Re: [Jython-users] socket timeouts

[Alan K. <jyt...@xh...>]

[terti]
> Is there a way to implement socket timeouts in Jython using the standard 
> Jython 2.1 socket module?

Yes: I have a version of the socket 2.1 module which I've amended to 
support the cpython 2.3 socket timeout interface. See below.

[terti]
> Google pointed me to this site http://xhaus.com/alan/python/jynio/ but 
> it seems like an implementation discussion rather that a solution.

Indeed, it is just an implementation discussion. I have a partially 
complete implementation of non-blocking socket I/O, which is passing 
most of the cpython non-blocking socket tests. But making that ready for 
publishing will take more time than I can currently spare.

But the timeout stuff is easy, so I went ahead and did a separate module 
just to support timeouts. Although I have only tested this module on JVM 
1.4.2, it should work on all pre-1.4 JVMs, i.e. pre-java.nio JVMs.

I intend to make this module available immediately.

So that leads to the question I want to ask: How should I publish this? 
I had planned to simply make it available for download from a page on my 
site? Are there licensing issues with this? I have taken the original 
jython 2.1 socket module and added timeout support: so I don't want to 
claim ownership of the module. I also have a small test suite (mostly 
copied from the cpython 2.3 Lib/test/test_socket.py module) and some 
documentation.

License issues aside, it would be simplest for me to make the 
module/test-suite/docs available for download from my own site, perhaps 
linked from the jython wiki.

What's the best way for me to publish this?

Regards,

Alan.