Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches :  413 open ( +6) /  3489 closed ( +5) /  3902 total (+11)
Bugs    :  943 open ( +7) /  6364 closed ( +1) /  7307 total ( +8)
RFE     :  246 open ( +0) /   244 closed ( +0) /   490 total ( +0)

New / Reopened Patches
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popen() slow on AIX due to large FOPEN_MAX value  (2006-12-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1607087  opened by  John L. Allen

bug# 1607041: Condition.wait timeout fails on clock change  (2006-12-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1607149  opened by  BC

Optional Argument Syntax  (2006-12-02)
       http://python.org/sf/1607548  opened by  Tony Lownds

Makefile fix  (2006-12-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1608267  opened by  Hasan Diwan

Race condition in os.makedirs  (2006-12-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1608579  opened by  James Bowes

Fix pickle doc typo "date", should be "data"  (2006-12-04)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1608758  opened by  Graham Horler

Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding can be non-canonical  (2006-12-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1608805  opened by  Stephan R.A. Deibel

Docstring support for ctypesgen  (2006-12-05)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1609108  opened by  David Remahl

#1603424 subprocess.py wrongly claims 2.2 compatibility.  (2006-12-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1609282  opened by  Robert Carr

traceback on exit if syslog handler fails to initialize  (2006-12-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1609407  opened by  Jeremy Katz

tarfile.py: Fix for bug #1609958  (2006-12-06)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1610437  opened by  Lars Gustäbel

Patches Closed
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Socket module is not thread-safe  (2006-08-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1544279  closed by  loewis

ConfigParser to accept a custom dict to allow ordering  (2005-12-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1371075  closed by  loewis

Fix pickle doc typo "date", should be "data"  (2006-12-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1608758  closed by  quiver

Docstring support for ctypesgen  (2006-12-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1609108  closed by  theller

tarfile.py: Fix for bug #1609958  (2006-12-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1610437  closed by  gbrandl

New / Reopened Bugs
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Condition.wait timeout fails when system clock changes  (2006-12-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1607041  opened by  BC

Incorrect use of 'int' and 'long' descriptions  (2006-12-01)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1607061  opened by  John

logging %(module)s reporting wrong modules  (2006-11-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1605110  reopened by  mad-marty

segfault in python24.dll  (2006-12-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1607759  opened by  joe

mailbox.Maildir re-reads directory too often  (2006-12-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1607951  opened by  Matthias Klose

Sloppy error checking in listdir() for Posix  (2006-12-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1608818  opened by  Stephan R.A. Deibel

PyThread_release_lock with pthreads munges errno  (2006-12-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1608921  opened by  Stephan R.A. Deibel

tarfile archive paths limited to less than 100 chars  (2006-12-06)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1609958  opened by  Frank Rehberger

GUI for Python 2.3, 2.4, and 2.5 is very sluggish  (2006-12-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1610485  opened by  g4rlik

Bugs Closed
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Incorrect use of 'int' and 'long' descriptions  (2006-12-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1607061  closed by  gbrandl

not configured for tk  (2006-10-18)
       http://python.org/sf/1579931  closed by  sf-robot

tarfile archive paths limited to less than 100 chars  (2006-12-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1609958  closed by  gbrandl