On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 08:58, Jeremy Hylton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanted to ask a policy question on the bug tracker. What are we > doing with bugs filed against Python 2.4? > This bug http://bugs.python.org/issue1208304 reports a fd leak in > Python 2.4, which doesn't exist in the head. Since Python 2.4 is in > security-fix only mode, is it fair to close this with a won't fix? >
I think so. > A meta-question: Is there a document that has any tips on how to > handle bug reports? It might be helpful to have a list of hints or > policy decisions to help people decide what to do with bugs. It's coming. I just have not gotten around to it yet. I plan to outline the basic steps in the life of an issue and that includes closing an issue and the various reasons this can happen. -Brett > > Jeremy > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> ACTIVITY SUMMARY (11/14/08 - 11/21/08) >> Python tracker at http://bugs.python.org/ >> >> To view or respond to any of the issues listed below, click on the issue >> number. Do NOT respond to this message. >> >> >> 2194 open (+35) / 14007 closed (+18) / 16201 total (+53) >> >> Open issues with patches: 728 >> >> Average duration of open issues: 712 days. >> Median duration of open issues: 2043 days. >> >> Open Issues Breakdown >> open 2177 (+35) >> pending 17 ( +0) >> >> Issues Created Or Reopened (56) >> _______________________________ >> >> Tkinter binding involving Control-spacebar raises unicode error 11/18/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue1028 reopened ocean-city >> patch >> >> Byte/string inconsistencies between different dbm modules 11/21/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue3799 reopened brett.cannon >> patch, needs review >> >> type of UserList instance returns class instead of instance 11/14/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4326 created chafporte >> >> >> Patch: simplify complex constant assignment statements 11/14/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4327 created novalis_dt >> patch >> >> "à" in u"foo" raises a misleading error 11/15/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4328 created ezio.melotti >> >> >> base64 does not properly handle unicode strings 11/15/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4329 created mbecker >> >> >> wsgiref.validate doesn't accept arguments to readline 11/16/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4330 created ianb >> >> >> Can't use _functools.partial() created function as method 11/16/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4331 created ssadler >> >> >> asyncore.file_dispatcher does not use dup()'ed fd 11/17/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4332 created christianbecke >> patch >> >> Reworked Dialog.py 11/17/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4333 created gpolo >> patch >> >> Mac Build Script is broken for 2.6 release 11/17/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4334 created ngift >> >> >> inspect.getsourcelines ignores last line in module 11/17/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4335 created RafeSacks >> >> >> Fix performance issues in xmlrpclib 11/17/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4336 created krisvale >> patch, patch, easy >> >> Iteration over a map object with list() 11/17/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4337 created jmfauth >> >> >> TypeError (bytes/str) in distutils command "upload" 11/17/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4338 created hagen >> patch >> >> Fix set-like dictview doc 11/17/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4339 created tjreedy >> >> >> xmlrpc.client - default 'SlowParser' not defined 11/17/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4340 created mwatkins >> >> >> Update __hash__ doc 11/17/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4341 created tjreedy >> >> >> (Tkinter) Please backport these 11/18/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4342 created gpolo >> >> >> New function in Tkinter.py: setup_master 11/18/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4343 created gpolo >> patch >> >> crash upon launch 11/18/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4344 created source.mod >> >> >> Implement nb_nonzero for PyTclObject 11/18/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4345 created gpolo >> patch >> >> PyObject_CallMethod changes the exception message already set by 11/18/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4346 created gpolo >> patch >> >> Dependencies of graminit.h are not rebuilt when the file is rege 11/18/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4347 created thomas.lee >> patch >> >> bytearray methods returning self 11/18/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4348 created DinoV >> patch, needs review >> >> sys.path includes extraneous junk 11/18/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4349 created exarkun >> patch, needs review >> >> Remove dead code from Tkinter.py 11/19/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4350 created gpolo >> patch >> >> [PATCH] Better