email: get_boundary (and get_filename) invokes unquote twice
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Description
| BPO | 28945 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @warsaw, @bitdancer, @elafontaine |
| Files |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2016-12-12.12:54:57.784>
labels = ['type-bug', 'expert-email']
title = 'email: get_boundary (and get_filename) invokes unquote twice'
updated_at = <Date 2017-01-03.12:21:15.920>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/bpoaugust'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2017-01-03.12:21:15.920>
actor = 'vstinner'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['email']
creation = <Date 2016-12-12.12:54:57.784>
creator = 'bpoaugust'
dependencies = []
files = ['46003']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 28945
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 15.0
messages = ['282991', '283651', '283656', '283678', '283680', '283693', '283702', '283703', '283704', '283850', '283851', '283852', '283853', '284294', '284502']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['barry', 'r.david.murray', 'bpoaugust', 'Eric Lafontaine']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue28945'
versions = ['Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5']
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing issue_28945.patch and the email code paths for get_boundary and get_filename. Compare their handling with utils.collapse_rfc2231_value; done means the affected values are no longer unquoted twice while preserving the intended filename and boundary behavior.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100