[Twisted-Python] why tests are failing with the gtk2 reactor +
oldtrial but passing with newtrial  Jonathan Simms slyphon at
twistedmatrix.com Mon Oct 18 13:59:44 EDT 2004  Glyph Lefkowitz
wrote:  >On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 02:52, Jonathan Simms wrote: >>In
the end, it was a VERY GOOD THING that JP demanded that I revert
the  >>merge of my branch, as >>the reactor-installation code
was flawed. >I am a little confused - the first half of your
message makes sense to >me, and this makes sense to me, but they
do not seem to be connected in >any way.  How was the reactor-
installation code flawed? Heh, well, to be perfectly honest, the
only connection between these two  things was that it was
through debugging one that I discovered the other.  Basically,
the  reactor installation code was flawed because the reactor
installation code was somehow factored  out, while the option
was left in, so no matter what you specified with --reactor, you
got the  select reactor.  The reason the select reactor was
getting installed wa