Always rewrite single-file mailboxes in-place

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

Research direction

Start with the linked issue15122.patch and the Python email component referenced in the issue metadata. Determine how single-file mailboxes are currently rewritten and verify that the requested behavior is consistently applied in place, with tests covering the affected mailbox operations.

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Description

stdlib topic-email type-feature
BPO 15122
Nosy @warsaw, @bitdancer, @akheron
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  • issue15122.patch
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-06-21.10:45:50.417>
labels = ['type-feature', 'expert-email']
title = 'Always rewrite single-file mailboxes in-place'
updated_at = <Date 2012-09-09.10:51:23.915>
user = 'https://github.com/akheron'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2012-09-09.10:51:23.915>
actor = 'petri.lehtinen'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['email']
creation = <Date 2012-06-21.10:45:50.417>
creator = 'petri.lehtinen'
dependencies = []
files = ['27150']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 15122
keywords = ['patch', 'needs review']
message_count = 10.0
messages = ['163322', '163324', '163326', '163327', '163328', '163342', '163358', '164522', '167601', '170096']
nosy_count = 3.0
nosy_names = ['barry', 'r.david.murray', 'petri.lehtinen']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue15122'
versions = ['Python 3.4']

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