Weekly Python Patch/Bug Summary

From: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk_at_shore.net)
Date: 11/17/04


Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 00:28:08 -0500 (EST)
To: python-dev@python.org, python-list@python.org

Patch / Bug Summary
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Patches : 246 open ( +2) / 2699 closed ( +1) / 2945 total ( +3)
Bugs : 770 open ( -1) / 4614 closed (+19) / 5384 total (+18)
RFE : 156 open ( -1) / 135 closed ( +1) / 291 total ( +0)

New / Reopened Patches
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httplib: allowing stream-type body part in requests (2004-11-12)
       http://python.org/sf/1065257 opened by Alessandro Forghieri

Fix pydoc crashing on unicode strings (2004-11-14)
       http://python.org/sf/1065986 opened by Cherniavsky Beni

Non-ascii in non-unicode __credits__ in Lib/pydoc.py (2004-08-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1009389 reopened by loewis

fix for 1067728: Better handling of float arguments to seek (2004-11-17)
       http://python.org/sf/1067760 opened by Robert Church

Patches Closed
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Fix for os.path.expanduser for Win2000 (2002-11-26)
       http://python.org/sf/643943 closed by jlgijsbers

Fix various x86_64 build issues (2004-10-20)
       http://python.org/sf/1050475 closed by loewis

New / Reopened Bugs
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IDLE doesn't start again when saving empty key set (2004-11-11)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1064535 opened by Hernan Martinez Foffani

Parser module asts don't match grammar (2004-11-11)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1064873 opened by logistix

calendar day/month name lookup too slow (2004-11-12)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1065388 opened by Guido van Rossum

sre_parse group limit check missing with 'python -O' (2004-11-12)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1065427 opened by Sam Rushing

pprint.pformat requires __repr__ (2004-11-12)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1065456 opened by Dave Kuhlman

Typo about PyErr_WriteUnraisable() (2004-11-14)
       http://python.org/sf/1066036 opened by Raise L. Sail

datetime.replace method description error (2004-11-14)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1066438 opened by Brian Underwood

special methods become static (2004-11-14)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1066490 opened by Kevin Quick

SegFault in interactive mode when cursor is over a non-ASCII (2004-11-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1066545 opened by theIgel

test_pwd fails on 64bit system (Opteron) (2004-11-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1066546 opened by Miki Tebeka

"Limitations" section of profiler docs is incorrect (2004-11-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1066607 opened by Nick Coghlan

Obsolete info in Tutorial 9.1 (2004-11-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1067018 opened by Kent Johnson

Small typo (2004-11-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1067023 opened by Scott Miller

win32con missing codes VK_VOLUME_MUTE, VK_BROWSER_BACK, ... (2004-11-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1067153 opened by Jeff Connelly aka shellreef

Incorrect length of unicode strings using .encode('utf-8') (2004-11-16)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1067294 opened by Ed Schofield

urllib fails with multiple ftps (2004-11-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1067702 opened by Russell Owen

Overflow error seek()ing with float values > (2 ** 31) - 1 (2004-11-17)
       http://python.org/sf/1067728 opened by Robert Church

wininst --install-script leaves residual files on C: (2004-11-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1067732 opened by J Livingston

Overflow error seek()ing with float values > (2 ** 31) - 1 (2004-11-17)
CLOSED http://python.org/sf/1067756 opened by Robert Church

Bugs Closed
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IDLE aborts on any error when started with "-n" (2004-11-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1063840 closed by kbk

Konqueror can't render docs because of malformed HTML (2004-05-28)
       http://python.org/sf/962442 closed by fdrake

Manual typesets bit-shift operators as guillemet (2004-11-06)
       http://python.org/sf/1061770 closed by fdrake

Fix Decimal's .min() and .max() docs regarding NaNs (2004-11-04)
       http://python.org/sf/1060644 closed by facundobatista

IDLE doesn't start again when saving empty key set (2004-11-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1064535 closed by kbk

Legacy requirements: Incorrect comments? (2004-11-02)
       http://python.org/sf/1058937 closed by dairiki

Parser module asts don't match grammar (2004-11-11)
       http://python.org/sf/1064873 closed by bcannon

optparse docs mildly mangled (2004-11-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1063757 closed by gward

test_subprocess 2.4b2 fails on tru64 (2004-11-10)
       http://python.org/sf/1063571 closed by astrand

difflib HtmlDiff() extra space on inserted 1 character lines (2004-10-26)
       http://python.org/sf/1054821 closed by tim_one

calendar day/month name lookup too slow (2004-11-12)
       http://python.org/sf/1065388 closed by tim_one

sre_parse group limit check missing with 'python -O' (2004-11-12)
       http://python.org/sf/1065427 closed by effbot

pprint.pformat requires __repr__ (2004-11-12)
       http://python.org/sf/1065456 closed by doerwalter

readline()/readlines() (2003-06-27)
       http://python.org/sf/761787 closed by fullsail

datetime.replace method description error (2004-11-14)
       http://python.org/sf/1066438 closed by tim_one

special methods become static (2004-11-15)
       http://python.org/sf/1066490 closed by mwh

pickle won't dump instances after reload (2002-10-25)
       http://python.org/sf/628925 closed by facundobatista

Incorrect length of unicode strings using .encode('utf-8') (2004-11-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1067294 closed by lemburg

IDLE DOES NOT START ON WinXP Pro (2004-08-27)
       http://python.org/sf/1017978 closed by kbk

Overflow error seek()ing with float values > (2 ** 31) - 1 (2004-11-16)
       http://python.org/sf/1067756 closed by nnorwitz

RFE Closed
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os.run function for convinience and robustness (2004-10-05)
       http://python.org/sf/1040267 closed by jlgijsbers



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