This is a catalogue of Python 2 and 3 patches and patch numbers for Fedora and RHEL. It does not include all patches. It serves two purposes:
Picking numbers for new patches
Patch numbers should match between all spec files (Python 2/3, Fedora/EL/SCL). Since not all patches appear in all specs, this is tricky to keep track of (and thus it was not always done). This global catalogue should help.
Note that the patch doesn't have to be exactly the same in each branch: there will be slight differences if the patch (e.g. due to different Python 2/3 differences). However, if the patch fixes the same issue, then it should have the same number across all branches.
If you can, use the same patch name and comment in the spec file, to improve diff output when comparing them.
Documenting status of the patches
Patches should primarily be documented in the spec files. However, for some information it's not practical to update all specs. An example is current upstreaming status: the spec comment should link to an upstream bug if one exists, but "volatile" notes can be put in this global catalogue.
The Patches
| Patch No. | Patch description | Where | Upstream status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 243 | Build properly on MIPS | python3, Fedora 25, 26 | |
| 242 | HTTPoxy | Everywhere | |
| 241 | Reserved for RHEL | rhel-7 | |
| 240 | Reserved for RHEL | python33-rhel6+7 | |
| 239 | Reserved for RHEL | rh-python34-rhel-6 | |
| 238 | (See patch 211) | EL | |
| 237 | (See patch 210) | EL | |
| 212 (f23) | (See patch 211) | Python 3 in Fedora 23 | |
| 211 (py3 f23), 238 (EL) | CVE-2016-5699 | Python 3 in Fedora 23, RHEL | Fixed upstream |
| 211 (f24+), 212 (f23) | Fix test breakage with new Pyexpat | Fedora | Reported, stuck on review |
| 210 (Fedora), 237 (EL) | CVE-2016-0772 | Everywhere | Fixed upstream |
| 209 | CVE-2016-5636 | Fedora | Fixed upstream (a b) |
| 208 (py3) | Skip test that fails on ppc64 | Python 3 | |
| 207 (py3) | Avoid incomplete _math.o with parallel builds | Python 3 | Closed upstream with different fix |
| 206 (py3) | Remove hf flag from arm triplet (Debianism) | Python 3 | Looks like this might be combined with patch 5001 |
| 205 (py3) | configure: Make libpl respect lib64 | Python 3 | |
| 203 (py3) | Disable tests requiring signals (due to Koji behavior) | Python 3 | |
| 201 (py3) | Memleak fix | Python 3 | Upstreamed, fragment of the patch remains |
| 200 (py3) | Fix for gettext plural form headers | Python 3 | |
| 196 (py3) | Test failure on ppc64le | Python 3 | |
| 194 (py3) | Disable tests requiring SIGHUP (due to Koji bug) | Python 3 | |
| 189 (py3) | Add Rewheel to ensurepip | Python 3 | |
| 188 | Hashlib test patch | Python 3 | Looks removable |
| 186 | Don't raise from py_compile | Python 3 | Only a test remains in downstream patch |
| 184 | Fixes build of ctypes against libffi with multilib wrapper | ||
| 180 | Enable ppc64p7 | As is, the patch is not appropriate upstream | |
| 178 | Don't duplicate various FLAGS in sysconfig values | Python 3 | Reported, failed review |
| 170 | Nicer C-level asserts in garbage collector | Python 3 | Reported, work needed to address review comments |
| 163 | Skip test with intermittent failure | ||
| 160 | Skip tests that require new kernel | ||
| 157 | uid/gid handling, RHBZ#697470 | Just some tests are still downstream-only | |
| 155 | SELinux/httpd/ctypes workaround, RHBZ#814391 | ||
| 146 | Fixes for FIPS mode | Reported, stuck | |
| 143 | Fix --with-tsc on ppc64 | Reported, stuck | |
| 137 | Skip distutils tests that fail in rpmbuild | ||
| 132 | unittest._skipInRpmBuild | ||
| 111 | Disable static libpython | ||
| 103 | lib64-sysconfig | Python 2 | |
| 102, 104 | s./usr/lib./usr/lib64. | ||
| 55 | Systemtap support | Reported, to be combined with DTrace, stalled | |
| 1 (py3) | RPath | Python 3 | |
| 1 (py2) | pydoc -g | Python 2 | |
| 0 | Config | Python 2 | — |