'Re: [tor-dev] Damian's Status Report - November 2012'

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Subject: Re: [tor-dev] Damian's Status Report - November 2012
From: Sean Robinson <seankrobinson () gmail ! com>
Date: 2012-12-02 17:43:16
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On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Damian Johnson <atagar@torproject.org>wrote:

>
> * Answered a handful of controller inquiries on our lists. Stem's now
> at a point where I don't mind suggesting it to developers. If you're
> scripting or writing an application around tor then please give stem a
> try! I'd love to get more feedback on where its rough edges are before
> we make an initial release.
>

Hi all,

I agree that Stem is ready for script/application development use.  I did a
five-hour solo sprint[0] this week and I was able to move my desktop client
controller from a branch of Damian's TorCtl to a branch of Damian's
personal Stem repository with about 80% functionality.

The main changes to my controller were removing large swathes of code that
are not needed, because Stem handles error conditions well and classes
inherit from object.  So, I do less error checking on my own and I can
directly sub-class from stem.control.Controller.

I have been using Stem with gevent[1] using monkey patching for socket and
threading.  I have not had crashes from this unforeseen mixing of
libraries.  This as an indication of the high quality of the Stem code.  I
have thrown Stem into a vastly different execution context and it still
operates correctly.

[0] This sounds so much better than, "I sat in front of my computer for
five hours straight, on a Saturday."
[1] http://www.gevent.org/

-- 
Sean Robinson

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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Damian Johnson &lt;<a href="mailto:atagar@torproject.org" \
target="_blank">atagar@torproject.org</a>&gt; wrote: <blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"> 
* Answered a handful of controller inquiries on our lists. Stem&#39;s now 
at a point where I don&#39;t mind suggesting it to developers. If you&#39;re 
scripting or writing an application around tor then please give stem a 
try! I&#39;d love to get more feedback on where its rough edges are before 
we make an initial release. </blockquote></div> Hi all, I agree that \
Stem is ready for script/application development use. I did a five-hour solo \
sprint[0] this week and I was able to move my desktop client controller from a branch \
of Damian&#39;s TorCtl to a branch of Damian&#39;s personal Stem repository with \
about 80% functionality. The main changes to my controller were removing \
large swathes of code that are not needed, because Stem handles error conditions well \
and classes inherit from object. So, I do less error checking on my own and I can \
directly sub-class from stem.control.Controller. I have been using Stem with \
gevent[1] using monkey patching for socket and threading. I have not had crashes \
from this unforeseen mixing of libraries. This as an indication of the high quality \
of the Stem code. I have thrown Stem into a vastly different execution context and \
it still operates correctly. [0] This sounds so much better than, &quot;I sat \
in front of my computer for five hours straight, on a Saturday.&quot; [1] <a \
href="http://www.gevent.org/">http://www.gevent.org/</a> -- Sean \
Robinson

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