[Python-Dev] Summary of Python tracker Issues

Fri Mar 9 12:09:49 EST 2018

ACTIVITY SUMMARY (2018-03-02 - 2018-03-09)
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Issues counts and deltas:
  open    6516 (+25)
  closed 38271 (+28)
  total  44787 (+53)

Open issues with patches: 2546 

Issues opened (39)
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#31500: IDLE: Tiny font on HiDPI display
https://bugs.python.org/issue31500  reopened by terry.reedy

#32985: subprocess.Popen: Confusing documentation for restore_signals
https://bugs.python.org/issue32985  opened by ntrrgc

#32986: multiprocessing, default assumption of Pool size unhelpful
https://bugs.python.org/issue32986  opened by M J Harvey

#32987: tokenize.py parses unicode identifiers incorrectly
https://bugs.python.org/issue32987  opened by steve

#32989: IDLE: Fix pyparse.find_good_parse_start and its bad editor cal
https://bugs.python.org/issue32989  opened by csabella

#32990: Supporting extensible format(PCM) for wave.open(read-mode)
https://bugs.python.org/issue32990  opened by acelletti

#32993: urllib and webbrowser.open() can open w/ file: protocol
https://bugs.python.org/issue32993  opened by yao zhihua

#32995: Add a glossary entry for context variables
https://bugs.python.org/issue32995  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#32996: Improve What's New in 3.7
https://bugs.python.org/issue32996  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#33000: IDLE Doc: Text consumes unlimited RAM, consoles likely not
https://bugs.python.org/issue33000  opened by jbrearley

#33001: Buffer overflow vulnerability in os.symlink on Windows (CVE-20
https://bugs.python.org/issue33001  opened by steve.dower

#33002: Making a class formattable as hex/oct integer with printf-styl
https://bugs.python.org/issue33002  opened by josh.r

#33003: urllib: Document parse_http_list
https://bugs.python.org/issue33003  opened by labrat

#33006: docstring of filter function is incorrect
https://bugs.python.org/issue33006  opened by Pierre Thibault

#33007: Objects referencing private-mangled names do not roundtrip pro
https://bugs.python.org/issue33007  opened by Antony.Lee

#33008: urllib.request.parse_http_list incorrectly strips backslashes
https://bugs.python.org/issue33008  opened by labrat

#33010: os.path.isdir() returns True for broken directory symlinks or 
https://bugs.python.org/issue33010  opened by izbyshev

#33012: Invalid function cast warnings with gcc 8 for METH_NOARGS
https://bugs.python.org/issue33012  opened by siddhesh

#33014: Clarify doc string for str.isidentifier()
https://bugs.python.org/issue33014  opened by dabeaz

#33015: Fix function cast warning in thread_pthread.h
https://bugs.python.org/issue33015  opened by siddhesh

#33016: nt._getfinalpathname may use uninitialized memory
https://bugs.python.org/issue33016  opened by izbyshev

#33017: Special set-cookie setting will bypass Cookielib
https://bugs.python.org/issue33017  opened by LCatro

#33018: Improve issubclass() error checking and message
https://bugs.python.org/issue33018  opened by jab

#33019: Review usage of environment variables in the stdlib
https://bugs.python.org/issue33019  opened by pitrou

#33020: Tkinter old style classes
https://bugs.python.org/issue33020  opened by benkir07

#33021: Some fstat() calls do not release the GIL, possibly hanging al
https://bugs.python.org/issue33021  opened by nirs

#33023: Unable to copy ssl.SSLContext
https://bugs.python.org/issue33023  opened by vitaly.krug

#33024: asyncio.WriteTransport.set_write_buffer_limits orders its args
https://bugs.python.org/issue33024  opened by vitaly.krug

#33025: urlencode produces bad output from ssl.CERT_NONE and friends t
https://bugs.python.org/issue33025  opened by vitaly.krug

#33026: Fix jumping out of "with" block
https://bugs.python.org/issue33026  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#33027: handling filename encoding in Content-Disposition by cgi.Field
https://bugs.python.org/issue33027  opened by pawciobiel

#33028: tempfile.TemporaryDirectory incorrectly documented
https://bugs.python.org/issue33028  opened by Richard Neumann

