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.. _reporting-bugs:
*****************
Dealing with Bugs
*****************
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Python is a mature programming language which has established a reputation for
stability. In order to maintain this reputation, the developers would like to
know of any deficiencies you find in Python.
It can be sometimes faster to fix bugs yourself and contribute patches to
Python as it streamlines the process and involves less people. Learn how to
:ref:`contribute <contributing-to-python>`.
Documentation bugs
==================
If you find a bug in this documentation or would like to propose an improvement,
please submit a bug report on the :ref:`issue tracker <using-the-tracker>`. If you
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have a suggestion on how to fix it, include that as well.
You can also open a discussion item on our
`Documentation Discourse forum <https://discuss.python.org/c/documentation/26>`_.
If you find a bug in the theme (HTML / CSS / JavaScript) of the
documentation, please submit a bug report on the `python-doc-theme issue
tracker <https://github.com/python/python-docs-theme>`_.
.. seealso::
`Documentation bugs`_
A list of documentation bugs that have been submitted to the Python issue tracker.
`Issue Tracking <https://devguide.python.org/tracker/>`_
Overview of the process involved in reporting an improvement on the tracker.
`Helping with Documentation <https://devguide.python.org/docquality/#helping-with-documentation>`_
Comprehensive guide for individuals that are interested in contributing to Python documentation.
`Documentation Translations <https://devguide.python.org/documentation/translating/>`_
A list of GitHub pages for documentation translation and their primary contacts.
.. _using-the-tracker:
Using the Python issue tracker
==============================
Issue reports for Python itself should be submitted via the GitHub issues
tracker (https://github.com/python/cpython/issues).
The GitHub issues tracker offers a web form which allows pertinent information
to be entered and submitted to the developers.
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The first step in filing a report is to determine whether the problem has
already been reported. The advantage in doing so, aside from saving the
developers' time, is that you learn what has been done to fix it; it may be that
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the problem has already been fixed for the next release, or additional
information is needed (in which case you are welcome to provide it if you can!).
To do this, search the tracker using the search box at the top of the page.
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If the problem you're reporting is not already in the list, log in to GitHub.
If you don't already have a GitHub account, create a new account using the
"Sign up" link.
It is not possible to submit a bug report anonymously.
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Being now logged in, you can submit an issue.
Click on the "New issue" button in the top bar to report a new issue.
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The submission form has two fields, "Title" and "Comment".
For the "Title" field, enter a *very* short description of the problem;
fewer than ten words is good.
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Addresses TODO list issue 2258 ................ r62595 | andrew.kuchling | 2008-04-30 18:19:55 +0200 (Wed, 30 Apr 2008) | 1 line Typo fix ................ r62604 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-04-30 23:03:58 +0200 (Wed, 30 Apr 2008) | 2 lines make test_support's captured_output a bit more robust when exceptions happen ................ r62605 | georg.brandl | 2008-04-30 23:08:42 +0200 (Wed, 30 Apr 2008) | 2 lines #1748: use functools.wraps instead of rolling own metadata update. ................ r62606 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-04-30 23:25:55 +0200 (Wed, 30 Apr 2008) | 2 lines Remove some from __future__ import with_statements ................ r62608 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-01 00:03:36 +0200 (Thu, 01 May 2008) | 2 lines Fix typo in whatsnew ................ r62616 | georg.brandl | 2008-05-01 20:24:32 +0200 (Thu, 01 May 2008) | 2 lines Fix synopsis. ................ r62626 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-02 04:25:09 +0200 (Fri, 02 May 2008) | 6 lines Fix a backwards-compatibility mistake where a new optional argument for warnings.showwarning() was being used. This broke pre-existing replacements for the function since they didn't support the extra argument. Closes issue 2705. ................ r62627 | gregory.p.smith | 2008-05-02 09:26:52 +0200 (Fri, 02 May 2008) | 20 lines This should fix issue2632. A long description of the two competing problems is in the bug report (one old, one recently introduced trying to fix the old one). In short: buffer data during socket._fileobject.read() and readlines() within a cStringIO object instead of a [] of str()s returned from the recv() call. This prevents excessive memory use due to the size parameter being passed to recv() being grossly larger than the actual size of the data returned *and* prevents excessive cpu usage due to looping in python calling recv() with a very tiny size value if min() is used as the previous memory-use bug "fix" did. It also documents what the socket._fileobject._rbufsize member is actually used for. 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This allows you to install several copies of the Python framework with different names (such as a normal build and a debug build). ................ r62645 | ronald.oussoren | 2008-05-02 21:58:56 +0200 (Fri, 02 May 2008) | 2 lines Finish fix for issue2573, previous patch was incomplete. ................ r62647 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-05-02 23:30:20 +0200 (Fri, 02 May 2008) | 13 lines Merged revisions 62263-62646 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/sandbox/trunk/2to3/lib2to3 ........ r62470 | david.wolever | 2008-04-24 02:11:07 +0200 (Do, 24 Apr 2008) | 3 lines Fixed up and applied the patch for #2431 -- speeding up 2to3 with a lookup table. ........ r62646 | martin.v.loewis | 2008-05-02 23:29:27 +0200 (Fr, 02 Mai 2008) | 2 lines Fix whitespace. ........ ................ r62648 | ronald.oussoren | 2008-05-02 23:42:35 +0200 (Fri, 02 May 2008) | 4 lines Fix for #1905: PythonLauncher not working correctly on OSX 10.5/Leopard This fixes both Python Launchar and the terminalcommand module. ................ r62651 | ronald.oussoren | 2008-05-02 23:54:56 +0200 (Fri, 02 May 2008) | 2 lines Fix for issue #2520 (cannot import macerrors) ................ r62652 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-03 00:12:58 +0200 (Sat, 03 May 2008) | 2 lines capitalization nit for reStructuredText ................ r62653 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-03 03:02:41 +0200 (Sat, 03 May 2008) | 2 lines Fix some indentation errors. ................ r62656 | brett.cannon | 2008-05-03 05:19:39 +0200 (Sat, 03 May 2008) | 6 lines Fix the C implementation of 'warnings' to infer the filename of the module that raised an exception properly when __file__ is not set, __name__ == '__main__', and sys.argv[0] is a false value. Closes issue2743. ................ r62661 | amaury.forgeotdarc | 2008-05-03 14:21:13 +0200 (Sat, 03 May 2008) | 8 lines In test_io, StatefulIncrementalDecoderTest was not part of the test suite. And of course, the test failed: a bytearray was used without reason in io.TextIOWrapper.tell(). The difference is that iterating over bytes (i.e. str in python2.6) returns 1-char bytes, whereas bytearrays yield integers. This code should still work with python3.0 ................ r62663 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-03 17:56:42 +0200 (Sat, 03 May 2008) | 2 lines The compiling struct is now passed around to all AST helpers (see issue 2720) ................ r62680 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-03 23:35:18 +0200 (Sat, 03 May 2008) | 2 lines Moved testing of builtin types out of test_builtin and into type specific modules ................ r62686 | mark.dickinson | 2008-05-04 04:25:46 +0200 (Sun, 04 May 2008) | 4 lines Make sure that Context traps and flags dictionaries have values 0 and 1 (as documented) rather than True and False. ................ r62687 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-04 05:05:49 +0200 (Sun, 04 May 2008) | 2 lines Fix typo in whatsnew ................ r62696 | georg.brandl | 2008-05-04 11:15:04 +0200 (Sun, 04 May 2008) | 2 lines #2752: wrong meaning of '' for socket host. ................ r62699 | christian.heimes | 2008-05-04 13:50:53 +0200 (Sun, 04 May 2008) | 1 line Added note that Python requires at least Win2k SP4 ................ r62700 | gerhard.haering | 2008-05-04 14:59:57 +0200 (Sun, 04 May 2008) | 3 lines SQLite requires 64-bit integers in order to build. So the whole HAVE_LONG_LONG #ifdefing was useless. ................ r62701 | gerhard.haering | 2008-05-04 15:15:12 +0200 (Sun, 04 May 2008) | 3 lines Applied sqliterow-richcmp.diff patch from Thomas Heller in Issue2152. The sqlite3.Row type is now correctly hashable. ................ r62702 | gerhard.haering | 2008-05-04 15:42:44 +0200 (Sun, 04 May 2008) | 5 lines Implemented feature request 2157: Converter names are cut off at '(' characters. This avoids the common case of something like 'NUMBER(10)' not being parsed as 'NUMBER', like expected. Also corrected the docs about converter names being case-sensitive. They aren't any longer. ................ r62703 | georg.brandl | 2008-05-04 17:45:05 +0200 (Sun, 04 May 2008) | 2 lines #2757: Remove spare newline. ................ r62711 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-05-04 21:10:02 +0200 (Sun, 04 May 2008) | 2 lines Fix typo in bugs.rst ................
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In the "Comment" field, describe the problem in detail, including what you
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expected to happen and what did happen. Be sure to include whether any
extension modules were involved, and what hardware and software platform you
were using (including version information as appropriate).
Each issue report will be reviewed by a developer who will determine what needs to
be done to correct the problem. You will receive an update each time an action is
taken on the issue.
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.. seealso::
`How to Report Bugs Effectively <https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html>`_
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Article which goes into some detail about how to create a useful bug report.
This describes what kind of information is useful and why it is useful.
`Bug Writing Guidelines <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=bug-writing.html>`_
Information about writing a good bug report. Some of this is specific to the
Mozilla project, but describes general good practices.
.. _contributing-to-python:
Getting started contributing to Python yourself
===============================================
Beyond just reporting bugs that you find, you are also welcome to submit
patches to fix them. You can find more information on how to get started
patching Python in the `Python Developer's Guide`_. If you have questions,
the `core-mentorship mailing list`_ is a friendly place to get answers to
any and all questions pertaining to the process of fixing issues in Python.
.. _Documentation bugs: https://github.com/python/cpython/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Adocs
.. _Python Developer's Guide: https://devguide.python.org/
.. _core-mentorship mailing list: https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/core-mentorship.python.org/