Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches :  404 open ( +0) /  3855 closed ( +8) /  4259 total ( +8)
Bugs    : 1065 open ( +6) /  6790 closed ( +6) /  7855 total (+12)
RFE     :  263 open ( +0) /   295 closed ( +0) /   558 total ( +0)

New / Reopened Patches
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MSVC++8 x86 tkinter build patch for trunk  (2007-08-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1767787  opened by  brotchie

test_asyncore fix  (2007-08-05)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1767834  opened by  Hasan Diwan

Fix for failing test_scriptpackages in py3k-struni  (2007-08-07)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1768976  opened by  Antti Rasinen

Fix for failing test_plistlib in py3k-struni  (2007-08-07)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1769016  opened by  brotchie

struni: test_xml_etree_c  (2007-08-08)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1769767  opened by  Joe Gregorio

Remove cStringIO usage  (2007-08-08)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1770008  reopened by  tiran

Remove cStringIO usage  (2007-08-08)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1770008  opened by  Christian Heimes

ctypes: c_char now uses bytes and not str (unicode)  (2007-08-08)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1770355  opened by  STINNER Victor

Misc improvements for the io module  (2007-08-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1771364  opened by  Christian Heimes

Patches Closed
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test_asyncore fix  (2007-08-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1767834  closed by  gvanrossum

test_csv struni fixes + unicode support in _csv  (2007-08-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1767398  closed by  gvanrossum

urllib2-howto - correction  (2007-08-02)
       http://python.org/sf/1765839  closed by  gbrandl

Fix for failing test_scriptpackages in py3k-struni  (2007-08-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1768976  closed by  nnorwitz

Fix for failing test_plistlib in py3k-struni  (2007-08-07)
       http://python.org/sf/1769016  closed by  gvanrossum

struni: test_xml_etree_c  (2007-08-07)
       http://python.org/sf/1769767  closed by  nnorwitz

Remove cStringIO usage  (2007-08-08)
       http://python.org/sf/1770008  closed by  gvanrossum

Remove cStringIO usage  (2007-08-08)
       http://python.org/sf/1770008  closed by  gvanrossum

ctypes: c_char now uses bytes and not str (unicode)  (2007-08-08)
       http://python.org/sf/1770355  closed by  haypo

New / Reopened Bugs
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SocketServer.DatagramRequestHandler  (2007-08-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1767511  opened by  Alzheimer

Badly formed XML using etree and utf-16  (2007-08-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1767933  opened by  BugoK

Byte code WITH_CLEANUP missing, MAKE_CLOSURE wrong  (2007-08-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1768121  opened by  L. Peter Deutsch

tutorial  (2007-08-06)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1768767  opened by  Michael R Bax

Python - Operation time out problem   (2007-08-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1768858  opened by  MASK

A paragraph about packages should be updated.  (2007-08-07)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1769002  opened by  Noam Raphael

decimal.Decimal("trash") produces informationless exception  (2007-08-08)
       http://python.org/sf/1770009  opened by  John Machin

platform.mac_ver() returning incorrect patch version  (2007-08-08)
       http://python.org/sf/1770190  opened by  Gus Tabares

Decimal.__int__ overflows for large values  (2007-08-08)
       http://python.org/sf/1770416  opened by  Jason G

words able to decode but unable to encode in GB18030  (2007-08-09)
       http://python.org/sf/1770551  opened by  Z-flagship

Errors in site.py not reported properly  (2007-08-09)
       http://python.org/sf/1771260  opened by  Adam Olsen

bsddb can't use unicode keys  (2007-08-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1771381  opened by  Erol Aktay

another 'nothing to repeat'  (2007-08-10)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1771483  opened by  viciousdog

minor bug in turtle  (2007-08-10)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1771558  opened by  Jeremy Sanders

Bugs Closed
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String.capwords() does not capitalize first word  (2007-08-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1767363  closed by  gbrandl

subprocess.Popen.wait fails sporadically with threads  (2007-07-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1754642  closed by  gbrandl

subprocess raising "No Child Process" OSError  (2007-07-14)
       http://python.org/sf/1753891  closed by  gbrandl

tutorial  (2007-08-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1768767  deleted by  mrbax

A paragraph about packages should be updated.  (2007-08-07)
       http://python.org/sf/1769002  closed by  gbrandl

cStringIO no longer accepts array.array objects  (2007-06-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1730114  closed by  gbrandl

another 'nothing to repeat'  (2007-08-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1771483  deleted by  viciousdog

minor bug in turtle  (2007-08-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1771558  closed by  gbrandl