New submission from Norman Lorrain <normanlorr...@gmail.com>:
On Windows 10 machine, unit tests show this error: 0:05:10 load avg: 3.24 [221/427/1] test_mimetypes failed test test_mimetypes failed -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "D:\github\cpython\lib\test\test_mimetypes.py", line 289, in test_guess_type eq(type_info, "I don't know anything about type foo.pic") AssertionError: 'type: image/pict encoding: None' != "I don't know anything about type foo.pic" - type: image/pict encoding: None + I don't know anything about type foo.pic The test is verifying that the code reports `image/pict` as a *non-standard* MIME type: def test_guess_type(self): eq = self.assertEqual type_info = self.mimetypes_cmd("-l", "foo.pic") eq(type_info, "type: image/pict encoding: None") type_info = self.mimetypes_cmd("foo.pic") eq(type_info, "I don't know anything about type foo.pic") Looking in my registry, I see the entry for `.pic` [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.pic] @="QuickTime.pic" "Content Type"="image/pict" ...etc The module seems to report everything it finds in the registry as "strict" ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 393826 nosy: Norman Lorrain priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: mimetypes - "strict" on Windows type: behavior versions: Python 3.11 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue44159> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com