[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

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Fri Jun 29 18:07:13 CEST 2012 

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2012-06-22 - 2012-06-29)
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Issues counts and deltas:
  open    3485 ( +3)
  closed 23515 (+80)
  total  27000 (+83)

Open issues with patches: 1456 


Issues opened (54)
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#11728: mbox parser incorrect behaviour
http://bugs.python.org/issue11728  reopened by petri.lehtinen

#15034: Devguide should document best practices for stdlib exceptions
http://bugs.python.org/issue15034  reopened by r.david.murray

#15140: PEP 384 inconsistent with implementation
http://bugs.python.org/issue15140  opened by pitrou

#15141: IDLE horizontal scroll bar missing (Win-XPsp3)
http://bugs.python.org/issue15141  opened by NyteHawk

#15144: Possible integer overflow in operations with addresses and siz
http://bugs.python.org/issue15144  opened by storchaka

#15145: Faster *_find_max_char
http://bugs.python.org/issue15145  opened by storchaka

#15147: Remove packaging from the stdlib
http://bugs.python.org/issue15147  opened by pitrou

#15148: shutil.which() docstring could be clearer
http://bugs.python.org/issue15148  opened by tshepang

#15151: Documentation for Signature, Parameter and signature in inspec
http://bugs.python.org/issue15151  opened by ncoghlan

#15152: test_subprocess fqailures on awfully slow builtbots
http://bugs.python.org/issue15152  opened by neologix

#15158: Add support for multi-character delimiters in csv
http://bugs.python.org/issue15158  opened by ramchandra.apte

#15163: pydoc displays __loader__ as module data
http://bugs.python.org/issue15163  opened by pitrou

#15165: test_email: failure on Windows
http://bugs.python.org/issue15165  opened by skrah

#15166: Implement imp.get_tag() using sys.implementation
http://bugs.python.org/issue15166  opened by brett.cannon

#15167: Re-implement imp.get_magic() in pure Python
http://bugs.python.org/issue15167  opened by brett.cannon

#15168: Move importlib.test to test.importlib
http://bugs.python.org/issue15168  opened by brett.cannon

#15169: Clear C code under PyImport_ExecCodeModuleObject()
http://bugs.python.org/issue15169  opened by brett.cannon

#15170: Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (2.7)
http://bugs.python.org/issue15170  opened by skrah

#15171: Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (3.2)
http://bugs.python.org/issue15171  opened by skrah

#15172: Document nasm-2.10.01 as required version for openssl
http://bugs.python.org/issue15172  opened by skrah

#15174: amd64\python_d.exe -m test fails
http://bugs.python.org/issue15174  opened by skrah

#15175: pydoc -k zip throws segmentation fault
http://bugs.python.org/issue15175  opened by shank

#15178: Doctest should handle situations when test files are not reada
http://bugs.python.org/issue15178  opened by bkabrda

#15180: Cryptic traceback from os.path.join when mixing str & bytes
http://bugs.python.org/issue15180  opened by ncoghlan

#15182: find_library_file() should try to link
http://bugs.python.org/issue15182  opened by jdemeyer

#15183: it should be made clear that the statement in the --setup opti
http://bugs.python.org/issue15183  opened by tshepang

#15184: Test failure in test_sysconfig_module
http://bugs.python.org/issue15184  opened by georg.brandl

#15185: Validate callbacks in 'contextlib.ExitStack.callback()'
http://bugs.python.org/issue15185  opened by Yury.Selivanov

#15186: Support os.walk(dir_fd=)
http://bugs.python.org/issue15186  opened by larry

#15188: test_ldshared_value failure on OS X using python.org Pythons
http://bugs.python.org/issue15188  opened by ned.deily

#15189: tkinter.messagebox does not use the application's icon
http://bugs.python.org/issue15189  opened by mark

#15191: tkinter convenience dialogs don't use themed widgets
http://bugs.python.org/issue15191  opened by mark

#15192: test_bufio failures on Win64 buildbot
http://bugs.python.org/issue15192  opened by pitrou