stacklevel for GzipFile.filename DeprecationWarni 11/19/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4351 created pjenvey >> patch >> >> imp.find_module() fails with a UnicodeDecodeError when called wi 11/19/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4352 created Jukka Aho >> >> >> Move description what a trace should should return to settrace f 11/19/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4353 created rocky >> >> >> distutils.command.register is broken 11/19/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4354 created hagen >> patch >> >> Error in docs of urllib.request and urllib.parse 11/19/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4355 created hagen >> patch >> >> Add "key" argument to "bisect" module functions 11/19/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4356 created tebeka >> >> >> frozen?set operations create incorrectly initialized instances o 11/19/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4357 created alexhsamuel >> >> >> Segfault in stringobject.c 11/19/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4358 created farshad >> >> >> at runtime, distutils uses buildtime files 11/19/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4359 created a.badger >> >> >> SystemError when method has both super() & closure 11/20/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4360 created kaizhu >> patch >> >> Docstring for "Lib/string.py" is outdated 11/20/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4361 created thp >> patch >> >> FileIO object in io module 11/20/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4362 reopened barry >> patch, needs review >> >> Make uuid module functions usable without ctypes 11/20/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4363 created hdima >> patch >> >> error in multiprocessing docs - rawvalue 11/20/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4364 created dursobr >> >> >> Add CRT version info in msvcrt module 11/20/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4365 created cdavid >> patch >> >> cannot find -lpython2.5 when buinding Python 2.5.2 on FreeBSD 4. 11/20/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4366 created akitada >> >> >> segmentation fault in ast_for_atom 11/20/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4367 created ot >> patch, needs review >> >> A bug in ncurses.h still exists in FreeBSD 4.9 - 4.11 11/20/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4368 created akitada >> patch >> >> Error building to a nonstandard prefix (with patch) 11/20/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4369 created ot >> patch >> >> warning: unknown conversion type character `z' in format 11/20/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4370 created akitada >> >> >> coerce gone---but not from docs 11/20/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4371 created LambertDW >> >> >> __cmp__ removal not in What's New 11/20/08 >> CLOSED http://bugs.python.org/issue4372 created tjreedy >> >> >> Reference leaks in Python 3.0rc3 11/21/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4373 created christian.heimes >> patch >> >> Pickle tests fail w/o _pickle extension 11/21/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4374 created christian.heimes >> >> >> inspect.getsource doesn't work with PYTHONPATH and source compil 11/21/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4375 created erickt >> >> >> Nested ctypes 'BigEndianStructure' fails 11/21/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4376 created castironpi >> >> >> tokenize.detect_encoding() and Mac newline 11/21/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4377 created haypo >> >> >> howto doc update 11/21/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4378 created LambertDW >> >> >> Fix exception pickling: Move initial args assignment to BaseExce 11/18/08 >> http://bugs.python.org/issue1692335 reopened gvanrossum >> patch >> >> >> >> Issues Now Closed (40) >> ______________________ >> >> Problem with doctest and decorated functions 441 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue1108 skip.montanaro >> >> >> conditional jump to a POP_TOP optimization 253 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue2260 rhettinger >> patch >> >> NULL member in modules_by_index 131 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue3327 loewis >> patch, easy >> >> test_cpickle crash on AMD64 Windows build 88 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue3640 loewis >> patch, 64bit >> >> pressing HOME key in IDLE editor ends IDLE 81 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue3679 tjreedy >> >> >> configure --with-threads on cygwin => crash on thread related te 58 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue3947 ocean-city >> patch >> >> ignored exceptions in generators (regression?) 43 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4040 benjamin.peterson >> >> >> Document the effects of NotImplemented on == and != 43 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4087 marketdickinson >> >> >> Documenting set comparisons and operations 39 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4090 rhettinger >> patch >> >> name conflict in ScrolledCanvas.