[Python-modules-team] Bug#469001: bug lies in (presently) unused code path

[Thomas Viehmann]

user debian-release at lists.debian.org
usertag 469001 -goal-python2.5
severity 469001 normal
retitle 469001 buggy Python API memory handling in unused source code
found 469001 0.6.0-8
thanks 
Hi,

the code that exhibits the buggy PyObject_NEW/PyMem_DEL behaviour (in  
  python-scipy-0.6.0/scipy/sandbox/netcdf/_netcdf.c) is not actually  
compiled and the results shipped. As such, while a fix still seems to  
be worthwile it does not affect the python2.5 release goal. I am thus  
removing the usertag. Just be sure not to include the buggy C module  
before fixing it. Noticing that a pure python implementation  
(python-scipy-0.6.0/scipy/io/netcdf.py) is used, it might be nice to  
see whether the netcdfg-dev build-dependency should be revisited.

(CCing debian-python because the bugs will disappear from the  
release-goal list.)

Kind regards

T.
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