[ZODB-Dev] repozo uses md5 lib, which is deprecated in python 2.6

[Christian Theune]

On 11/18/2009 06:00 PM, Chris Withers wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> ZODB's repozo script uses the md5 library, which is deprecated in python
> 2.6, resulting in annoying emails from cron jobs.
>
> A few questions:
>
> - Where's the tracker for ZODB nowadays to report this issue?

https://edge.launchpad.net/zodb

> - Anyone know what to replace md5 with? The warning suggests hashlib,
> which landed in 2.5. I assume it's okay to just use hashlib rather than
> worry about conditionally import md5 or hashlib, given that trunk ZODB
> and 3.9 branch are only targeted at Python 2.5 and above, right?

Not sure about that. Most people I see that need to support 2.4 and 2.6 
tend to provide a wrapper-function combined with a conditional import.

> - Does repozo have any tests? If so, how do I run them.

Looking around I found this: scripts/manual_tests/testrepozo.py

Christian


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