Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

Kurt B. Kaiser kbk at shore.net
Sat Sep 30 22:11:45 EDT 2006


Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches :  422 open ( +2) /  3415 closed ( +5) /  3837 total ( +7)
Bugs    :  933 open (+18) /  6212 closed (+26) /  7145 total (+44)
RFE     :  237 open ( +2) /   239 closed ( +1) /   476 total ( +3)

New / Reopened Patches
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platform.py support for IronPython  (2006-09-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1563842  opened by  Anthony Baxter

pybench support for IronPython  (2006-09-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1563844  opened by  Anthony Baxter

Py_signal_pipe  (2006-09-24)
       http://python.org/sf/1564547  opened by  Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro

tarfile depends on undocumented behaviour  (2006-09-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1564981  opened by  Seo Sanghyeon

use LSB version information to detect a platform  (2006-09-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1565037  opened by  Matthias Klose

doc changes for SMTP_SSL  (2006-09-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1567274  opened by  Monty Taylor

super() and instancemethod() shouldn't accept keyword args  (2006-09-29)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1567691  opened by  ?iga Seilnacht

Patches Closed
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Python 2.5 fails with -Wl,--as-needed in LDFLAGS  (2006-09-21)
       http://python.org/sf/1562825  closed by  masterdriverz

super() and instancemethod() shouldn't accept keyword args  (2006-09-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1567691  closed by  gbrandl

Enable SSL for smtplib  (2005-09-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1282340  closed by  gbrandl

pyclbr reports different module for Class and Function  (2006-09-18)
       http://python.org/sf/1560617  closed by  gbrandl

datetime's strftime limits strings to 127 chars  (2006-09-12)
       http://python.org/sf/1557390  closed by  gbrandl

New / Reopened Bugs
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Quitter object masked  (2006-05-01)
       http://python.org/sf/1479785  reopened by  kbk

,msi fails for AMD Turion 64 mobile  (2006-09-21)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1563185  opened by  Andy Harrington

temporary file(s)  (2006-09-22)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1563236  opened by  Grzegorz Makarewicz

http//... test file  (2006-09-22)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1563238  opened by  Grzegorz Makarewicz

python_d python  (2006-09-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1563243  opened by  Grzegorz Makarewicz

IDLE doesn't load - apparently without firewall problems  (2006-09-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1563630  opened by  dani

struct.unpack doens't support buffer protocol objects  (2006-09-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1563759  reopened by  loewis

struct.unpack doens't support buffer protocol objects  (2006-09-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1563759  opened by  Adal Chiriliuc

Build of Python 2.5 on AIX 5.3 with GCC Fails  (2006-09-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1563807  opened by  Daniel Clark

Typo in whatsnew/pep-342.html  (2006-09-23)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1563963  opened by  Xavier Bassery

IDLE invokes completion even when running code  (2006-09-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1563981  opened by  Martin v. Löwis

2.6 changes stomp on  2.5 docs  (2006-09-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1564039  opened by  ggpauly

Fails to install on Fedora Core 5  (2006-09-20)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1562171  reopened by  mnsummerfield

BaseCookie does not support "$Port"  (2006-09-24)
       http://python.org/sf/1564508  opened by  Anders Aagaard

Unicode comparison change in 2.4 vs. 2.5  (2006-09-24)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1564763  opened by  Joe Wreschnig

update Lib/plat-linux2/IN.py  (2006-09-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1565071  opened by  Matthias Klose

Misbehaviour in zipfile  (2006-09-25)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1565087  opened by  Richard Philips

make plistlib.py available in every install  (2006-09-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1565129  opened by  Matthias Klose

os.stat() subsecond file mode time is incorrect on Windows  (2006-09-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1565150  opened by  Mike Glassford

Repair or Change installation error  (2006-09-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1565509  opened by  Greg Hazel

does not raise SystemError on too many nested blocks  (2006-09-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1565514  opened by  Greg Hazel

gc allowing tracebacks to eat up memory  (2006-09-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1565525  opened by  Greg Hazel

webbrowser on gnome runs wrong browser  (2006-09-26)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1565661  opened by  kangabroo

'all' documentation missing online  (2006-09-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1565797  opened by  Alan

sets missing from standard types list in ref  (2006-09-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1565919  opened by  Georg Brandl

pyexpat produces fals parsing results in CharacterDataHandle  (2006-09-26)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1565967  opened by  Michael Gebetsroither

RE (regular expression) matching stuck in loop  (2006-09-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1566086  opened by  Fabien Devaux

T_ULONG -> double rounding in PyMember_GetOne()  (2006-09-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1566140  opened by  Piet Delport

Logging problem on Windows XP  (2006-09-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1566280  opened by  Pavel Krupets

Bad behaviour in <ossaudio audio device>.obuf*  (2006-09-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1566331  opened by  Sam Dennis

test_posixpath failure  (2006-09-27)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1566602  opened by  WallsRSolid

