Figure out extended attributes on BSDs

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
operating-systems

Research direction

Review initial_freebsd_xattrs.patch and extattrs.patch, then inspect linked PR gh-103994 and the issue's patch-review history. Determine the intended BSD extended-attribute behavior and consider the work complete only when that behavior is resolved in the CPython changes.

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Description

extension-modules OS-freebsd OS-mac type-feature
BPO 12978
Nosy @etrepum, @ronaldoussoren, @benjaminp, @ned-deily, @hynek, @koobs, @worr
PRs
  • python/cpython#1690
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    Files
  • initial_freebsd_xattrs.patch
  • extattrs.patch
    		•

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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2011-09-14.15:35:25.624>
labels = ['3.8']
title = 'Figure out extended attributes on BSDs'
updated_at = <Date 2018-10-10.23:45:24.855>
user = 'https://github.com/benjaminp'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2018-10-10.23:45:24.855>
actor = 'ned.deily'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = []
creation = <Date 2011-09-14.15:35:25.624>
creator = 'benjamin.peterson'
dependencies = []
files = ['39095', '40946']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 12978
keywords = ['patch']
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nosy_count = 10.0
nosy_names = ['nicholas.riley', 'bob.ippolito', 'ronaldoussoren', 'benjamin.peterson', 'ned.deily', 'Arfrever', 'hynek', 'koobs', 'worr', 'billyfoster']
pr_nums = ['1690']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue12978'
versions = ['Python 3.8']

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    • gh-103994
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