Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches :  280 open ( +7) /  2747 closed ( +1) /  3027 total ( +8)
Bugs    :  803 open ( +6) /  4799 closed (+10) /  5602 total (+16)
RFE     :  167 open ( +1) /   141 closed ( +0) /   308 total ( +1)

New / Reopened Patches
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tarfile.ExFileObject iterators  (2005-01-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1107973  opened by  Mitch Chapman

Allow slicing of any iterator by default  (2005-01-24)
       http://python.org/sf/1108272  opened by  Nick Coghlan

fix .split() separator doc, update .rsplit() docs  (2005-01-24)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1108303  opened by  Wummel

type conversion methods and subclasses  (2005-01-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1109424  opened by  Walter Dörwald

distutils dry-run breaks when attempting to bytecompile  (2005-01-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1109658  opened by  Anthony Baxter

patch for idlelib  (2005-01-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1110205  opened by  sowjanya

patch for gzip.GzipFile.flush()  (2005-01-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1110248  opened by  David Schnepper

HEAD/PUT/DELETE support for urllib2.py  (2005-01-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1111653  opened by  Terrel Shumway

Patches Closed
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fix .split() maxsplit doc, update .rsplit() docs  (2005-01-24)
       http://python.org/sf/1108303  closed by  rhettinger

New / Reopened Bugs
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"\0" not listed as a valid escape in the lang reference  (2005-01-24)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1108060  opened by  Andrew Bennetts

broken link in tkinter docs  (2005-01-24)
       http://python.org/sf/1108490  opened by  Ilya Sandler

Cookie.py produces invalid code  (2005-01-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1108948  opened by  Simon Dahlbacka

idle freezes when run over ssh  (2005-01-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1108992  opened by  Mark Poolman

Time module missing from latest module index  (2005-01-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1109523  opened by  Skip Montanaro

Need some setup.py sanity  (2005-01-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1109602  opened by  Skip Montanaro

distutils argument parsing is bogus  (2005-01-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1109659  opened by  Anthony Baxter

bdist_wininst ignores build_lib from build command  (2005-01-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1109963  opened by  Anthony Tuininga

Cannot ./configure on FC3 with gcc 3.4.2  (2005-01-26)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1110007  opened by  Paul Watson

recursion core dumps  (2005-01-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1110055  opened by  Jacob Engelbrecht

gzip.GzipFile.flush() does not flush all internal buffers  (2005-01-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1110242  opened by  David Schnepper

os.environ.update doesn't work  (2005-01-27)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1110478  opened by  June Kim

list comprehension scope  (2005-01-27)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1110705  opened by  Simon Dahlbacka

RLock logging mispells "success"  (2005-01-27)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1110998  opened by  Matthew Bogosian

csv reader barfs encountering quote when quote_none is set  (2005-01-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1111100  opened by  washington irving

tkSimpleDialog broken on MacOS X (Aqua Tk)  (2005-01-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1111130  opened by  Russell Owen

Bugs Closed
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bug with idle's stdout when executing load_source  (2005-01-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1105950  closed by  kbk

"\0" not listed as a valid escape in the lang reference  (2005-01-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1108060  closed by  tim_one

Undocumented implicit strip() in split(None) string method  (2005-01-19)
       http://python.org/sf/1105286  closed by  rhettinger

split() takes no keyword arguments  (2005-01-21)
       http://python.org/sf/1106694  closed by  rhettinger

Cannot ./configure on FC3 with gcc 3.4.2  (2005-01-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1110007  closed by  loewis

os.environ.update doesn't work  (2005-01-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1110478  closed by  loewis

Scripts started with CGIHTTPServer: missing cgi environment  (2005-01-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1100235  closed by  loewis

list comprehension scope  (2005-01-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1110705  closed by  rhettinger

RLock logging mispells "success"  (2005-01-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1110998  closed by  bcannon

README of 2.4 source download says 2.4a3  (2005-01-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1106057  closed by  loewis

New / Reopened RFE
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'attrmap' function, attrmap(x)['attname'] = x.attname  (2005-01-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1110010  opened by  Gregory Smith