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2341 open (+55) / 14813 closed (+27) / 17154 total (+82)
Open issues with patches: 817
Average duration of open issues: 656 days.
Median duration of open issues: 393 days.
Open Issues Breakdown
open 2315 (+55)
pending 26 ( +0)
Issues Created Or Reopened (84)
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Document __instancecheck__ and __subclasscheck__ 02/13/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5250 created tjreedy
contextlib.nested inconsistent with, well, nested with statement 02/13/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5251 created jwp
2to3 should detect and delete import of removed statvfs module 02/13/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5252 created sjt
os.environ.get() doesn't handle default value 02/13/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5253 created marystern
Formatting error in "findertools" header 02/13/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5254 created adamvan
unicode support with os.readlink() 02/13/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5255 created scudette
rlcompleter adds builtins when custom dict is used 02/14/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5256 created armandas
test_zipfle and test_distutils write in the test directories 02/14/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5257 created tarek
addpackage in site.py fails hard on badly formed .pth files 02/14/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5258 created jwheare
smtplib is broken in Python3 02/14/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5259 created miwa
longobject.c: minor fixes, cleanups and optimizations 02/14/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5260 created marketdickinson
patch
with lock fails on multiprocessing 02/14/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5261 created stepheng.lynch
patch
PythonLauncher considered harmfull 02/14/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5262 created ronaldoussoren
Error printing UTF-8 decoded text 02/14/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5263 created grace
StringIO failure when reading a chunk of text without newlines 02/14/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5264 created pitrou
StringIO can duplicate newlines in universal newlines mode 02/14/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5265 created pitrou
StringIO.read(n) does not enforce requested size in newline mode 02/14/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5266 created pitrou
Subversion problem with PythonLauncher after building 3.0 or 3.1 02/15/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5267 created MLModel
VMSError not documented in Doc/library/exceptions.rst 02/15/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5268 created MLModel
OS X Installer: add options to specify universal build type and 02/15/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5269 created nad
OS X installer: faulty Python.app bundle inside of framework 02/15/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5270 created nad
OS X installer: build can fail on import checks 02/15/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5271 created nad
OS X installer: fix makefile target changed for 3.x 02/15/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5272 created nad
3.0.1 crashes in unicode path 02/15/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5273 created miwa
patch
sys.exc_info()[1] - different handling from str() and unicode() 02/15/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5274 created vbr
BaseCookie.load doesn't create Morsel objects for mappings 02/15/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5275 created eggy
IDLE startup file .Idle.py not documented 02/15/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5276 created MLModel
email message.get_params() and related methods sometimes fail. 02/16/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5277 created msapiro
patch
optparse documentation example 02/16/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5278 created orsenthil
2to3 mishandles some imports 02/16/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5279 created jwilk
PyBytes_InternInPlace is missing in bytesobject.h 02/16/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5280 created rsms
Slight inconsistency in documentation appearances of RuntimeErro 02/16/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5281 created MLModel
mmap.resize and offset 02/16/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5282 created ocean-city
patch
setting __class__ in __del__ is bad. mmkay. negative ref count! 02/16/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5283 created jwp
patch
platform.linux_distribution() improperly documented 02/16/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5284 created aronacher
easy
hmac throws TypeErrors 02/16/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5285 created kteague
urrlib2 digest authentication problems 02/16/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5286 created En-Cu-Kou
patch
logging package on IronPython 02/18/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5287 reopened vsajip
patch
tzinfo objects with sub-minute offsets are not supported (e.g. U 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5288 created jamesh
ctypes.util.find_library does not work under Solaris 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5289 created kewang
patch
subprocess.Popen.communicate does not encode unicode strings 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5290 created beda
Windows upgrade to 2.6.1 requires 2.6 installer to be present 02/17/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5291 created mkesper
mmap crashes just on boundary. 02/17/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5292 created ocean-city
patch
socket timeouts even in blocking mode 02/17/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5293 created techtonik
pdb "break" command messes up "continue" 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5294 created En-Cu-Kou
