behavioral differences between shutil.unpack_archive and ZipFile.extractall

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

Research direction

The issue points to shutil.diff and test_unpack.zip, which contains the test script and test archives; PR #29910 is also referenced. Start by reviewing those artifacts and the issue history to determine the intended relationship between shutil.unpack_archive and ZipFile.extractall, then validate any proposed behavior or documentation against the supplied tests.

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Description

stdlib type-bug
BPO 20907
Nosy @pitrou, @merwok, @bitdancer, @MarSoft, @akulakov, @huantianad
PRs
  • python/cpython#29910
    		•
    Files
  • shutil.diff: patch
  • test_unpack.zip: test script and test zips
    		•

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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2014-03-13.09:46:05.306>
labels = ['3.11', 'type-bug', 'library', 'docs']
title = 'behavioral differences between shutil.unpack_archive and ZipFile.extractall'
updated_at = <Date 2022-04-07.21:02:08.525>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/peterpsantoronet'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2022-04-07.21:02:08.525>
actor = 'MarSoft'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation', 'Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2014-03-13.09:46:05.306>
creator = 'peter@psantoro.net'
dependencies = []
files = ['34393', '34408']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 20907
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 10.0
messages = ['213374', '213494', '214082', '214093', '214127', '214196', '214214', '397062', '407620', '407622']
nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'eric.araujo', 'r.david.murray', 'docs@python', 'peter@psantoro.net', 'MarSoft', 'andrei.avk', 'huantian']
pr_nums = ['29910']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue20907'
versions = ['Python 3.11']

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