Re: Multiple copies of timeoutsocket.py in Debian packages
Hi.
Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org> writes:
> * Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@telecom-sudparis.eu>, 2014-01-29, 10:25:
>>>Yeah, timeoutsocket.py looks like something that should have died a
>>>decade ago. In Python ≥ 2.3 you can set default timeout or a
>>>per-socket timeout without help of this library.
>>>
>>>planet-venus, python-feedvalidator and rawdog already use the proper
>>>Python interfaces, and only fall back to timeoutsocket when they are
>>>not available:
>>>http://sources.debian.net/src/python-feedvalidator/0~svn1022-2/feedvalidator/__init__.py#L8
>>>http://sources.debian.net/src/planet-venus/0~git9de2109-1/planet/spider.py#L378
>>>http://sources.debian.net/src/rawdog/2.13.dfsg.1-1/rawdoglib/feedparser.py#L103
>>>
>>
>>I'm wondering, in similar cases, if there is anything that should be
>>done for these packages, like patching the code to remove the embedded
>>copy and get rid of the import check, since our Python versions in
>>Debian are recent enough ? This would eliminate uncertainty...
>
> I would remove the embedded copy from Debian binary packages, and then
> poke upstream to drop the obsolete code…
>
>>or maybe things should just be kept in the current state... Maybe
>>that's not worth the worry in general.
>
> … but others' laziness may vary. :-P
Thanks for your suggestions.
Filed the following wishlists (planet-venus already addressed in version
in experimental) :
- python-feedvalidator : #737117
- rawdog : #737116
>
>>>plucker and spikeproxy would have to be ported to the “new” API.
>>I guess that would be worth a bug report, then ?
>
> I'm glad you volunteered to file them. ;-)
>
DONE :
- plucker : #737114
- spikeproxy : #737113
Best regards,
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Olivier BERGER
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Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF
Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France)
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