Re: Multiple copies of timeoutsocket.py in Debian packages

2014-01-30 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. Jakub Wilk writes: > * Olivier Berger , 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 an

Re: Multiple copies of timeoutsocket.py in Debian packages

2014-01-29 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Olivier Berger , 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 i

Re: Multiple copies of timeoutsocket.py in Debian packages

2014-01-29 Thread Olivier Berger
Hi. Thanks for your responses. Jakub Wilk writes: > * Olivier Berger , 2014-01-28, 16:39: >>A quick search on http://codesearch.debian.net reports many hits for >>the timeoutsocket.py library. >> >>I think it would be better to have a distinct package, then (hence a >>RFP: #736935). >> >>Howe

Re: Multiple copies of timeoutsocket.py in Debian packages

2014-01-28 Thread Adam Sampson
Olivier Berger writes: > I'm tempted to think that it may even no longer be needed at all, It's only needed for Python 2.2 and earlier; it should be quite safe to replace with the built-in equivalents on any modern version of Python. (You may find that programs aren't using it anyway if they spo

Re: Multiple copies of timeoutsocket.py in Debian packages

2014-01-28 Thread Jakub Wilk
* Olivier Berger , 2014-01-28, 16:39: A quick search on http://codesearch.debian.net reports many hits for the timeoutsocket.py library. I think it would be better to have a distinct package, then (hence a RFP: #736935). However I don't have a clue whether this is really used by these packa