On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Brett Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
If you put up skeleton doc, I can add a note to this effect. Jeremy > > -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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Python-Dev mailing list >>> Python-Dev@python.org >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >>> Unsubscribe: >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/jeremy%40alum.mit.edu >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-Dev mailing list >> Python-Dev@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev >> Unsubscribe: >> 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