This is with ncurses 6.0.

$ ./python -m test -v -u curses -m test_module_funcs test_curses
== CPython 3.6.0a2+ (default:e3bb87952c62, Jun 15 2016, 08:24:47) [GCC 6.1.1 20160501]
==   Linux-4.6.1-2-ARCH-x86_64-with-arch little-endian
==   hash algorithm: siphash24 64bit
==   /home/xavier/src/python/default/build/test_python_17932
Testing with flags: sys.flags(debug=0, inspect=0, interactive=0, optimize=0, dont_write_bytecode=0, no_user_site=0, no_site=0, ignore_environment=0, verbose=0, bytes_warning=0, quiet=0, hash_randomization=1, isolated=0)
Run tests sequentially
0:00:00 [1/1] test_curses
test_module_funcs (test.test_curses.TestCurses)
Test module-level functions ... 
ERROR

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ERROR: test_module_funcs (test.test_curses.TestCurses)
Test module-level functions
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/xavier/src/python/default/Lib/test/test_curses.py", line 212, in test_module_funcs
    self.stdscr.putwin(f)
_curses.error: putwin() returned ERR