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

[Terry Reedy]

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