[Python-Dev] [Python-checkins] r86441 - python/branches/py3k/Lib/test/test_nntplib.py

Sat Nov 13 02:31:49 CET 2010

On 11/12/2010 7:28 PM, antoine.pitrou wrote:
> Author: antoine.pitrou
> Date: Sat Nov 13 01:28:53 2010
> New Revision: 86441
>> Log:
> Switch from gmane to another provider for NNTP tests (as gmane isn't reliable
> enough). Also, use setUpClass in order to connect only once per test run.

> class NetworkedNNTP_SSLTests(NetworkedNNTPTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
> - NNTP_HOST = 'snews.gmane.org'
> - GROUP_NAME = 'gmane.comp.python.devel'
> - GROUP_PAT = 'gmane.comp.python.d*'

gmane is most problematical on weekends.
> + NNTP_HOST = 'nntp.aioe.org'
> + GROUP_NAME = 'comp.lang.python'
> + GROUP_PAT = 'comp.lang.*'

aioe went away for several months a couple of years ago or so.
Let us hope it stays up for awhile now.
The ssl connection currently does not work (expired certificate).
Terry