Bug 299001 – dev-python/mechanize-0.2.1 fails tests with Python 2.7

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2009-12-30 17:31:30 UTC]

dev-python/mechanize-0.1.11 fails tests with Python 2.7
It tries to use private unittest._TextTestResult which has been renamed to unittest.runner._TextTestResult.

 * Testing of dev-python/mechanize-0.1.11 with Python 2.7...                                       
Traceback (most recent call last):                                                                 
  File "test.py", line 66, in <module>                                                             
    import testprogram                                                                             
  File "test-tools/testprogram.py", line 13, in <module>                                           
    from unittest import defaultTestLoader, TextTestRunner, TestSuite, TestCase, \
ImportError: cannot import name _TextTestResult

[Comment 1 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2009-12-30 17:32:18 UTC]

Created attachment 214639 [details]
mechanize-0.1.11:20091230-172825.log

[Comment 2 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2010-01-03 02:32:53 UTC]

I have committed that patch, which fixes problem with _TextTestResult, but 1 unittest fails due to different (better) exception message in Python 2.7.

[Comment 3 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2010-01-03 02:33:47 UTC]

Created attachment 214977 [details]
mechanize-0.1.11:20100103-023125.log

[Comment 4 Dirkjan Ochtman (RETIRED) 2010-05-25 10:59:35 UTC]

Do newer versions of mechanize work on 2.7?

[Comment 5 Arfrever Frehtes Taifersar Arahesis (RETIRED) 2010-08-17 18:31:27 UTC]

Fixed by upstream in dev-python/mechanize-0.2.2.