def __init__(self, config_file='defaults.cfg'):
self.config = ConfigParser.SafeConfigParser()
self.config.readfp(open(config_file))
cache.database.init(self.config.get('indexer', 'cache_file'))
Group.create_table(True)
Article.create_table(True)
max_nntp = self.config.getint('indexer', 'max_connections')
self.nntp_semaphore = threading.BoundedSemaphore(max_nntp)
max_task = 5
self.task_queue = Queue()
self.task_runners = []
for i in xrange(max_task):
runner = threading.Thread(target=self.task_runner)
runner.daemon = True
self.task_runners.append(runner)
runner.start()
