Re: Looking for python-xlib sponsor

["Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de>]

Thomas Viehmann wrote:
> - If you read Matthew's FAQ, you'll find that the copyright file isn't
>   correct.

Can you please point me to my error. I read the FAQ, and I read the
copyright file, and I cannot discover any indescrepancy.

> - You're #249071 has "127.0.0.1" in the comment but "localhost" in the
>   code. Why?

The comment describes what C Xlib does (as it says, in
Xtransutil.c:ConvertAddress); C Xlib, at that point, operates on
network addresses, not host names. OTOH, the caller of get_auth
supplies 'host' as a hostname, hence the code needs to compare
with 'localhost'. See Xtransutil.c.

This may not cover all possible cases, but it covers the case which
#249071 is about: sshd sets DISPLAY to localhost:10, yet puts
gethostname()/unix:10 into .Xauthority. IMO, this is a bug in
xauth(1), which does not use the same algorithm for matching
as C Xlib does. So in the long run, it might be necessary to
completely rewrite the .Xauthority processing to parse the file
in python-xlib directly.

> - What's the current best practice of linking doc and library packages?

I don't know; how can I find out? Neither section 7 nor section 12.3
of the Policy Manual seem to talk about this specific question.

> - IIRC there was some discussion about dropping python 2.1/2.2 for etch.
>   Can you check what the deal is?

I checked; for the moment, there is no action to take. Things will be
reconsidered when the migration to python2.4 is started.

> If you don't find a sponsor until I return from vacation+moving in two
> and a half or three weeks, you fix the first and I understand the
> others, I'll sign the papers.

Regards,
Martin