[Python-Dev] [Python-3000] the release gods are angry at python

Fri Mar 28 19:15:52 CET 2008

> On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 3:31 AM, <skip at pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > Neal> Anything that connects to a remote host is definitely flaky.
> >
> > Would it maybe help to set up a dedicated host (or virtual host) to serve as
> > the sole target of all network tests?
>> It would help, but not fix the problem. There will still be transient
> network issues that come up.

We really need to be able to wrap a timeout around any individual
test, perhaps throwing a TimeoutException if the timeout is reached,
and have the ability to regard a TimeoutException as not being a
"failure".
Bill