cheetah error a/ upgrade to v4.0.0b9 commit a85e320c

P Simmons

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Jan 22, 2020, 9:04:25 PM1/22/20

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Howdy! I had no problems using v4.0.0b6 but decided to upgrade to v4.0.0b9.

I'm now having problems with report generation.

Here are my (sanitized) conf and log files.

Thank you,

Paul

wee-debug.2019-01-22.txt

weewx-2019-01-22.log

Thomas Keffer

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Jan 22, 2020, 9:20:57 PM1/22/20

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Thanks, Paul

Could you temporarily replace your copy of units.py with the attached? It will log some clues about what's causing the decode error.

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units.py

gjr80

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Jan 22, 2020, 9:44:34 PM1/22/20

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Hmm, noticed the same error on my 4.0/python 2 VM. All was fine around 10am my time on 20 January and the error is there 9am on 21 January. This VM is not run continuously but shutdown at night and started each time it's needed. The first thing after startup is a git pull from development. When I look at the commits since 18-19 January I don't see many (and most are mine :( ), though none seem contentious. Will be interesting to see the cause.

Gary

On Thursday, 23 January 2020 12:20:57 UTC+10, Thomas Keffer wrote:

Thanks, Paul

Could you temporarily replace your copy of units.py with the attached? It will log some clues about what's causing the decode error.

On Wed, Jan 22, 2020 at 6:04 PM P Simmons <mbat...@gmail.com> wrote:

Howdy! I had no problems using v4.0.0b6 but decided to upgrade to v4.0.0b9.

I'm now having problems with report generation.

Here are my (sanitized) conf and log files.

Thank you,
Paul

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P Simmons

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On Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 8:20:57 PM UTC-6, Thomas Keffer wrote:

Thanks, Paul

Could you temporarily replace your copy of units.py with the attached? It will log some clues about what's causing the decode error.

TK: Wilco - but tomorrow (sorry for delay).

Thanks!

P.

gjr80

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Jan 22, 2020, 10:16:02 PM1/22/20

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Hmm, looks like the extra log line is itself producing an error:

Jan 23 13:10:14 stretch40 weewx[1174] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2020-01-23 13:10:00 AEST (1579749000) to database 'weewx.sdb'
Jan 23 13:10:14 stretch40 weewx[1174] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2020-01-23 13:10:00 AEST (1579749000) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.units: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generate failed with exception '<type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>'
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Ignoring template /home/weewx/skins/Seasons/index.html.tmpl
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 329, in generate
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_home_weewx_skins_Seasons_index_html_tmpl.py", line 214, in respond
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line 1615, in _handleCheetahInclude
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      self._CHEETAH__cheetahIncludes[_includeID].respond(trans)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_home_weewx_skins_Seasons_current_inc.py", line 355, in respond
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 642, in filter
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      filtered = six.text_type(val)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 1051, in __str__
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return self.toString()
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 1046, in toString
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      localize=localize)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 778, in toString
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      log.error("val_str=%s; type(val_str)=%s; s=%s; type(s)=%s" % (val_str, type(val_str), s, type(s)))
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.units: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generate failed with exception '<type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>'
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Ignoring template /home/weewx/skins/Seasons/rss.xml.tmpl
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 329, in generate
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_home_weewx_skins_Seasons_rss_xml_tmpl.py", line 131, in respond
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 642, in filter
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      filtered = six.text_type(val)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 1051, in __str__
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return self.toString()
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 1046, in toString
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      localize=localize)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 778, in toString
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      log.error("val_str=%s; type(val_str)=%s; s=%s; type(s)=%s" % (val_str, type(val_str), s, type(s)))
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 6 files for report SeasonsReport in 0.41 seconds
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: Generated 14 images for SeasonsReport in 0.14 seconds
Jan 23 13:10:15 stretch40 weewx[1174] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 5 files to /home/weewx/public_html

Gary

Thomas Keffer

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Jan 23, 2020, 8:35:54 AM1/23/20

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Grumble!

Try this one.

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units.py

gjr80

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Jan 23, 2020, 6:22:14 PM1/23/20

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That got it!