#33029: Invalid function cast warnings with gcc 8 for getter and sette
https://bugs.python.org/issue33029  opened by siddhesh

#33030: GetLastError() may be overwritten by Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
https://bugs.python.org/issue33030  opened by steve.dower

#33031: Questionable code in OrderedDict definition
https://bugs.python.org/issue33031  opened by serhiy.storchaka

#33032: Mention implicit cache in struct.Struct docs
https://bugs.python.org/issue33032  opened by ncoghlan

#33033: Clarify that the signed number convertors to PyArg_ParseTuple.
https://bugs.python.org/issue33033  opened by Antony.Lee

#33034: urllib.parse.urlparse and urlsplit not raising ValueError for 
https://bugs.python.org/issue33034  opened by jonathan-lp

#33036: test_selectors.PollSelectorTestCase failing on macOS 10.13.3
https://bugs.python.org/issue33036  opened by n8henrie

Most recent 15 issues with no replies (15)
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#33031: Questionable code in OrderedDict definition
https://bugs.python.org/issue33031

#33029: Invalid function cast warnings with gcc 8 for getter and sette
https://bugs.python.org/issue33029

#33028: tempfile.TemporaryDirectory incorrectly documented
https://bugs.python.org/issue33028

#33027: handling filename encoding in Content-Disposition by cgi.Field
https://bugs.python.org/issue33027

#33025: urlencode produces bad output from ssl.CERT_NONE and friends t
https://bugs.python.org/issue33025

#33017: Special set-cookie setting will bypass Cookielib
https://bugs.python.org/issue33017

#33015: Fix function cast warning in thread_pthread.h
https://bugs.python.org/issue33015

#33008: urllib.request.parse_http_list incorrectly strips backslashes
https://bugs.python.org/issue33008

#33007: Objects referencing private-mangled names do not roundtrip pro
https://bugs.python.org/issue33007

#33006: docstring of filter function is incorrect
https://bugs.python.org/issue33006

#33003: urllib: Document parse_http_list
https://bugs.python.org/issue33003

#32996: Improve What's New in 3.7
https://bugs.python.org/issue32996

#32995: Add a glossary entry for context variables
https://bugs.python.org/issue32995

#32987: tokenize.py parses unicode identifiers incorrectly
https://bugs.python.org/issue32987

#32985: subprocess.Popen: Confusing documentation for restore_signals
https://bugs.python.org/issue32985

Most recent 15 issues waiting for review (15)
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#33027: handling filename encoding in Content-Disposition by cgi.Field
https://bugs.python.org/issue33027

#33026: Fix jumping out of "with" block
https://bugs.python.org/issue33026

#33021: Some fstat() calls do not release the GIL, possibly hanging al
https://bugs.python.org/issue33021

#33016: nt._getfinalpathname may use uninitialized memory
https://bugs.python.org/issue33016

#33015: Fix function cast warning in thread_pthread.h
https://bugs.python.org/issue33015

#33012: Invalid function cast warnings with gcc 8 for METH_NOARGS
https://bugs.python.org/issue33012

#33006: docstring of filter function is incorrect
https://bugs.python.org/issue33006

#33001: Buffer overflow vulnerability in os.symlink on Windows (CVE-20
https://bugs.python.org/issue33001

#32996: Improve What's New in 3.7
https://bugs.python.org/issue32996

#32989: IDLE: Fix pyparse.find_good_parse_start and its bad editor cal
https://bugs.python.org/issue32989

#32986: multiprocessing, default assumption of Pool size unhelpful
https://bugs.python.org/issue32986

#32981: Catastrophic backtracking in poplib (CVE-2018-1060) and diffli
https://bugs.python.org/issue32981

#32978: Issues with reading large float values in AIFC files
https://bugs.python.org/issue32978

#32970: Improve disassembly of the MAKE_FUNCTION instruction
https://bugs.python.org/issue32970

#32968: Fraction modulo infinity should behave consistently with other
https://bugs.python.org/issue32968

Top 10 most discussed issues (10)
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#32972: unittest.TestCase coroutine support
https://bugs.python.org/issue32972  18 msgs

#33018: Improve issubclass() error checking and message
https://bugs.python.org/issue33018  13 msgs