#15194: libffi-3.0.11 update
http://bugs.python.org/issue15194  opened by doko

#15195: test_distutils fails when ARCHFLAGS is set on a Mac
http://bugs.python.org/issue15195  opened by Marc.Abramowitz

#15197: test_gettext failure on Win64 buildbot
http://bugs.python.org/issue15197  opened by pitrou

#15198: multiprocessing Pipe send of non-picklable objects doesn't rai
http://bugs.python.org/issue15198  opened by Ian.Bell

#15199: Default mimetype for javascript should be application/javascri
http://bugs.python.org/issue15199  opened by bkabrda

#15200: Faster os.walk
http://bugs.python.org/issue15200  opened by storchaka

#15201: C argument errors and Python arguments error are different
http://bugs.python.org/issue15201  opened by ramchandra.apte

#15202: followlinks/follow_symlinks/symlinks flags unification
http://bugs.python.org/issue15202  opened by storchaka

#15204: Deprecate the 'U' open mode
http://bugs.python.org/issue15204  opened by storchaka

#15205: distutils dereferences symlinks on Mac OS X but not on Linux
http://bugs.python.org/issue15205  opened by olliewalsh

#15206: uuid module falls back to unsuitable RNG
http://bugs.python.org/issue15206  opened by christian.heimes

#15207: mimetypes.read_windows_registry() uses the wrong regkey, creat
http://bugs.python.org/issue15207  opened by dlchambers

#15209: Re-raising exceptions from an expression
http://bugs.python.org/issue15209  opened by Tyler.Crompton

#15210: importlib.__init__ checks for the wrong exception when looking
http://bugs.python.org/issue15210  opened by brett.cannon

#15212: Rename SC_GLOBAL_EXPLICT to SC_GLOBAL_EXPLICIT in compiler mod
http://bugs.python.org/issue15212  opened by Arfrever

#15213: _PyOS_URandom documentation
http://bugs.python.org/issue15213  opened by christian.heimes

#15216: Support setting the encoding on a text stream after creation
http://bugs.python.org/issue15216  opened by ncoghlan

#15220: Reduce parsing overhead in email.feedparser.BufferedSubFile
http://bugs.python.org/issue15220  opened by r.david.murray

#15221: os.path.is*() may return False if path can't be accessed
http://bugs.python.org/issue15221  opened by giampaolo.rodola

#15222: mailbox.mbox writes without end-of-line at the file end.
http://bugs.python.org/issue15222  opened by lilydjwg

#665194: datetime-RFC2822 roundtripping
http://bugs.python.org/issue665194  reopened by belopolsky



Most recent 15 issues with no replies (15)
==========================================

#15212: Rename SC_GLOBAL_EXPLICT to SC_GLOBAL_EXPLICIT in compiler mod
http://bugs.python.org/issue15212

#15210: importlib.__init__ checks for the wrong exception when looking
http://bugs.python.org/issue15210

#15205: distutils dereferences symlinks on Mac OS X but not on Linux
http://bugs.python.org/issue15205

#15201: C argument errors and Python arguments error are different
http://bugs.python.org/issue15201

#15199: Default mimetype for javascript should be application/javascri
http://bugs.python.org/issue15199

#15198: multiprocessing Pipe send of non-picklable objects doesn't rai
http://bugs.python.org/issue15198

#15195: test_distutils fails when ARCHFLAGS is set on a Mac
http://bugs.python.org/issue15195

#15191: tkinter convenience dialogs don't use themed widgets
http://bugs.python.org/issue15191

#15189: tkinter.messagebox does not use the application's icon
http://bugs.python.org/issue15189

#15188: test_ldshared_value failure on OS X using python.org Pythons
http://bugs.python.org/issue15188

#15182: find_library_file() should try to link
http://bugs.python.org/issue15182

#15174: amd64\python_d.exe -m test fails
http://bugs.python.org/issue15174

#15168: Move importlib.test to test.importlib
http://bugs.python.org/issue15168

#15167: Re-implement imp.get_magic() in pure Python
http://bugs.python.org/issue15167