turtle.py "dicionary" spelling patch 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5295 created LambertDW
Use of term sequence in Reference 6.3 Assignment Statements 02/17/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5296 created bgailer
Bug in SocketServer Example 02/17/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5297 created zdwiel
Inconsistency in C-API thread docs 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5298 created osvenskan
PyGILState_Ensure()/PyGILState_Release() documentation incomplet 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5299 created osvenskan
Distutils ignores file permissions 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5300 created gsakkis
add mimetype for image/vnd.microsoft.icon (patch) 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5301 created adhintz
patch
Allow package_data globs match directories 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5302 created gsakkis
Use base 2**30 for Python longs, when possible 02/17/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5303 created loewis
email/base64mime.py cannot work 02/18/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5304 created l5g
imaplib should support international mailbox names 02/18/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5305 created jamesh
Python 3.1 won't compile under Visual Studio 2005 02/18/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5306 created rhettinger
patch
Python-3.0.1 install fails on Solaris 02/18/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5307 created prowat
cannot marshal objects with more than 2**31 elements 02/18/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5308 created marketdickinson
setup.py doesn't parallelize extension module compilation 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5309 created pitrou
operator precedence table is wrong 02/19/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5310 created gagenellina
patch
bdist_msi generates version number for pure Python packages 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5311 created bethard
errno not being set 02/19/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5312 created benjamin.peterson
multiprocessing.process using os.close(sys.stdin.fileno) instead 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5313 created grahamd
http client error 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5314 created cober
signal handler never gets called 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5315 created pts
Buildbot failures in test_site 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5316 created pitrou
URL given for IronPython in CPython documentation incorrect 02/19/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5317 created dfugate
strip, rstrip & lstrip bug 02/19/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5318 created alexlc
I/O error during one-liner fails to return OS error status 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5319 created mkc
I/O error during one-liner gives bad diagnostic (and fails to re 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5320 created mkc
I/O error during one-liner gives no (!) diagnostic (and fails to 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5321 created mkc
Python 2.6 object.__new__ argument calling autodetection faulty 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5322 created aronacher
document expected/required behavior of 3.x io subsystem with res 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5323 created bitdancer
__subclasses__ undocumented 02/19/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5324 created mfoord
"SyntaxError: None" when the name of the dir contains non-ascii 02/20/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5325 created ezio.melotti
Wrong anchors in "What's New in Python 2.5" 02/20/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5326 created ezio.melotti
Broken link in "What's New in Python 2.5" 02/20/09
CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue5327 created ezio.melotti
Crash when doing some list iteration 02/20/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5328 created qwjqwj
os.popen2 and os.popen3 in python 2.6 incompatible with os.popen 02/20/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5329 created jahakala
patch
profile and cProfile do not report C functions called with keywo 02/20/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5330 created hagen
multiprocessing hangs when Pool used within Process 02/20/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue5331 created zzzeek
bdist_deb - Debian packager 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue1054967 reopened tarek
patch
Give __len__() advice for "don't know" 02/17/09
http://bugs.python.org/issue1283110 reopened rhettinger
Issues Now Closed (103)
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Problem with doctest and decorated functions 529 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1108 stevenjd
setp.py error "The process cannot access the file ..." 490 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1285 loewis
2.6 stdlib using with statement 388 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1941 exarkun
patch
IRIX: Seg-fault while building tests with gmake on test_xml_etre 375 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue2048 benjamin.peterson
distutils sdist add_defaults does not add data_files 342 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue2279 tarek
test_util.py for distutils 327 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue2461 tarek
patch
test issue 290 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue2771 loewis
Operator precedence misdocumented 184 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue3558 georg.brandl
Obsolete references to PEP 291 in py3k lib 175 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue3676 benjamin.peterson
Undetected error in _struct.pack_into 173 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue3694 ajaksu2
patch
