12-26)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1091302  opened by  vincent wehren

A large block of commands after an "if" cannot be   (2003-03-28)
       http://python.org/sf/711268  reopened by  facundobatista

DESTROOTed frameworkinstall fails  (2004-12-26)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1091468  opened by  Jack Jansen

No need to fix  (2004-12-27)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1091634  opened by  Bertram Scharpf

garbage collector still documented as optional  (2004-12-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1091740  opened by  Gregory H. Ball

IDLE hangs due to subprocess  (2004-12-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1092225  opened by  ZACK

slice [0:] default is len-1 not len  (2004-12-28)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1092240  opened by  Robert Phillips

Memory leak in socket.py on Mac OS X 10.3  (2004-12-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1092502  opened by  bacchusrx

os.remove fails on win32 with read-only file  (2004-12-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1092701  opened by  Joshua Weage

Make Generators Pickle-able  (2004-12-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1092962  opened by  Jayson Vantuyl

distutils/tests not installed  (2004-12-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1093173  opened by  Armin Rigo

mapitags.PROP_TAG() doesn't account for new longs  (2004-12-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1093389  opened by  Joe Hildebrand

Bugs Closed
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presentation typo in lib: 6.21.4.2 How callbacks are called  (2004-12-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1090139  closed by  rhettinger

Memory leaks?  (2004-10-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1048495  closed by  rhettinger

_bsddb segfault  (2004-07-15)
       http://python.org/sf/991754  closed by  dcjim

coercion results used dangerously  (2004-06-26)
       http://python.org/sf/980352  closed by  arigo

exec scoping problem  (2004-12-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1089978  closed by  arigo

_DummyThread() objects not freed from threading._active map  (2004-12-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1089632  closed by  bcannon

Mac Library Modules 1.1.1 Bad Info  (2004-12-14)
       http://python.org/sf/1085300  closed by  bcannon

minor bug in what's new > decorators  (2004-12-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1091302  closed by  montanaro

A large block of commands after an "if" cannot be   (2003-03-28)
       http://python.org/sf/711268  closed by  bcannon

Failed assert in stringobject.c  (2003-05-14)
       http://python.org/sf/737947  closed by  facundobatista

DESTROOTed frameworkinstall fails  (2004-12-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1091468  closed by  jackjansen

nturl2path.url2pathname() mishandles ///  (2002-12-07)
       http://python.org/sf/649961  closed by  mike_j_brown

No need to fix  (2004-12-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1091634  closed by  mwh

2.4a3: unhelpful error message from distutils  (2004-09-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1021756  closed by  effbot

BuildApplication includes many unneeded modules  (2004-12-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1076492  closed by  jackjansen

slice [0:] default is len-1 not len  (2004-12-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1092240  closed by  jlgijsbers

truncated gzip file triggers zlibmodule segfault  (2004-12-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1083110  closed by  akuchling

os.ttyname() accepts wrong arguments  (2004-12-07)
       http://python.org/sf/1080713  closed by  akuchling

New / Reopened RFE
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Distutils needs a way *not* to install files  (2004-12-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1092365  opened by  Mike Orr