Hi. Jakub Wilk <jw...@debian.org> writes:
> * Olivier Berger <olivier.ber...@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, -- Olivier BERGER http://www-public.telecom-sudparis.eu/~berger_o/ - OpenPGP-Id: 2048R/5819D7E8 Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87eh3pk6pp....@inf-8660.int-evry.fr
