[Bugs] #2289 UNSP: sugar freezes when register widget is clicked (if Server is unresponsive)

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#2289: sugar freezes when register widget is clicked (if Server is unresponsive)
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    Reporter:  lfaraone                   |          Owner:  tomeu                      
        Type:  defect                     |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Unspecified by Maintainer  |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  sugar                      |        Version:  Unspecified                
    Severity:  Major                      |       Keywords:  r?                         
Distribution:  Ubuntu                     |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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Comment(by sascha_silbe):

 If you post the patch to the mailing list (using git-send-email) you'll
 have a better chance if it getting reviewed soon (it will happen in Trac
 as well, but might take more time).

 Some things I noticed while giving the patch a quick look:
 * subject is not really useful
 * description is missing
 * non-bugfix changes mixed in (what's the reason for the string import
 change anyway?)
 * change descriptions ("New class [...]") belong in the commit
 description, not the source code
 * please consider adding docstrings to the new classes (but only if you
 come up with something that's more descriptive than the name itself)
 * if all we're doing in {{{TimeoutServerProxy}}} is adding a parameter and
 we only have one trivial caller, why add a new class at all?

 {{{
 +    def make_connection(self, host):
 +        host, extra_headers, x509 = self.get_host_info(host)
 +        conn = TimeoutHTTP(host, timeout=self.timeout)
 +        return conn
 }}}

 Please combine the last two lines. The variable name doesn't add any
 information as it should be clear from the method name that the return
 value will be a connection (and if it isn't clear enough, a docstring
 would be better).

 While this the timeout a stopgap to prevent Sugar from hanging
 indefinitely, a proper fix will additionally need to make the registration
 asynchronous. It might be too late to ship the full fix in 0.90, though.

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Ticket URL: <http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/2289#comment:3>
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