Idle 2.1 - Calltips Hotkey dies not work  (2006-09-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1566611  opened by  fladd

Library Reference Section 5.1.8.1 is wrong.  (2006-09-27)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1566663  opened by  Chris Connett

site-packages isn't created before install_egg_info  (2006-09-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1566719  opened by  James Oakley

urllib doesn't raise IOError correctly with new IOError  (2006-09-28)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1566800  opened by  Arthibus Gissehel

unchecked metaclass mro   (2006-09-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1567234  opened by  ganges master

logging.RotatingFileHandler has no "infinite" backupCount  (2006-09-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1567331  opened by  Skip Montanaro

False sentence about formatted print in tutorial section 7.1  (2006-09-28)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1567375  opened by  David Benbennick

tabs missing in idle options configure  (2006-09-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1567450  opened by  jrgutierrez

GetFileAttributesExA and Win95  (2006-09-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1567666  opened by  giomach

missing _typesmodule.c,Visual Studio 2005 pythoncore.vcproj  (2006-09-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1567910  opened by  everbruin

http://docs.python.org/tut/node10.html typo  (2006-09-29)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1567976  opened by  Simon Morgan

GUI scripts always return to an interpreter  (2006-09-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1568075  reopened by  jejackson

GUI scripts always return to an interpreter  (2006-09-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1568075  opened by  jjackson

Encoding bug  (2006-09-30)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1568120  opened by  ?er FADIL USTA

Tix is not included in 2.5 for Windows  (2006-09-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1568240  opened by  Christos Georgiou

init_types  (2006-09-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1568243  opened by  Bosko Vukov

broken info files generation  (2006-09-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1568429  opened by  Arkadiusz Miskiewicz

Bugs Closed
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,msi fails for AMD Turion 64 mobile  (2006-09-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1563185  closed by  loewis

temporary file(s)  (2006-09-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1563236  closed by  gbrandl

http//... test file  (2006-09-22)
       http://python.org/sf/1563238  closed by  gbrandl

Parser crash  (2006-09-12)
       http://python.org/sf/1557232  closed by  gbrandl

struct.unpack doens't support buffer protocol objects  (2006-09-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1563759  closed by  adalx

Typo in whatsnew/pep-342.html  (2006-09-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1563963  closed by  nnorwitz

Fails to install on Fedora Core 5  (2006-09-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1562171  closed by  mnsummerfield

Unicode comparison change in 2.4 vs. 2.5  (2006-09-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1564763  closed by  lemburg

python 2.5 fails to build with --as-needed  (2006-09-18)
       http://python.org/sf/1560984  closed by  gbrandl

Misbehaviour in zipfile  (2006-09-25)
       http://python.org/sf/1565087  closed by  gbrandl

webbrowser on gnome runs wrong browser  (2006-09-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1565661  closed by  gbrandl

pyexpat produces fals parsing results in CharacterDataHandle  (2006-09-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1565967  closed by  loewis

test_posixpath failure  (2006-09-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1566602  closed by  gbrandl

Library Reference Section 5.1.8.1 is wrong.  (2006-09-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1566663  closed by  gbrandl

urllib doesn't raise IOError correctly with new IOError  (2006-09-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1566800  closed by  gbrandl

False sentence about formatted print in tutorial section 7.1  (2006-09-28)
       http://python.org/sf/1567375  closed by  gbrandl

http://docs.python.org/tut/node10.html typo  (2006-09-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1567976  closed by  quiver

Encoding bug  (2006-09-30)
       http://python.org/sf/1568120  closed by  gbrandl

locale.format gives wrong exception on some erroneous input  (2006-01-23)
       http://python.org/sf/1412580  closed by  gbrandl

cgi.FormContentDict constructor should support parse options  (2006-03-24)
       http://python.org/sf/1457823  closed by  gbrandl

inspect.getargspec() is wrong for def foo((x)):  (2006-03-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1459159  closed by  gbrandl

Calls from VBScript clobber passed args  (2005-03-03)
       http://python.org/sf/1156179  closed by  gbrandl

datetime's strftime limits strings to 127 chars  (2006-09-12)
       http://python.org/sf/1556784  closed by  gbrandl

unicode('foo', '.utf99') does not raise LookupError   (2006-03-09)
       http://python.org/sf/1446043  closed by  gbrandl

struct.unpack problem with @, =, < specifiers  (2006-05-08)
       http://python.org/sf/1483963  closed by  gbrandl

Incomplete info in 7.18.1 ZipFile Objects  (2006-08-24)
       http://python.org/sf/1545836  closed by  gbrandl

PyString_FromString() clarification  (2006-08-24)
       http://python.org/sf/1546052  closed by  gbrandl

New / Reopened RFE
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Better order in file type descriptions  (2006-09-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1566260  opened by  Daniele Varrazzo

poplib.py list interface  (2006-09-29)
       http://python.org/sf/1567948  opened by  Hasan Diwan




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