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ACTIVITY SUMMARY (08/29/08 - 09/05/08)
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 2023 open (+35) / 13586 closed (+21) / 15609 total (+56)

Open issues with patches:   642

Average duration of open issues: 710 days.
Median duration of open issues: 1765 days.

Open Issues Breakdown
   open  2009 (+35)
pending    14 ( +0)

Issues Created Or Reopened (57)
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Misleading names for multiprocessing "convenience" functions     09/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3589    reopened jnoller                   
       needs review                                                            

import warning in multiprocessing                                08/29/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3731    created  pitrou                    
                                                                               

bdist_msi gives a deprecation warning when run with Python 2.6   08/29/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3732    created  lemburg                   
       patch, easy, needs review                                               

Adding bin and Scripts folder into PATH                          08/29/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3733    created  tarek                     
                                                                               

subclassing complex                                              08/29/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3734    created  gumtree                   
                                                                               

allow multiple threads to efficiently send the same requests to  08/29/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3735    created  DavidDecotigny            
                                                                               

super is a built-in type                                         08/29/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3736    created  tarek                     
                                                                               

An error in Python Library Reference document                    08/30/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3737    created  zouzhile                  
                                                                               

logging.Handler.close does something                             08/30/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3738    created  LambertDW                 
                                                                               

unicode-internal encoder reports wrong length                    08/30/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3739    created  doerwalter                
                                                                               

PEP 3121 --- module state is not nul-initalized as claimed in th 08/30/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3740    created  _doublep                  
                                                                               

DISTUTILS_USE_SDK set causes msvc9compiler.py to raise an except 08/31/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3741    created  TBBle                     
       patch                                                                   

Parsing XML file with Unicode characters causes problem          08/31/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3742    created  jaylogan                  
                                                                               

PY_FORMAT_SIZE_T is not for PyString_FromFormat                  08/31/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3743    created  amaury.forgeotdarc        
       patch, needs review                                                     

make altinstall installs pydoc instead of pydoc3.0               09/01/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3744    created  kune                      
                                                                               

_sha256 et al. encode to UTF-8 by default                        09/01/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3745    created  hagen                     
                                                                               

Sphinx producing duplicate id attributes, HTML fails validation. 09/01/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3746    created  gjhiggins                 
                                                                               

Fix caching in ABCMeta.__subclasscheck__                         09/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3747    created  ncoghlan                  
       patch, patch, needs review                                              

platform.architecture() prints bogus message on windows          09/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3748    created  ocean-city                
       patch                                                                   

incrementalencoder and incrementalencoder                        09/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3749    created  mft                       
                                                                               

test_bsddb3 skipped -- cannot import name test_support           09/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3750    created  pitrou                    
                                                                               

str.rpartition fails silently with unicode argument              09/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3751    created  forest_atq                
       patch                                                                   

test_bsddb broken                                                09/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3752    created  pitrou                    
                                                                               

bytearray incompatible with y#                                   09/01/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3753    created  Frostburn                 
                                                                               

minimal cross-compilation support for configure                  09/01/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3754    created  rpetrov                   
       patch                                                                   

Lists propagate through new instances of class if using append   09/02/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3755    created  supernova_hq              
                                                                               

re.escape() does not work with bytes()                           09/02/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3756    created  andrewmcnamara            
                                                                               

threading.local doesn't support cyclic garbage collecting        09/02/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3757    created  pitrou                    
                                                                               

"make check" suggest a testing target under GNU coding standards 09/02/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3758    created  ralph.corderoy            
                                                                               

test_asyncore.py leaks handle                                    09/02/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3759    created  ocean-city                
       patch, easy                                                             

PEP 3121 --- PyType_Copy is missing                              09/02/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3760    created  _doublep                  
                                                                               

urllib.request and urllib.response cannot handle HTTP1.1 chunked 09/02/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3761    created  chrisleow                 
                                                                               

platform.architecture() fails if python is lanched via its symbo 09/03/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3762    created  ocean-city                
       patch, easy                                                             

Python 3.0 beta 2 : json and urllib not working together?        09/03/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3763    created  swaroopch                 
                                                                               

asyncore differences between 2.x and 3.x                         09/03/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3764    created  giampaolo.rodola          
                                                                               

[patch] allow mmap take file offset as argument                  09/03/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3765    created  chrisl                    
                                                                               

socket.socket.recv broken (unbearably slow)                      09/03/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3766    created  thorben                   
                                                                               

tkColorChooser may fail if no color is selected                  09/03/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3767    created  gpolo                     
       patch                                                                   

Move test_py3kwarn over to new catch_warnings API                09/03/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3768    created  brett.cannon              
       patch, patch, needs review                                              