__init__() in Lib/turtle.py 36 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4116 loewis >> patch >> >> "__getattr__" can't be a descriptor 19 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4230 benjamin.peterson >> patch >> >> Python 2.6 installer crashes when selecting 'advanced' and cance 10 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4289 loewis >> >> >> email package with unicode subject/body 8 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4306 barry >> patch >> >> Unicode in distutils meta-data? 4 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4312 loewis >> >> >> IDLE segfault at exit 5 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4313 ocean-city >> >> >> Improper use of [] in configure.in leads to useless regexp in co 2 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4316 georg.brandl >> patch >> >> Buffer overflow in imageop module 5 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4317 amaury.forgeotdarc >> patch >> >> unintended syntax error with decorators, parenthesis, and dots? 1 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4321 georg.brandl >> >> >> locale documentation is inconsistent 1 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4324 georg.brandl >> >> >> type of UserList instance returns class instead of instance 3 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4326 georg.brandl >> >> >> wsgiref.validate doesn't accept arguments to readline 1 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4330 ianb >> >> >> asyncore.file_dispatcher does not use dup()'ed fd 3 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4332 josiahcarlson >> patch >> >> Mac Build Script is broken for 2.6 release 0 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4334 benjamin.peterson >> >> >> Iteration over a map object with list() 1 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4337 jmfauth >> >> >> TypeError (bytes/str) in distutils command "upload" 3 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4338 amaury.forgeotdarc >> patch >> >> Fix set-like dictview doc 0 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4339 benjamin.peterson >> >> >> Update __hash__ doc 0 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4341 benjamin.peterson >> >> >> crash upon launch 0 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4344 loewis >> >> >> bytearray methods returning self 1 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4348 benjamin.peterson >> patch, needs review >> >> sys.path includes extraneous junk 0 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4349 benjamin.peterson >> patch, needs review >> >> Move description what a trace should should return to settrace f 1 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4353 benjamin.peterson >> >> >> distutils.command.register is broken 1 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4354 loewis >> patch >> >> Add "key" argument to "bisect" module functions 1 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4356 marketdickinson >> >> >> frozen?set operations create incorrectly initialized instances o 0 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4357 amaury.forgeotdarc >> >> >> SystemError when method has both super() & closure 0 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4360 barry >> patch >> >> FileIO object in io module 0 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4362 benjamin.peterson >> patch, needs review >> >> __cmp__ removal not in What's New 1 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue4372 haypo >> >> >> Using deiconify() hangs on exit 2646 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue453489 amaury.forgeotdarc >> >> >> sys.stdout problems with pythonw.exe 1616 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue973507 amaury.forgeotdarc >> >> >> A subclass of set doesn't always have __init__ called. 547 days >> http://bugs.python.org/issue1721812 rhettinger >> patch >> >> >> >> Top Issues Most Discussed (10) >> ______________________________ >> >> 15 datetime: define division timedelta/timedelta 208 days >> open http://bugs.python.org/issue2706 >> >> 12 Tkinter binding involving Control-spacebar raises unicode error 4 days >> open http://bugs.python.org/issue1028 >> >> 10 TypeError (bytes/str) in distutils command "upload" 3 days >> closed http://bugs.python.org/issue4338 >> >> 10 type of UserList instance returns class instead of instance 3 days >> closed http://bugs.python.org/issue4326 >> >> 10 missing update() in _Screen.setup() of Lib/turtle.py 39 days >> open http://bugs.python.org/issue4117 >> >> 10 Byte/string inconsistencies between different dbm modules 1 days >> open http://bugs.python.org/issue3799 >> >> 8 FileIO object in io module 0 days >> closed http://bugs.python.org/issue4362 >> >> 8 bytearray methods returning self 1 days >> closed http://bugs.python.org/issue4348 >> >> 7 Reference leaks in Python 3.0rc3 1 days >> open http://bugs.python.org/issue4373 >> >> 7 SystemError when method has both super() & closure 0 days >> closed http://bugs.python.org/issue4360 >> 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