pkgutil.extend_path fails with zipped eggs if not at first place
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Description
| BPO | 38653 |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2019-10-31.11:28:28.076>
labels = ['3.7', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = 'pkgutil.extend_path fails with zipped eggs if not at first place'
updated_at = <Date 2019-11-02.22:15:31.791>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/htgoebel'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2019-11-02.22:15:31.791>
actor = 'lkollar'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
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components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2019-10-31.11:28:28.076>
creator = 'htgoebel'
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issue_num = 38653
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
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status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue38653'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.7']
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Research direction
Start with the pkgutil.extend_path entry point and investigate how it handles zipped eggs when they are not first on the path. Reproduce the reported ordering-dependent failure, then add coverage and verify that extend_path works for this case without regressing existing behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100