Deprecate bsddb for removal in 3.0                               09/03/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3769    created  brett.cannon              
       patch, patch, needs review                                              

test_multiprocessing fails on systems with HAVE_SEM_OPEN=0       09/04/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3770    created  djmdjm                    
                                                                               

test_httpservers intermittent failure                            09/04/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3771    created  djmdjm                    
                                                                               

logging module fails with non-ascii data                         09/04/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3772    created  mhammond                  
       patch                                                                   

Check for errors when using PyTokenizer_FindEncoding()           09/04/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3773    created  brett.cannon              
       patch                                                                   

tkinter Menu.delete bug                                          09/04/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3774    created  skomoroh                  
       patch, easy, needs review                                               

Update RELNOTES file                                             09/04/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3775    created  barry                     
                                                                               

deprecate bsddb/dbhash in 2.6 for removal in 3.0                 09/04/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3776    created  brett.cannon              
       patch, patch, needs review                                              

PyNumber_Long fails from Float                                   09/04/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3777    created  barry-scott               
                                                                               

python uninstaller leave registry entries                        09/04/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3778    created  donovaly                  
                                                                               

log into bugs.python.org requires cookies                        09/04/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3779    created  donovaly                  
                                                                               

No way to write unit tests for warnings                          09/04/08
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue3780    created  exarkun                   
                                                                               

warnings.catch_warnings fails gracelessly when recording warning 09/04/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3781    created  exarkun                   
       patch, needs review                                                     

os.write accepts unicode strings                                 09/04/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3782    created  pitrou                    
                                                                               

dbm.sqlite proof of concept                                      09/04/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3783    created  skip.montanaro            
       patch                                                                   

Incorrect compiler options used for cc of Sun Studio 12          09/05/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3784    created  mschmarck                 
                                                                               

Can't build ctypes of Python 2.5.2 with Sun Studio 12            09/05/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3785    created  mschmarck                 
                                                                               

_curses, _curses_panel & _multiprocessing can't be build in 2.6b 09/05/08
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3786    created  mschmarck                 
                                                                               



Issues Now Closed (67)
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LookupError: unknown encoding: X-MAC-JAPANESE                     322 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue1276    josm                      
       patch                                                                   

New SSL module doesn't seem to verify hostname against commonNam  269 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue1589    heikki                    
                                                                               

"RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration" in Tkin  260 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue1658    gpolo                     
       patch                                                                   

__eq__ / __hash__ check doesn't take inheritance into account       3 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue2235    ncoghlan                  
       patch                                                                   

Update What's new in 2.6                                          172 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue2305    facundobatista            
                                                                               

Clean up getargs.c and its formatting possibilities               170 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue2322    barry                     
                                                                               

xml.sax.parser() doesn't terminate when given a filename          160 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue2501    benjamin.peterson         
       patch                                                                   

Cannot use non-ascii letters in disutils if setuptools is used.   150 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue2562    lemburg                   
       patch                                                                   

Update interface of weakref dictionaries                          102 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue2965    barry                     
       patch                                                                   

VS8 include dirs grow without bound                                99 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue2975    jkleckner                 
       patch                                                                   

Building a Win32 binary installer crashes                          75 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3160    pitrou                    
       patch, needs review                                                     

Deficiencies in multiprocessing/threading API                      50 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3352    ncoghlan                  
       patch, needs review                                                     

multiprocessing module is racy                                     45 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3419    jnoller                   
       patch, needs review                                                     

In function call, keyword arguments could follow *args             35 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3473    amaury.forgeotdarc        
       patch                                                                   

New Global Module Index glitch on WinXP                            25 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3520    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

Glitch in eval() doc                                               14 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3569    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

Interpreter name: python vs. python-3.0                            13 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3577    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

Misleading names for multiprocessing "convenience" functions        1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3589    ncoghlan                  
       needs review                                                            

sax.parser considers XML as text rather than bytes                 16 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3590    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

PyTokenizer_FindEncoding() never succeeds                          16 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3594    brett.cannon              
       patch, needs review                                                     

Move test.test_suport.catch_warning() to the 'warnings' module     13 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3602    brett.cannon              
       patch                                                                   

test_multiprocessing failure (Unserializable message)              15 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3607    jnoller                   
                                                                               

2to3 refactoring                                                   12 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3637    benjamin.peterson         
       patch, needs review                                                     

segfaults calling warnings.warn() with non-string message          11 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3639    brett.cannon              
       patch                                                                   

segfault calling sys.excepthook with non-Exception argument         9 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3653    georg.brandl              
       patch, needs review                                                     

Reloading an extension module always leaks                         10 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3667    benjamin.peterson         
       patch, needs review                                                     

"s*" argument parser marker leaks memory                            5 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3668    pitrou                    
       patch, needs review                                                     

bsddb module leaks memory                                          10 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3673    jcea                      
       patch, patch                                                            

compilation --without-threads fails                                 7 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3683    benjamin.peterson         
       patch, needs review                                                     

