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

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:31:49 -0500
Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
> 
> >       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.

Well we've had buildbot failures in the middle of the week.

> > +        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).

Funny, it shows that the NNTP SSL tests don't check the certificate,
then.

Regards

Antoine.