urlparse normalize URL path 117 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue4191 ajaksu2
Distutils MSVC doesn't create manifest file (with fix) 84 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue4431 paxan
patch
Add Mac OS X Disk Images to Python.org homepage 65 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue4627 carlj
failed to build ctypes in Python2.6.1 (even with gcc) 38 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue4902 matumot
name not found in generator in eval() 23 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5044 amaury.forgeotdarc
urllib.open sends full URL after GET command instead of local pa 23 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5072 ajaksu2
patch
getsockaddrarg() casts port number from int to short without any 16 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5104 gregory.p.smith
easy
Default hash not equal to id on AMD Sempron 4 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5169 tjreedy
subprocess leaves open fds on construction error 7 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5179 georg.brandl
Reduce hash collisions for objects with no __hash__ method 5 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5186 rhettinger
patch
Update log message formatting. 10 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5192 vsajip
Documentation for super() neglects to say what super() actually 4 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5229 rhettinger
time.strptime fails to match data and format with Unicode whites 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5240 brett.cannon
eval() function in List Comprehension doesn't work 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5242 georg.brandl
Unhelpful error message with str.format() 7 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5247 eric.smith
patch
Fix strftime on windows. 3 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5249 ocean-city
patch
os.environ.get() doesn't handle default value 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5253 gregory.p.smith
unicode support with os.readlink() 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5255 loewis
longobject.c: minor fixes, cleanups and optimizations 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5260 marketdickinson
patch
Error printing UTF-8 decoded text 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5263 benjamin.peterson
VMSError not documented in Doc/library/exceptions.rst 3 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5268 georg.brandl
optparse documentation example 2 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5278 georg.brandl
2to3 mishandles some imports 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5279 benjamin.peterson
PyBytes_InternInPlace is missing in bytesobject.h 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5280 benjamin.peterson
Slight inconsistency in documentation appearances of RuntimeErro 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5281 benjamin.peterson
mmap.resize and offset 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5282 ocean-city
patch
platform.linux_distribution() improperly documented 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5284 lemburg
easy
logging package on IronPython 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5287 vsajip
patch
Windows upgrade to 2.6.1 requires 2.6 installer to be present 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5291 loewis
mmap crashes just on boundary. 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5292 ocean-city
patch
socket timeouts even in blocking mode 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5293 gregory.p.smith
Use of term sequence in Reference 6.3 Assignment Statements 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5296 georg.brandl
Bug in SocketServer Example 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5297 georg.brandl
Use base 2**30 for Python longs, when possible 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5303 loewis
Python 3.1 won't compile under Visual Studio 2005 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5306 amaury.forgeotdarc
patch
Python-3.0.1 install fails on Solaris 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5307 loewis
operator precedence table is wrong 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5310 georg.brandl
patch
errno not being set 1 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5312 benjamin.peterson
URL given for IronPython in CPython documentation incorrect 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5317 georg.brandl
strip, rstrip & lstrip bug 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5318 ajaksu2
"SyntaxError: None" when the name of the dir contains non-ascii 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5325 ocean-city
Wrong anchors in "What's New in Python 2.5" 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5326 georg.brandl
Broken link in "What's New in Python 2.5" 0 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue5327 georg.brandl
Expose FinderInfo in FSCatalogInfo 2162 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue706585 ronaldoussoren
patch
Crbon.File.FSSpec should accept non-existing pathnames 2162 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue706592 ronaldoussoren
getpath.c-generated prefix wrong for Tru64 scripts 2127 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue727732 ajaksu2
complex pow() crash on Alpha 2071 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue756093 marketdickinson
OSX 'freeze' bug 2040 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue775340 ajaksu2
Carbon.Snd module SPB constructor shadowed 2036 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue776533 ronaldoussoren
socket.makefile() isn't compatible with marshal/cPickle/etc 2031 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue780354 ajaksu2
aetools.TalkTo methods can be obscured 1983 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue806149 ronaldoussoren
SCO_SV: many modules cannot be imported 1969 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue815753 ajaksu2