#15163: pydoc displays __loader__ as module data
http://bugs.python.org/issue15163



Most recent 15 issues waiting for review (15)
=============================================

#15220: Reduce parsing overhead in email.feedparser.BufferedSubFile
http://bugs.python.org/issue15220

#15212: Rename SC_GLOBAL_EXPLICT to SC_GLOBAL_EXPLICIT in compiler mod
http://bugs.python.org/issue15212

#15209: Re-raising exceptions from an expression
http://bugs.python.org/issue15209

#15207: mimetypes.read_windows_registry() uses the wrong regkey, creat
http://bugs.python.org/issue15207

#15206: uuid module falls back to unsuitable RNG
http://bugs.python.org/issue15206

#15204: Deprecate the 'U' open mode
http://bugs.python.org/issue15204

#15202: followlinks/follow_symlinks/symlinks flags unification
http://bugs.python.org/issue15202

#15200: Faster os.walk
http://bugs.python.org/issue15200

#15199: Default mimetype for javascript should be application/javascri
http://bugs.python.org/issue15199

#15194: libffi-3.0.11 update
http://bugs.python.org/issue15194

#15186: Support os.walk(dir_fd=)
http://bugs.python.org/issue15186

#15185: Validate callbacks in 'contextlib.ExitStack.callback()'
http://bugs.python.org/issue15185

#15184: Test failure in test_sysconfig_module
http://bugs.python.org/issue15184

#15180: Cryptic traceback from os.path.join when mixing str & bytes
http://bugs.python.org/issue15180

#15178: Doctest should handle situations when test files are not reada
http://bugs.python.org/issue15178



Top 10 most discussed issues (10)
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#1677: Ctrl-C will exit out of Python interpreter in Windows
http://bugs.python.org/issue1677  18 msgs

#10142: Support for SEEK_HOLE/SEEK_DATA
http://bugs.python.org/issue10142  16 msgs

#15030: PyPycLoader can't read cached .pyc files
http://bugs.python.org/issue15030  16 msgs

#444582: Finding programs in PATH, adding shutil.which
http://bugs.python.org/issue444582  16 msgs

#15147: Remove packaging from the stdlib
http://bugs.python.org/issue15147  12 msgs

#15209: Re-raising exceptions from an expression
http://bugs.python.org/issue15209  12 msgs

#15202: followlinks/follow_symlinks/symlinks flags unification
http://bugs.python.org/issue15202  11 msgs

#15206: uuid module falls back to unsuitable RNG
http://bugs.python.org/issue15206  11 msgs

#15133: tkinter.BooleanVar.get() behavior and docstring disagree
http://bugs.python.org/issue15133  10 msgs

#15139: Speed up threading.Condition wakeup
http://bugs.python.org/issue15139  10 msgs



Issues closed (80)
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#3665: Support \u and \U escapes in regexes
http://bugs.python.org/issue3665  closed by pitrou

#4489: shutil.rmtree is vulnerable to a symlink attack
http://bugs.python.org/issue4489  closed by hynek

#5067: Error msg from using wrong quotes in JSON is unhelpful
http://bugs.python.org/issue5067  closed by pitrou

#5346: mailbox._singlefileMailbox.flush doesn't preserve file rights
http://bugs.python.org/issue5346  closed by petri.lehtinen

#5441: Convenience API for timeit.main
http://bugs.python.org/issue5441  closed by ncoghlan

#7360: [mailbox] race: mbox may lose data with concurrent access
http://bugs.python.org/issue7360  closed by petri.lehtinen

#7582: Use ISO timestamp in diff.py
http://bugs.python.org/issue7582  closed by belopolsky

#8916: Move PEP 362 (function signature objects) into inspect
http://bugs.python.org/issue8916  closed by eric.araujo

#9527: Add aware local time support to datetime module
http://bugs.python.org/issue9527  closed by belopolsky

#9559: mailbox.mbox creates new file when adding message to mbox
http://bugs.python.org/issue9559  closed by petri.lehtinen

