Re: [python-committers] Winding down 3.4

2018-08-20 Thread Victor Stinner
> "shutil copy* unsafe on POSIX - they preserve setuid/setgit bits"
> https://bugs.python.org/issue17180

There is no fix. A fix may break the backward compatibility. Is it really
worth it for the last 3.4 release?

> "XML vulnerabilities in Python"
> https://bugs.python.org/issue17239

Bug inactive since 2015. I don't expect that anyone will step in next weeks
with a wonderful solution to all XML issues. I suggest to ignore this one
as well, this issue is as old as XML support in Python and I am not aware
of any victim of these issues.

Obviously, it would be "nice" to see a fix for these issues but it seems
like core devs are more interested to work on other topics and other
security issues.


> "fflush called on pointer to potentially closed file" (Windows only)
> https://bugs.python.org/issue19050

It seems like two core devs are opposed to fix this issue.

--

There are open security issues on the HTTP server and urllib. I am more
concerned by these issues, but it's hard to fix them, there is a risk of
introducing regressions.

Victor
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Re: [python-committers] MSDN Subscriptions/Renewals

2018-08-20 Thread Victor Stinner
Steve wrote:
> Just to clarify one thing: you don't need a special license to get Visual
Studio Community Edition to work on Python, even within a big company -
it's free for open source work, and has everything we need.

My employer gave me a laptop without Windows license. It is likely the case
for Apple fans as well. MSDN provide a legal Windows license which is
required to develop on Windows ;-)

Victor
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Re: [python-committers] Winding down 3.4

2018-08-20 Thread Larry Hastings


If they're really all wontfix, maybe we should mark them as wontfix, 
thus giving 3.4 a sendoff worthy of its heroic stature.


Godspeed, and may a flight of angels sing thee to thy rest,


//arry/

On 08/20/2018 05:52 AM, Victor Stinner wrote:

> "shutil copy* unsafe on POSIX - they preserve setuid/setgit bits"
> https://bugs.python.org/issue17180

There is no fix. A fix may break the backward compatibility. Is it 
really worth it for the last 3.4 release?


> "XML vulnerabilities in Python"
> https://bugs.python.org/issue17239

Bug inactive since 2015. I don't expect that anyone will step in next 
weeks with a wonderful solution to all XML issues. I suggest to ignore 
this one as well, this issue is as old as XML support in Python and I 
am not aware of any victim of these issues.


Obviously, it would be "nice" to see a fix for these issues but it 
seems like core devs are more interested to work on other topics and 
other security issues.



> "fflush called on pointer to potentially closed file" (Windows only)
> https://bugs.python.org/issue19050

It seems like two core devs are opposed to fix this issue.

--

There are open security issues on the HTTP server and urllib. I am 
more concerned by these issues, but it's hard to fix them, there is a 
risk of introducing regressions.


Victor 


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