Re: updating nntplib

2009-02-06 Thread Terry Reedy
Gerhard Häring wrote: Travis wrote: Hello all, There are some notable deficiencies in nntlib. Here are two: [...] Be sure to add a bug report/patch to the Python bug tracker. http://bugs.python.org/ Anything else will most likely be overlooked or forgotten. It is my impression that nntpl

Re: updating nntplib

2009-02-06 Thread Gerhard Häring
Travis wrote: > Hello all, > > There are some notable deficiencies in nntlib. Here are two: [...] Be sure to add a bug report/patch to the Python bug tracker. http://bugs.python.org/ Anything else will most likely be overlooked or forgotten. -- Gerhard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listi

Re: updating nntplib

2009-02-05 Thread Travis
On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 04:40:36PM -0600, Travis wrote: > 2) In some cases, it will bomb out upon receiving certain greetings > that it doesn't expect. As I understand it, it actually terminates > the connection, not allowing for catching an exception or anything. > I have not verified this myself

updating nntplib

2009-02-05 Thread Travis
Hello all, There are some notable deficiencies in nntlib. Here are two: 1) It says it implements NNTP as defined in RFC 977, but NNTP has a newer RFC, RFC 3977, which clarifies some vagueness and has more commands defined. However, as it currently stands you cannot issue these commands, since t