[2.3.2] bz2 test failure on AIX 4.3.2, Tru64 UNIX 1935 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue835176 ajaksu2
Differentiation between Builtins and extension classes 1920 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue841461 loewis
patch
Can't send Apple Events without WindowServer connection 1905 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue852150 ronaldoussoren
Carbon.CF.CFURLRef should be easier to create 1903 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue853656 ronaldoussoren
Configurable SSL handshake 1903 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue854918 ajaksu2
Quicktime missing funcitonality 1873 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue869649 ronaldoussoren
How to pass the proxy server use socket 1870 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue872815 ajaksu2
add support for installations compiled for debugging 1865 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue875654 ajaksu2
Add a console window for Carbon MacPython applets 1859 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue878560 ronaldoussoren
Improving MacPython's IAC support 1798 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue916013 benjamin.peterson
Fix for #876637 - Random stack corruption from socketmodule 1710 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue970288 ajaksu2
patch
test_signal sucks 1711 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue971330 benjamin.peterson
Slice indexes passed to __getitem__ are wrapped 1705 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue974635 brett.cannon
tp_(get|set)attro? inheritance bug 1702 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue975646 benjamin.peterson
hotspot.stats.load is very slow 1688 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue984219 benjamin.peterson
Does not build selected SGI specific modules 1669 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue995458 tjreedy
TclError with intel's hypertheading 1673 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue995956 ajaksu2
hotspot profiler does not work correctly on P4 CPUs with HT 1663 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1001150 ajaksu2
PyDoc does not support ZIP 1641 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1011894 ajaksu2
os.stat errors when using shared drive on XP or NT 1615 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1027570 ocean-city
Extend Shelf to support unicode keys 1600 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1036490 loewis
compile error with stlport 1590 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1044299 brett.cannon
subprocess.Popen feature request 1522 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1085861 benjamin.peterson
Enhance tracebacks and stack traces with vars 1500 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1098732 skip.montanaro
patch
csv reader barfs encountering quote when quote_none is set 1484 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1111100 ajaksu2
__getattr__ and __setattr__ methods for modules 1445 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1156499 georg.brandl
2.4 crashes when try to exit app and mulitple threads active 1442 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1159425 amaury.forgeotdarc
ConfigParser alternative key-value delimitier 1431 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1165404 ajaksu2
patch
PySys_WriteStderr() -> WaitForSingleObject() hangs system 1426 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1169108 tjreedy
Install fail code 2932 after fail to copy python_icon.exe 1429 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1169633 ajaksu2
comma separated cookie values 1364 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1210326 ajaksu2
LINKCC->CXX, -ltermcap->-lncurses 1349 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1216923 ajaksu2
patch
platform.processor() could be smarter 1326 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1231081 lemburg
pdb 'next' does not skip list comprehension 1297 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1248119 benjamin.peterson
Fail codecs.lookup() on 'mbcs' and 'tactis' 1292 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1251921 haypo
precompiled code and nameError. 1280 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1261714 benjamin.peterson
random module - Provider DLL failed to initialize correctly 1156 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1384175 ssb22
Comma not allowed at the end of argument list for **argument 933 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1531016 benjamin.peterson
Seg fault in readline call. 770 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1630794 benjamin.peterson
Problems with urllib2 read() 706 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1682241 ajaksu2
unable to serialize Infinity or NaN on ARM using marshal 567 days
http://bugs.python.org/issue1762561 marketdickinson
patch
Top Issues Most Discussed (10)
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44 Use 30-bit digits instead of 15-bit digits for Python integers. 108 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue4258
14 Rewrite the IO stack in C 76 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue4565
13 distutils sdist add_defaults does not add data_files 342 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue2279
9 socket timeouts even in blocking mode 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue5293
9 Fix strftime on windows. 3 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue5249
9 Unhelpful error message with str.format() 7 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue5247
8 Python 3.1 won't compile under Visual Studio 2005 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue5306
8 logging package on IronPython 1 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue5287
8 clean up Solaris port and allow C99 extension modules 578 days
open http://bugs.python.org/issue1759169
7 Enhance tracebacks and stack traces with vars 1500 days
closed http://bugs.python.org/issue1098732