On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:02, Jeremy Hylton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. >
The doc I have for it is made up like five bullet points, so nothing to really put up yet. But I did add another bullet point for this. -Brett > 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 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