shutils cannot copy owner

[dr7eus]

BPO	1368091
Nosy	@devdanzin
Superseder	bpo-1355826: shutil.move() does not preserve ownership

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2009-03-20.23:31:23.694>
created_at = <Date 2005-11-28.10:21:45.000>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'shutils cannot copy owner'
updated_at = <Date 2009-03-20.23:31:23.692>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/dr7eus'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2009-03-20.23:31:23.692>
actor = 'ajaksu2'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2009-03-20.23:31:23.694>
closer = 'ajaksu2'
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2005-11-28.10:21:45.000>
creator = 'dr7eus'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 1368091
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['61213', '83888']
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pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'duplicate'
stage = None
status = 'closed'
superseder = '1355826'
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue1368091'
versions = []

[dr7eus]

shutils is a nice wrapper for handling copying of
files. But it currently falls short of being able to
make an exact copy of a file. What is missing is the
possibility to copy ownership of a file.

[devdanzin]

Closing as bpo-1355826 has more details.