#10376: ZipFile unzip is unbuffered
http://bugs.python.org/issue10376  closed by pitrou

#10571: "setup.py upload --sign" broken: TypeError: 'str' does not sup
http://bugs.python.org/issue10571  closed by pitrou

#11113: html.entities mapping dicts need updating?
http://bugs.python.org/issue11113  closed by ezio.melotti

#11626: Py_LIMITED_API on windows: unresolved symbol	__imp___PyArg_Par
http://bugs.python.org/issue11626  closed by loewis

#11678: Add support for Arch	Linux to platform.linux_distributions()
http://bugs.python.org/issue11678  closed by python-dev

#12559: gzip.open() needs an optional encoding argument
http://bugs.python.org/issue12559  closed by nadeem.vawda

#13062: Introspection generator and function closure state
http://bugs.python.org/issue13062  closed by python-dev

#13556: When tzinfo.utcoffset is out-of-bounds, the exception message 
http://bugs.python.org/issue13556  closed by belopolsky

#13666: datetime documentation typos
http://bugs.python.org/issue13666  closed by orsenthil

#13685: argparse update help msg  for % signs
http://bugs.python.org/issue13685  closed by orsenthil

#14127: add st_*time_ns fields to os.stat(), add ns keyword to os.*uti
http://bugs.python.org/issue14127  closed by larry

#14226: Expose dict_proxy type from descrobject.c
http://bugs.python.org/issue14226  closed by eric.snow

#14286: xxlimited.obj: unresolved external symbol __imp__PyObject_New
http://bugs.python.org/issue14286  closed by loewis

#14327: replace use of uname in the configury with macros set by AC_CA
http://bugs.python.org/issue14327  closed by doko

#14469: Python 3 documentation links
http://bugs.python.org/issue14469  closed by orsenthil

#14626: os module: use keyword-only arguments for dir_fd and nofollow 
http://bugs.python.org/issue14626  closed by georg.brandl

#14698: test_posix failures - getpwduid()/initgroups()/getgroups()
http://bugs.python.org/issue14698  closed by neologix

#14742: test_tools very slow
http://bugs.python.org/issue14742  closed by mark.dickinson

#14785: Add sys._debugmallocstats()
http://bugs.python.org/issue14785  closed by dmalcolm

#14815: random_seed uses only 32-bits of hash on Win64
http://bugs.python.org/issue14815  closed by larry

#14837: Better SSL errors
http://bugs.python.org/issue14837  closed by pitrou

#14906: rotatingHandler WindowsError
http://bugs.python.org/issue14906  closed by vinay.sajip

#14917: Make os.symlink on Win32 detect if target is directory
http://bugs.python.org/issue14917  closed by larry

#14923: Even faster UTF-8 decoding
http://bugs.python.org/issue14923  closed by mark.dickinson

#15008: PEP 362 "Signature Objects" reference implementation
http://bugs.python.org/issue15008  closed by Yury.Selivanov

#15042: Implemented PyState_AddModule, PyState_RemoveModule
http://bugs.python.org/issue15042  closed by loewis

#15055: dictnotes.txt is out of date
http://bugs.python.org/issue15055  closed by pitrou

#15061: hmac.secure_compare() leaks information about length of string
http://bugs.python.org/issue15061  closed by christian.heimes

#15079: pickle: Possibly misplaced test
http://bugs.python.org/issue15079  closed by pitrou

#15080: Cookie library doesn't parse date properly
http://bugs.python.org/issue15080  closed by terry.reedy

#15102: Fix 64-bit building for buildbot scripts (3.3)
http://bugs.python.org/issue15102  closed by skrah

#15118: uname and other os functions should return a struct sequence i
http://bugs.python.org/issue15118  closed by larry

#15124: _thread.LockType: Optimize lock deletion, acquisition of uncon
http://bugs.python.org/issue15124  closed by pitrou

#15135: HOWTOs doesn't link to "Idioms and Anti-Idioms" article
http://bugs.python.org/issue15135  closed by terry.reedy

#15137: Cleaned source of `cmd` module
http://bugs.python.org/issue15137  closed by terry.reedy

