1446: cmemcache is unmaintained?

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chipx86
chipx86
May 21, 2010
Assuming that dependencies will be available on a user's system (cmemcache 
for example) is a sure way to lose users. An application should contain it's 
dependencies and not rely that they be installed on the system.

BTW cmemcache has been abandoned and can no longer be compiled with current 
versions of memcache, libmemcache, and gcc so it's impossible to install 
ReviewBoard using the dependencies currently available in repos.
david
#1 david
Our installer installs most of the dependencies users need (via easy_install). The
cmemcache thing is interesting, so I'm going to repurpose this bug for that.
  • +cmemcache is unmaintained?
chipx86
#2 chipx86
See also http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/12427

We're dependent on Django for this. We will want to doc it, though, when Django
updates their support (and bump our required version).
  • +Confirmed
  • +Milestone-Release1.0.x
    +Component-Docs
#3 ric****@gmai***** (Google Code) (Is this you? Claim this profile.)
I've been suffering by the cmemcache problem for quite a long time. It just kept 
complaining about this kind of errors for ever:

 mcm_storage_cmd():3339: unable to store value: Operation now in progress: add

And then one python process (w/ lighttpd) or httpd process (w/ Apache) hangs.

It seems that I just figured a way to fix (or workaround) this. As chipx86 pointed 
out, cmemcache isn't Review Board's dependency but Django's. The simplest way would 
be removing cmemcache (or don't install it at all), but install the python-memcache 
package instead. Django requires either of the two.
chipx86
#4 chipx86
We'll update the docs and dependencies for python-memcache.
  • +Component-Deployment
chipx86
#5 chipx86
Fixed on release-1.0.x (99eb42b) and master (3ecd979).

The upcoming 1.0.9 and 1.5 beta 3 versions will depend on this out of the box. For
now, the docs have been updated, and will be part of tomorrow's documentation cycle.
  • -Confirmed
    +Fixed
  • +chipx86