[Wolves] Re: to all you python programers out there

[David Morley]

On 13/09/05, David Morley <davmor2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've noticed a bug in gmail-notify in breezy but I know nothing about
> programming.  I would like to get it fixed as it's a useful little
> program.  I have sent details of the bug to Ubuntu but they might be a
> bit busy at the mo and it's a universe package.  This is the problem
> as far as I can figure:
> 
> When you type in your Username and Password for gmail it is meant to
> write them to a file. /home/x/.notifier.conf  where x is your boxes
> username, however after running the prgram from console to try a track
> the problem I found to my dismay that this file doesn't exist.
> 
> There are 4 maybe 5 programs that run to make this one app the first
> displays the properties menu when this file is blank which saves the
> results to the afformentioned file. The second then collects the info
> from this file and sends it to gmail in order to logon.  There is
> however a default of "" for username and password when there is no
> file found.  So from what I can figure it is sending no login info to
> gmail and therefore causing it to not login.  If it does login it
> can't tell when you have new mail and just keeps flashing up the
> message "login fail retrying"
> 
> The prgram is in python but I don't know how to program yet so can't
> find the specific bug and was wondering if you kind Ladies and Gents
> could have a look see and post the fix which could then be paced onto
> Ubuntu.  The desktop most of us seem to enjoy.
> --
> Seek That Thy Might Know
> 
Further to this someone has downloaded the original tar ball and it
has the same problem. however his does produce the file which is has
posted but point out that it its the way the program is sending the
info that is the problem.

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Seek That Thy Might Know