[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches :  270 open ( +5) /  2366 closed ( +1) /  2636 total ( +6)
Bugs    :  754 open ( +2) /  3993 closed (+10) /  4747 total (+12)
RFE     :  133 open ( -1) /   124 closed ( +0) /   257 total ( -1)

New / Reopened Patches
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CodeContext - an extension to show you where you are  (2004-04-16)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/936169  reopened by  noamr

Explain 'in' keyword as it is first used  (2004-04-22)
       http://python.org/sf/940026  opened by  Gerrit Holl 

Replace if/elif chain with dispatch pattern in sre_compile  (2004-04-23)
       http://python.org/sf/941071  opened by  Raymond Hettinger 

Allow any encodings other than latin-1 in interactive interp  (2004-04-24)
       http://python.org/sf/941229  opened by  Hye-Shik Chang 

Minimal fix for bug 940578 (glob.glob on broken symlinks)  (2004-04-24)
       http://python.org/sf/941486  opened by  Cherniavsky Beni 

PEP309 Partial implementation  (2004-04-26)
       http://python.org/sf/941881  opened by  Hye-Shik Chang 

Patches Closed
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CodeContext - an extension to show you where you are  (2004-04-16)
       http://python.org/sf/936169  closed by  kbk

Py_INCREF/DECREF available as macros only  (2004-04-20)
       http://python.org/sf/938302  closed by  theller

New / Reopened Bugs
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message.as_string hoses headers  (2004-04-20)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/938890  opened by  Carl Karsten 

cPickle.Pickler: in "list" mode, no way to set protocol  (2004-04-22)
       http://python.org/sf/939395  opened by  John Belmonte 

Building python 2.3.3 RPM on Mandrake 9.2. fails  (2004-04-22)
       http://python.org/sf/939699  opened by  fabien wahl 

Logging failes for rotating file log (during rollOver)  (2004-04-22)
       http://python.org/sf/939836  opened by  smeyers2002 

xml parser bug  (2004-04-22)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/940263  opened by  David Tefft 

pydoc.Helper.help() ignores input/output init parameters  (2004-04-22)
       http://python.org/sf/940286  opened by  Maxim Krikun 

string.lstrip problem with '_' string  (2004-04-22)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/940316  opened by  Arnold 

Python crashes with bus error on sparc64.  (2004-04-22)
       http://python.org/sf/940354  opened by  Generic Player 

misbehaviour with map / lambda / isdigit()  (2004-04-23)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/940522  opened by  dreary 

glob.glob inconsistent about broken symlinks  (2004-04-23)
       http://python.org/sf/940578  opened by  Cherniavsky Beni 

section 5.10: 'not' returns boolean, not int  (2004-04-23)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/940579  opened by  Jon Ashley 

List with Canvas.create_line Option arrow=LAST Broke  (2004-04-24)
       http://python.org/sf/941262  opened by  Brian Brooks 

AIX shared library fix  (2004-04-24)
       http://python.org/sf/941346  opened by  Dick Dunbar 

Bugs Closed
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Random.choice doesn't work with sets.  (2004-04-17)
       http://python.org/sf/936988  closed by  rhettinger

minidom.py writes TEXT_NODE wrong  (2004-04-18)
       http://python.org/sf/937282  closed by  loewis

re.sub on u'' gives NON-unicode ''  (2004-03-31)
       http://python.org/sf/926075  closed by  perky

message.as_string hoses headers  (2004-04-20)
       http://python.org/sf/938890  closed by  carlk

message.as_string hoses headers  (2004-04-20)
       http://python.org/sf/938890  closed by  tim_one

Shelve slow after 7/8000 key  (2004-01-21)
       http://python.org/sf/881522  closed by  tim_one

Slicing changes item-attributes of an instance of a UserList  (2004-04-19)
       http://python.org/sf/937700  closed by  hflori

xml parser bug  (2004-04-22)
       http://python.org/sf/940263  closed by  loewis

string.lstrip problem with '_' string  (2004-04-22)
       http://python.org/sf/940316  closed by  rhettinger

misbehaviour with map / lambda / isdigit()  (2004-04-23)
       http://python.org/sf/940522  closed by  tim_one

section 5.10: 'not' returns boolean, not int  (2004-04-23)
       http://python.org/sf/940579  closed by  rhettinger