IPv6 support for logging.handlers

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reviewing the uploaded mywork.patch and mywork2.patch alongside the logging.handlers implementation; the issue identifies IPv6 support as the goal. Check linked PR gh-154496 and the existing discussion before deciding what remains, then verify that the relevant handlers support IPv6 without regressing existing behavior.

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Description

stdlib type-feature
BPO 14855
Nosy @loewis, @gpshead, @vsajip, @pitrou
Files
  • mywork.patch: Patch that adds IPv6 support to logging.handlers
  • mywork2.patch: socket.create_connection supports UDP; DatagramHandler supports IPv6
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-05-19.09:49:33.079>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'IPv6 support for logging.handlers'
updated_at = <Date 2015-02-26.16:51:07.647>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/cblp'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2015-02-26.16:51:07.647>
actor = 'Thomas Bartelmess'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2012-05-19.09:49:33.079>
creator = 'cblp'
dependencies = []
files = ['25635', '25680']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 14855
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 13.0
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nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['loewis', 'gregory.p.smith', 'vinay.sajip', 'pitrou', 'cblp', 'Thomas Bartelmess']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue14855'
versions = ['Python 3.3']

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    • gh-154496
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