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Title: No mimetype guessed for tar.xz url
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Library (Lib) Versions: Python 2.7
process
Status: closed Resolution: duplicate
Dependencies: Superseder: Support xz compression in mimetypes module
View: 16316
Assigned To: Nosy List: eric.araujo, lcid-fire, r.david.murray
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2013-04-19 07:30 by lcid-fire, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (4)
msg187348 - (view) Author: LCID Fire (lcid-fire) Date: 2013-04-19 07:30
mimetypes.guess_type( "http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/libxml++/2.36/libxml++-2.36.0.tar.xz"), strict=False )

gives

(None, None)
msg187357 - (view) Author: R. David Murray (r.david.murray) * (Python committer) Date: 2013-04-19 12:48
Adding xz was treated as an enhancement in issue 16316.  Our thinking about applying these types of changes as bug fixes has evolved a bit, so I think we can consider backporting it.
msg187370 - (view) Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) * (Python committer) Date: 2013-04-19 16:32
+1
msg187371 - (view) Author: Éric Araujo (eric.araujo) * (Python committer) Date: 2013-04-19 16:33
Let’s keep using that other bug report.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:44adminsetgithub: 61996
2013-04-19 16:33:23eric.araujosetstatus: open -> closed
superseder: Support xz compression in mimetypes module
messages: + msg187371

resolution: duplicate
stage: needs patch -> resolved
2013-04-19 16:32:33eric.araujosetnosy: + eric.araujo

messages: + msg187370
stage: needs patch
2013-04-19 12:48:16r.david.murraysetnosy: + r.david.murray
messages: + msg187357
2013-04-19 07:30:49lcid-firecreate