Source tarball for Sphinx 0.4.3 missing                             3 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3695    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

Error parsing arguments on OpenBSD <= 4.4                           8 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3696    pitrou                    
       patch, needs review                                                     

"Fatal Python error: Cannot recover from stack overflow" on Wind    7 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3697    pitrou                    
       patch, needs review                                                     

open() on directory raises IOError with unhelpful message           5 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3703    benjamin.peterson         
       patch, needs review                                                     

help('finally') behaves bizarrely                                   3 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3707    georg.brandl              
       patch, easy, needs review                                               

os.urandom(1.1): infinite loop                                      5 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3708    gregory.p.smith           
       patch, easy                                                             

memoryview leaks references                                         4 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3712    pitrou                    
       patch                                                                   

hashlib's docstring throws exception in pydoc                       3 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3715    gregory.p.smith           
       easy                                                                    

mistake in 3.4.2 Customizing attribute access                       2 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3716    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

platform.py: _syscmd_file() can't handle target path with	space     5 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3719    jfdp                      
       patch                                                                   

invalid literal for int() with base 16: ''                          7 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3721    amaury.forgeotdarc        
                                                                               

Allow ',<whitespace>' delimiters in logging.config.fileConfig()     5 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3726    vsajip                    
       patch                                                                   

Update BaseHTTPServer docs                                          1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3730    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

import warning in multiprocessing                                   3 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3731    pitrou                    
                                                                               

bdist_msi gives a deprecation warning when run with Python 2.6      3 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3732    ocean-city                
       patch, easy, needs review                                               

Adding bin and Scripts folder into PATH                             4 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3733    amaury.forgeotdarc        
                                                                               

An error in Python Library Reference document                       0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3737    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

logging.Handler.close does something                                2 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3738    vsajip                    
                                                                               

Fix caching in ABCMeta.__subclasscheck__                            1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3747    ncoghlan                  
       patch, patch, needs review                                              

platform.architecture() prints bogus message on windows             1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3748    ocean-city                
       patch                                                                   

incrementalencoder and incrementalencoder                           0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3749    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

test_bsddb3 skipped -- cannot import name test_support              0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3750    jcea                      
                                                                               

str.rpartition fails silently with unicode argument                 0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3751    amaury.forgeotdarc        
       patch                                                                   

test_bsddb broken                                                   2 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3752    jcea                      
                                                                               

bytearray incompatible with y#                                      0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3753    georg.brandl              
                                                                               

Lists propagate through new instances of class if using append      0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3755    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

test_asyncore.py leaks handle                                       2 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3759    ocean-city                
       patch, easy                                                             

platform.architecture() fails if python is lanched via its symbo    1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3762    ocean-city                
       patch, easy                                                             

Move test_py3kwarn over to new catch_warnings API                   0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3768    brett.cannon              
       patch, patch, needs review                                              

Deprecate bsddb for removal in 3.0                                  2 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3769    barry                     
       patch, patch, needs review                                              

logging module fails with non-ascii data                            0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3772    vsajip                    
       patch                                                                   

Check for errors when using PyTokenizer_FindEncoding()              1 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3773    amaury.forgeotdarc        
       patch                                                                   

log into bugs.python.org requires cookies                           0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3779    benjamin.peterson         
                                                                               

No way to write unit tests for warnings                             0 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue3780    brett.cannon              
                                                                               

socket-module SSL is broken                                      2412 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue508944  janssen                   
                                                                               

relocate cgi.parse_qs() into urlparse                            2200 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue600362  facundobatista            
       patch                                                                   

New class special method lookup change                           2106 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue643841  ncoghlan                  
       patch                                                                   

SSLObject breaks read semantics                                  1086 days
       http://bugs.python.org/issue1291446 ellisj                    
                                                                               



Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
______________________________

 17 Deprecate bsddb for removal in 3.0                                 2 days
closed  http://bugs.python.org/issue3769   

 17 segfault in for loop with evil iterator                            7 days
open    http://bugs.python.org/issue3720   

 13 Deficiencies in multiprocessing/threading API                     50 days
closed  http://bugs.python.org/issue3352   

 12 reference leaks in 3.0                                            12 days
open    http://bugs.python.org/issue3660   

 10 platform.py: _syscmd_file() can't handle target path with	space    5 days
closed  http://bugs.python.org/issue3719   

 10 Misleading names for multiprocessing "convenience" functions       1 days
closed  http://bugs.python.org/issue3589   

  9 Check for errors when using PyTokenizer_FindEncoding()             1 days
closed  http://bugs.python.org/issue3773   

  8 dbm.sqlite proof of concept                                        1 days
open    http://bugs.python.org/issue3783   

  8 Precompute range length                                          133 days
open    http://bugs.python.org/issue2690   

  7 No way to write unit tests for warnings                            0 days
closed  http://bugs.python.org/issue3780   





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