[Python-Dev] Weekly Python Bug/Patch Summary

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches :  241 open ( -5) /  2315 closed ( +5) /  2556 total ( +0)
Bugs    :  711 open ( +6) /  3892 closed ( +5) /  4603 total (+11)
RFE     :  127 open ( +0) /   118 closed ( +0) /   245 total ( +0)

Patches Closed
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urllib2 does not allow for absolute ftp paths  (2003-10-03)
       http://python.org/sf/817379  closed by  loewis

tp_dealloc, threads and garbage collection  (2004-02-09)
       http://python.org/sf/893566  closed by  loewis

urllib2 doesn't support non-anonymous ftp  (2003-03-29)
       http://python.org/sf/711838  closed by  loewis

Updated .spec file.  (2004-02-08)
       http://python.org/sf/892673  closed by  loewis

doctest handles comments incorrectly  (2003-01-15)
       http://python.org/sf/668500  closed by  tim_one

New / Reopened Bugs
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pyconfig.h is not placed in --includedir  (2004-02-13)
       http://python.org/sf/896330  opened by  Göran Uddeborg 

time.strftime crashes python  (2004-02-15)
       http://python.org/sf/897625  opened by  Tom Lynn 

test_strptime failures on FC2-test  (2004-02-16)
       http://python.org/sf/897817  opened by  Anthony Baxter 

db4 4.2 == :-(  (test_anydbm and test_bsddb3)  (2004-02-16)
       http://python.org/sf/897820  opened by  Anthony Baxter 

Unknown color name on HP-UX  (2004-02-16)
       http://python.org/sf/897872  opened by  Richard Townsend 

pty.spawn() leaks file descriptors  (2004-02-16)
       http://python.org/sf/897935  opened by  James Henstridge 

strftime ignores date format on winxp  (2004-02-17)
       http://python.org/sf/898253  opened by  Matthew Sherborne 

symtable module crashes w/ coding declaration  (2004-02-16)
       http://python.org/sf/898271  opened by  Peter Åstrand 

Python 2.3 encoding parsing bug  (2004-02-17)
       http://python.org/sf/898757  opened by  Edward K. Ream 

test_threading  (2003-08-19)
       http://python.org/sf/791542  reopened by  bcannon

1==float('nan')  (2004-02-17)
       http://python.org/sf/899109  opened by  Arman Bostani 

Bugs Closed
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Inconsistent behavior of compressing the BZip2 format  (2003-12-03)
       http://python.org/sf/853061  closed by  niemeyer

Unicode problem in os.path.getsize ?  (2004-02-13)
       http://python.org/sf/896236  closed by  loewis

Core dump problems  (2003-12-15)
       http://python.org/sf/860547  closed by  rhettinger

FAQ 2.3 slices not used  (2004-02-02)
       http://python.org/sf/888829  closed by  loewis

test_threading  (2003-08-19)
       http://python.org/sf/791542  closed by  sleard1

Python 2.3 encoding parsing bug  (2004-02-17)
       http://python.org/sf/898757  closed by  loewis