pyorbit1.99.4 and Python2.3 problem

[Adam Hupp]

On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 08:43:07AM -0400, Terry Reedy wrote:
> 
> "Pavel Stehule" <stehule at kix.fsv.cvut.cz> wrote in message
> news:slrnb9cuvj.49s.stehule at kix.fsv.cvut.cz...
> > I tried pyorbit with new version  of Python and when I try run test
> I get
> > error:
> > [root at stehule pyorbit-1.99.4]# cd tests/
> > [root at stehule tests]# python everything_server.py
> > TypeError: MRO conflict among bases Object, B1, BaseServer, B2
> > TypeError: MRO conflict among bases Object, B1, BaseServer, B2
> >
> > ** (process:13354): WARNING **: could not generate stub for base
> > IDL:orbit/test/C1:1.0
> 
> MRO stands for 'method resolution order'  2.3 has improved the
> definition and calculation of mro.  I believe the error message says
> that there is a conflict or ambiguity in one of your object
> inheritance trees (that was apparently not caught before).  The What's
> New file should say something about this and maybe give a pointer.
> 
> > Is working orbit with 2.3 Python?
> 
> I believe that changing the order of your base classes may solve the
> problem.  I hope someone else knows more about debugging this.


everything_server.py is the server side of the pyorbit tests so there
is definitely something broken.  I'm seeing the same thing on
debian/unstable with pyorbit 1.99.4, python 2.3a2+ (packaged as
2.2.101-1exp1?).

I filed a bug with debian, see 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=188610 


-Adam