shutil.copyfile -- allow sparse copying

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#54,225 opened on Oct 2, 2010 8 comments 0 reactions 1 assignee View on GitHub

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3.10 3.8 (EOL) 3.9 (EOL) stdlib type-feature

BPO	10016
Nosy	@pitrou, @giampaolo, @tarekziade, @bitdancer
Files	shutil-2.6.patch: Patch for shutil (from Python 2.6) shutil-2.7.patch: Patch for shutil (from Python 2.7) shutil-3.2.1.patch: Patch for shutil (from Python 3.2.1)

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assignee = 'https://github.com/tarekziade'
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2010-10-02.14:16:54.435>
labels = ['3.8', 'type-feature', 'library', '3.9', '3.10']
title = 'shutil.copyfile -- allow sparse copying'
updated_at = <Date 2020-11-06.18:50:42.335>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/karaken12'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2020-11-06.18:50:42.335>
actor = 'iritkatriel'
assignee = 'tarek'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2010-10-02.14:16:54.435>
creator = 'karaken12'
dependencies = []
files = ['19107', '19108', '19109']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 10016
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 8.0
messages = ['117878', '117879', '117881', '117930', '117943', '117944', '117946', '282614']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'giampaolo.rodola', 'tarek', 'r.david.murray', 'karaken12', 'Samuel Shapiro']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue10016'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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