Comment 2 for bug 1593153

FWIW:

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  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/branch.py", line 2274, in open
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1079, in open_branch
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/branch.py", line 2274, in open
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1079, in open_branch
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/branch.py", line 2274, in open
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1079, in open_branch
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/branch.py", line 2274, in open
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1079, in open_branch
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/branch.py", line 2274, in open
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1079, in open_branch
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/branch.py", line 2274, in open
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1079, in open_branch
    possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/branch.py", line 2272, in open
    location, possible_transports=possible_transports)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/controldir.py", line 689, in open
    _unsupported=_unsupported)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/controldir.py", line 723, in open_from_transport
    return format.open(transport, _found=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1486, in open
    return self._open(transport)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 1694, in _open
    return BzrDirMeta1(transport, format)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 851, in __init__
    super(BzrDirMeta1, self).__init__(_transport, _format)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/bzrdir.py", line 638, in __init__
    self.transport = _transport.clone('.bzr')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/transport/local.py", line 86, in clone
    return LocalTransport(abspath)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/transport/local.py", line 67, in __init__
    super(LocalTransport, self).__init__(base)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/transport/__init__.py", line 331, in __init__
    urlutils.split_segment_parameters(base))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/urlutils.py", line 536, in split_segment_parameters
    (base_url, subsegments) = split_segment_parameters_raw(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/urlutils.py", line 522, in split_segment_parameters_raw
    lurl = strip_trailing_slash(url)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/bzrlib/urlutils.py", line 621, in strip_trailing_slash
    if sys.platform == 'win32' and url.startswith('file://'):
RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded in cmp

bzr 2.7.0 on python 2.7.11 (Linux-4.4.0-24-generic-x86_64-with-
    Ubuntu-16.04-xenial)
arguments: ['/usr/bin/bzr', 'log']
plugins: bash_completion[2.7.0], changelog_merge[2.7.0], grep[2.7.0],
    launchpad[2.7.0], netrc_credential_store[2.7.0], news_merge[2.7.0],
    po_merge[2.7.0], weave_fmt[2.7.0]
encoding: 'utf-8', fsenc: 'UTF-8', lang: 'en_US.UTF-8'

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