[Python-Dev] Branches in which to fix the SSL tests

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 07.01.2016 17:52, Brett Cannon wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Jan 2016 at 03:37 Martin Panter <vadmium+py at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 7 January 2016 at 09:57, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
>>> As mentioned on the issue tracker I'm not convinced that your
>>> patch is a good solution going forward. Rather than basing
>>> the test on svn.python.org, which can change again in the
>>> future, we should use the domain we have specifically
>>> reserved for stdlib tests, namely pythontest.net and get this
>>> set up in a way so that we can run SSL tests again.
>>
>> I agree my first patch is not really sustainable; I only thought of it
>> as a temporary workaround.
>>
>> If we want to change to pythontest.net, it seems there is already an
>> SSL certificate set up with https://self-signed.pythontest.net,
>> already used by other tests. If people want, I should be able to make
>> a straightforward patch to switch to that.
>>
>> But I would prefer to go with something like my newer
>> local-server.v2.patch, which essentially switches to a local server
>> run for the duration of each test. It is just a question of finding
>> someone to review my changes.
>>
> 
> I say update bugfix branches with simple pythontest.net and consider
> updating default w/ your local server solution as there we can watch the
> tests to make sure the test is stable, etc.

+1

> -Brett
> 
> 
>>
>>> Regarding which branches to apply the final fix, others have
>>> already chimed in. Essentially, any branch which we'll need
>>> to run tests on in the foreseeable future will need to be fixed
>>
>> Yes, it seems that is a reasonable conclusion. In this case that would
>> indeed mean all branches including 3.2. Thanks everyone for the input.
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