[issue25859] EOFError in test_nntplib.NetworkedNNTPTests.test_starttls()

Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset a9fca95f119a by Martin Panter in branch '3.5': Issue #25859: Reimplement NNTP test_starttls() using local server https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/a9fca95f119a New changeset c44bfa733526 by Martin Panter in branch 'default': Issue #25859: Merge

[issue25859] EOFError in test_nntplib.NetworkedNNTPTests.test_starttls()

Changes by Martin Panter : -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue25859] EOFError in test_nntplib.NetworkedNNTPTests.test_starttls()

Berker Peksag added the comment: > Would it be appropriate to change this test so that instead of connecting to > a remote server, we connect to a local server running in a background thread? +1. We can host it at pythontest.net if needed. The repo is here:

[issue25859] EOFError in test_nntplib.NetworkedNNTPTests.test_starttls()

Changes by Martin Panter : Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file41327/starttls-server.patch ___ Python tracker ___

[issue25859] EOFError in test_nntplib.NetworkedNNTPTests.test_starttls()

Changes by Martin Panter : Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file41326/starttls-server.patch ___ Python tracker ___

[issue25859] EOFError in test_nntplib.NetworkedNNTPTests.test_starttls()

Martin Panter added the comment: I don’t think there is much advantage hosting it on pythontest, but thanks for letting me know of the possibility. Here is a patch which runs it in a background localhost thread. -- keywords: +patch stage: needs patch -> patch review Added file:

[issue25859] EOFError in test_nntplib.NetworkedNNTPTests.test_starttls()

New submission from Martin Panter: The AMD64 Debian root buildbot and the x86 Gentoo Installed with X buildbot have been persistently failing test_nntplib for a while, and I can also reproduce it locally when “test -unetwork” is enabled. Six test cases fail. There is a pause before