[issue7547] test_timeout should skip, not fail, when the remote host is not available

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Committed in r85931 (3.2), r85932 (3.1) and r85933 (2.7). -- resolution: -> fixed stage: patch review -> committed/rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker _

[issue7547] test_timeout should skip, not fail, when the remote host is not available

Sandro Tosi added the comment: Hello, as discussed on irc, I'm proposing a patch that: - wraps the test with support.transient_internet - limits the assert to only socket.timeout (what we want to test) test_smptnet.py is already fixed, since it already uses support.transient_internet Regards

[issue7547] test_timeout should skip, not fail, when the remote host is not available

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[issue7547] test_timeout should skip, not fail, when the remote host is not available

New submission from Antoine Pitrou : test_timeout uses www.python.org as a Guinea pig for its socket tests. Unfortunately sometimes www.python.org is down, which gives the following kind of failures (seen on a buildbot recently): test test_timeout failed -- Traceback (most recent call last): F