#15138: base64.urlsafe_b64**code are too slow
http://bugs.python.org/issue15138  closed by gvanrossum

#15142: Fix reference leak with types created using PyType_FromSpec
http://bugs.python.org/issue15142  closed by pitrou

#15143: Windows compile errors
http://bugs.python.org/issue15143  closed by georg.brandl

#15146: Implemented PyType_FromSpecWithBases
http://bugs.python.org/issue15146  closed by loewis

#15149: Release Schedule needs updating
http://bugs.python.org/issue15149  closed by georg.brandl

#15150: Windows build does not link
http://bugs.python.org/issue15150  closed by loewis

#15153: Add inspect.getgeneratorlocals
http://bugs.python.org/issue15153  closed by python-dev

#15154: remove "rmdir" argument from os.unlink, add "dir_fd" to os.rmd
http://bugs.python.org/issue15154  closed by larry

#15155: sporadic failure in RecvmsgSCTPStreamTest
http://bugs.python.org/issue15155  closed by neologix

#15156: Refactor HTMLParser.unescape to use html.entities.html5
http://bugs.python.org/issue15156  closed by ezio.melotti

#15157: venvs should include pydoc
http://bugs.python.org/issue15157  closed by python-dev

#15159: Add failover for follow_symlinks and effective_ids where possi
http://bugs.python.org/issue15159  closed by larry

#15160: Add support for MIME header parsing to the new provisional ema
http://bugs.python.org/issue15160  closed by r.david.murray

#15161: add new-style os API to two missing functions
http://bugs.python.org/issue15161  closed by python-dev

#15162: help() says "This is the online help utility." even though it 
http://bugs.python.org/issue15162  closed by python-dev

#15164: add platform.uname() namedtuple interface?
http://bugs.python.org/issue15164  closed by larry

#15173: Copyright/licensing statement in new venv module
http://bugs.python.org/issue15173  closed by python-dev

#15176: Clarify the behavior of listdir(fd) in both code and documenta
http://bugs.python.org/issue15176  closed by larry

#15177: Support os.fwalk(dir_fd=)
http://bugs.python.org/issue15177  closed by larry

#15179: An infinite loop happens when we use SysLogHandler with eventl
http://bugs.python.org/issue15179  closed by python-dev

#15181: importlib.h: suncc warnings
http://bugs.python.org/issue15181  closed by pitrou

#15187: test_shutil does not clean up after itself
http://bugs.python.org/issue15187  closed by larry

#15190: Allow whitespace and comments after line continuation characte
http://bugs.python.org/issue15190  closed by eric.smith

#15193: Exception AttributeError: "'NoneType' object has no attribute
http://bugs.python.org/issue15193  closed by mark.dickinson

#15196: os.path.realpath gets confused when symlinks include '..'
http://bugs.python.org/issue15196  closed by o11c

#15203: Accepting of os functions of (path, dir_fd) pair as argument
http://bugs.python.org/issue15203  closed by ncoghlan

#15208: Uparrow doesn't show previously typed variable or character
http://bugs.python.org/issue15208  closed by ned.deily

#15211: Test
http://bugs.python.org/issue15211  closed by r.david.murray

#15214: list.startswith() and list.remove() fails to catch consecutive
http://bugs.python.org/issue15214  closed by petri.lehtinen

#15215: socket module setblocking and settimeout problem
http://bugs.python.org/issue15215  closed by pitrou

#15217: os.listdir is missing in os.supports_dir_fd
http://bugs.python.org/issue15217  closed by larry

#15218: Check for all necessary dir_fd and follow_symlinks functions
http://bugs.python.org/issue15218  closed by python-dev

#15219: Leak in "_hashlib.new()" if argument is not a string
http://bugs.python.org/issue15219  closed by amaury.forgeotdarc

#415492: Compiler generates relative filenames
http://bugs.python.org/issue415492  closed by brett.cannon

#1644987: ./configure --prefix=/ breaks, won't build C modules
http://bugs.python.org/issue1644987  closed by jcea

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