Fwd: hellanzb xmlrpc

[Ryan Schmidt]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Carson H." <haloris-ports at yahoo.co.uk>
> Date: September 14, 2009 03:25:24 CDT
> To: Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>
> Subject: Re: hellanzb xmlrpc
>
>
> On 14 sept. 2009, at 02:00, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On Sep 13, 2009, at 11:50, Carson H. wrote:
>>
>>> hellanzb -- installed with MP 1.8 under Snow Leopard -- grabbed  
>>> some files successfully,
>>> however XML RPC seems to be broken (tried these commands:  
>>> shutdown, list, status).
>>>
>>> Anyone else experiencing this ?
>>
>> I don't know what hellanzb is or how it is used. Could you post the  
>> exact steps (e.g. commands) needed to reproduce this issue, so that  
>> others can test for it on their systems?
>>
>
> It's a nzb grabber written in python (no longer in development, see www.hellanzb.com 
> ).
>
> In MP 1.8 it depends on python26 and py26-twisted -- my python26  
> comes from macports, not Apple.
>
> In Terminal start the daemon (the default config file is /opt/local/ 
> etc/hellanzb.conf):
> >> hellanzb.py
>
> I could grab some files successfully.
> Then try to say, shut it down by sending a shutdown command in  
> another window:
> >> hellanzb.py shutdown
>
> It hangs (it worked in Leopard before MP 1.8).
>
> I sent an email to the maintainer.
> By the way for those interested in an another nzb grabber there is a  
> newer project called SABnzbd+
> (www.sabnzbd.org)