[sr-dev] xmlrcp request takes very long time

[Juha Heinanen]

Andrei Pelinescu-Onciul writes:

 > We could also close the connection in sr, but that would require
 > additional code and it's the xmlrpc lib that's broken (parsing the
 > answer only on close() 
 > is really braindamaged). However if there are lots of applications
 > relying on the broken behaviour, I might be convinced to add the close
 > option in sr xmlrpc.

well, python and php both are very popular for writing management
software and a basic xmlrpc client written in either does not work with
sr xmlrpc module.  they do work with k mi_xmlrpc module which makes
migration from mi_xmlrpc to xmlrpc module painful.

i would suggest to do whatever is necessary make this simple call work:

server_path = XMLRPC_PROTOCOL + '://' +  XMLRPC_SERVER + \
		':' +  str(XMLRPC_PORT) + XMLRPC_DIR
c = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(server_path)

if you look at any examples on the web on python xmlrpc clients, the
above is what you will find.  if sr requires something more complicated,
it is not a good idea.

-- juha