test_nasties() fails with built-in datetime module

[James Page]

Ubuntu 14.10 builds the datetime module directly into python; so the "from" clause in the nasties test fails depending on target distribution:

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FAIL: tests.test_jsonutils.ToPrimitiveTestCase.test_nasties
tags: worker-0
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jamespage/src/upstream/oslo.serialization/tests/test_jsonutils.py", line 224, in test_nasties
    self.assertTrue(ret[0].startswith(u"<module 'datetime' from "))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/unittest/case.py", line 422, in assertTrue
    raise self.failureException(msg)
AssertionError: False is not true
Traceback (most recent call last):
_StringException: Empty attachments:
  stderr
  stdout

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jamespage/src/upstream/oslo.serialization/tests/test_jsonutils.py", line 224, in test_nasties
    self.assertTrue(ret[0].startswith(u"<module 'datetime' from "))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/unittest/case.py", line 422, in assertTrue
    raise self.failureException(msg)
AssertionError: False is not true

Traceback (most recent call last):
_StringException: Empty attachments:
  stderr
  stdout

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/jamespage/src/upstream/oslo.serialization/tests/test_jsonutils.py", line 224, in test_nasties
    self.assertTrue(ret[0].startswith(u"<module 'datetime' from "))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/unittest/case.py", line 422, in assertTrue
    raise self.failureException(msg)
AssertionError: False is not true

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-oslo.serialization - 0.1.0-1ubuntu1

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python-oslo.serialization (0.1.0-1ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=medium

  * d/p/datetime-builtin.patch: Ensure tests understand the concept of
    a built-in datetime module, fixing FTBFS (LP: #1369460).
 -- James Page <email address hidden> Mon, 15 Sep 2014 10:14:49 +0100

[Davanum Srinivas (DIMS) (dims-v)]

James, anything we need to do in oslo.serialization?

[Doug Hellmann (doug-hellmann)]

fixed in https://review.openstack.org/#/c/121476/