#32986: multiprocessing, default assumption of Pool size unhelpful
https://bugs.python.org/issue32986  11 msgs

#33001: Buffer overflow vulnerability in os.symlink on Windows (CVE-20
https://bugs.python.org/issue33001  10 msgs

#33016: nt._getfinalpathname may use uninitialized memory
https://bugs.python.org/issue33016   9 msgs

#32978: Issues with reading large float values in AIFC files
https://bugs.python.org/issue32978   6 msgs

#32989: IDLE: Fix pyparse.find_good_parse_start and its bad editor cal
https://bugs.python.org/issue32989   6 msgs

#33030: GetLastError() may be overwritten by Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
https://bugs.python.org/issue33030   6 msgs

#29708: support reproducible Python builds
https://bugs.python.org/issue29708   5 msgs

#33000: IDLE Doc: Text consumes unlimited RAM, consoles likely not
https://bugs.python.org/issue33000   5 msgs

Issues closed (27)
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#4173: PDF documentation: long verbatim lines are cut off at right ha
https://bugs.python.org/issue4173  closed by csabella

#22822: IPv6Network constructor docs incorrect about valid input
https://bugs.python.org/issue22822  closed by xiang.zhang

#23159: argparse: Provide equivalent of optparse.OptionParser.{option_
https://bugs.python.org/issue23159  closed by emcd

#25197: Allow documentation switcher to change url to /3/ and /dev/
https://bugs.python.org/issue25197  closed by Mariatta

#29417: Sort entries in foo.dist-info/RECORD
https://bugs.python.org/issue29417  closed by eric.araujo

#30147: Change in re.escape output is not documented in 3.7 whatsnew
https://bugs.python.org/issue30147  closed by ned.deily

#30353: ctypes: pass by value for structs broken on Cygwin/MinGW 64-bi
https://bugs.python.org/issue30353  closed by ned.deily

#32854: Add ** Map Unpacking Support for namedtuple
https://bugs.python.org/issue32854  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#32874: IDLE: Add tests for pyparse
https://bugs.python.org/issue32874  closed by terry.reedy

#32963: Python 2.7 tutorial claims source code is UTF-8 encoded
https://bugs.python.org/issue32963  closed by brett.cannon

#32964: Reuse a testing implementation of the path protocol in tests
https://bugs.python.org/issue32964  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#32969: Add more constants to zlib module
https://bugs.python.org/issue32969  closed by xiang.zhang

#32984: IDLE: set and unset __file__ for startup files
https://bugs.python.org/issue32984  closed by terry.reedy

#32988: datetime.datetime.strftime('%s') always uses local timezone, e
https://bugs.python.org/issue32988  closed by adamwill

#32991: AttributeError in doctest.DocTestFinder.find
https://bugs.python.org/issue32991  closed by jason.coombs

#32992: unittest: Automatically run coroutines in a loop
https://bugs.python.org/issue32992  closed by yselivanov

#32994: Building the html documentation is broken
https://bugs.python.org/issue32994  closed by ned.deily

#32997: Catastrophic backtracking in fpformat
https://bugs.python.org/issue32997  closed by benjamin.peterson

#32998: regular expression regression in python 3.7
https://bugs.python.org/issue32998  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#32999: issubclass(obj, abc.ABC) causes a segfault
https://bugs.python.org/issue32999  closed by inada.naoki

#33004: Shutil module functions could accept Path-like objects
https://bugs.python.org/issue33004  closed by rougeth

#33005: 3.7.0b2 Interpreter crash in dev mode (or with PYTHONMALLOC=de
https://bugs.python.org/issue33005  closed by vstinner

#33009: Assertion failure in inspect.signature on unbound partialmetho
https://bugs.python.org/issue33009  closed by yselivanov

#33011: Embedded 3.6.4 distribution does not add script parent as sys.
https://bugs.python.org/issue33011  closed by steve.dower

#33013: Underscore in str.format with x option
https://bugs.python.org/issue33013  closed by serhiy.storchaka

#33022: Floating Point Arithmetic Inconsistency (internal off-by-one)
https://bugs.python.org/issue33022  closed by tim.peters

#33035: Some examples in documentation section 4.7.2 are incorrect
https://bugs.python.org/issue33035  closed by ebarry