def launch_downloader_daemon():
# Increase the maximum file descriptor count (to the max)
# NOTE: the info logging is REQUIRED for some unknown reason, if it is not
# done here, no further logging can be done in the daemon and it gets stuck.
try:
import resource
logging.info('Increasing file descriptor count limit in Downloader')
resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_NOFILE, (10240, -1))
except ValueError:
logging.warn('setrlimit failed.')
# Make sure we don't leak from the downloader eventloop
from miro import eventloop
def beginLoop(loop):
loop.pool = Foundation.NSAutoreleasePool.alloc().init()
eventloop.connect('begin-loop', beginLoop)
eventloop.connect('thread-will-start', beginLoop)
def endLoop(loop):
del loop.pool
eventloop.connect('end-loop', endLoop)
eventloop.connect('thread-did-start', endLoop)
# And launch
from miro.dl_daemon import Democracy_Downloader
Democracy_Downloader.launch()
# Wait for the event loop thread to finish.
# Although this is theorically not necessary since the event loop thread is
# a non-daemon thread, situations where the downloader daemon exits right
# after its launch as this function returns have been seen in the wild.
eventloop.join()
# (at your option) any later version.
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#
# In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
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#
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# the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
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# statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
"""Startup the Miro downloader process."""
from miro.dl_daemon import Democracy_Downloader
try:
Democracy_Downloader.launch()
except:
import logging
logging.exception("downloader death by exception.")