- use quite short timeout while fetching external source

git-svn-id: https://svn.erp5.org/repos/public/erp5/trunk@35990 20353a03-c40f-0410-a6d1-a30d3c3de9de

bt5/erp5_knowledge_pad/ExtensionTemplateItem/GetRssDataAsDict.py

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from urllib2 import HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm, HTTPBasicAuthHandler, \
 from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
 import md5
 from HTMLParser import HTMLParser
+import socket
 
 def getRssDataAsDict(url, username, password):
   passman = HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm()
@@ -10,8 +11,14 @@ def getRssDataAsDict(url, username, password):
   auth_handler = HTTPBasicAuthHandler(passman)
   opener = build_opener(auth_handler)
   install_opener(opener)
+  try:
+    default_timeout = socket.getdefaulttimeout()
+    socket.setdefaulttimeout(5.0)
     try:
       file = urlopen(url)
+    finally:
+      socket.setdefaulttimeout(default_timeout)
+      
   except IOError , e:
     return {'title': 'Connection problem, please retry later.'}
   except ValueError , e:

bt5/erp5_knowledge_pad/bt/revision

-518
+519
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