Gary

Jan 24 09:10:51 stretch40 weewx[777] INFO weewx.engine: Starting main packet loop.
Jan 24 09:15:16 stretch40 weewx[777] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2020-01-24 09:15:00 AEST (1579821300) to database 'weewx.sdb'
Jan 24 09:15:16 stretch40 weewx[777] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2020-01-24 09:15:00 AEST (1579821300) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.units: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.units: val_str=0.3
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.units: type(val_str)=<type 'unicode'>
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.units: s=°C
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.units: type(s)=<type 'str'>
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generate failed with exception '<type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>'
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Ignoring template /home/weewx/skins/Seasons/index.html.tmpl
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 329, in generate
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_home_weewx_skins_Seasons_index_html_tmpl.py", line 214, in respond
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/Cheetah/Template.py", line 1615, in _handleCheetahInclude
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      self._CHEETAH__cheetahIncludes[_includeID].respond(trans)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_home_weewx_skins_Seasons_current_inc.py", line 355, in respond
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 642, in filter
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      filtered = six.text_type(val)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 1054, in __str__
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return self.toString()
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 1049, in toString
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      localize=localize)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 775, in toString
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      val_str += s
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.units: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.units: val_str=0.3
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.units: type(val_str)=<type 'unicode'>
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.units: s=°C
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.units: type(s)=<type 'str'>
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generate failed with exception '<type 'exceptions.UnicodeDecodeError'>'
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Ignoring template /home/weewx/skins/Seasons/rss.xml.tmpl
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: **** Reason: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 329, in generate
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      unicode_string = compiled_template.respond()
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "_home_weewx_skins_Seasons_rss_xml_tmpl.py", line 131, in respond
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/cheetahgenerator.py", line 642, in filter
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      filtered = six.text_type(val)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 1054, in __str__
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      return self.toString()
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 1049, in toString
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      localize=localize)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****    File "/home/weewx/bin/weewx/units.py", line 775, in toString
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****      val_str += s
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] ERROR weewx.cheetahgenerator: ****  UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 0: ordinal not in range(128)
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 6 files for report SeasonsReport in 0.42 seconds
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: Generated 14 images for SeasonsReport in 0.13 seconds
Jan 24 09:15:17 stretch40 weewx[777] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 5 files to /home/weewx/public_html

On Thursday, 23 January 2020 23:35:54 UTC+10, Thomas Keffer wrote:

Grumble!

Try this one.

Thomas Keffer

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Jan 23, 2020, 6:37:04 PM1/23/20

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OK, now we know what went wrong, but we don't know why.

What version of ConfigObj are you using?

python2 -c "import configobj; print(configobj.__version__)"

-tk

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gjr80

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Jan 23, 2020, 6:38:31 PM1/23/20

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5.0.6

gary@stretch40:~/src/weewx$ python2 -c "import configobj; print(configobj.__version__)"
5.0.6

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Thomas Keffer

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Jan 23, 2020, 6:55:20 PM1/23/20

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Just as I suspected. The patch that fixed things for configobj v4.7.2, broke v5.0.6.

Can't help but feel that I'm approaching this all wrong. Got to give it a deep think.

-tk

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Thomas Keffer

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Jan 23, 2020, 8:07:41 PM1/23/20

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Try replacing your version of weewx/defaults.py with the attached and see if that helps.

Bit of a hack. I'll keep searching for something more elegant.

defaults.py

Thomas Keffer

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Jan 23, 2020, 8:16:52 PM1/23/20

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Rats. Try this version.

defaults.py

gjr80

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Jan 23, 2020, 8:30:41 PM1/23/20

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Ha, first version worked fine! Second version was fine too. Checked under both python 2 and 3.

Gary

Rats. Try this version.

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Jan 23, 2020, 9:46:31 PM1/23/20

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Just installed version 4 on my PI 4, and hit this error. Came to google groups and you'd already fixed it. Awesome.

Rats. Try this version.

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P Simmons

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Jan 23, 2020, 11:48:40 PM1/23/20

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Updated to db1b41e, problem solved.

Thanks!

Paul

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Jan 24, 2020, 6:34:14 PM1/24/20

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Could you all do a pull and give it another try? The flow path between byte strings and unicode are more controlled now, making the results less prone to decode errors.

At least, that's the theory!

-tk

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gjr80

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Jan 24, 2020, 7:11:02 PM1/24/20

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Fine for me under both python2 and 3.

Gary

On Saturday, 25 January 2020 09:34:14 UTC+10, Thomas Keffer wrote:

Could you all do a pull and give it another try? The flow path between byte strings and unicode are more controlled now, making the results less prone to decode errors.

At least, that's the theory!

-tk

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 8:48 PM P Simmons <mbat...@gmail.com> wrote:

Updated to db1b41e, problem solved.

Thanks!

Paul

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P Simmons

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Jan 24, 2020, 11:28:02 PM1/24/20

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On Friday, January 24, 2020 at 5:34:14 PM UTC-6, Thomas Keffer wrote:

Could you all do a pull and give it another try? The flow path between byte strings and unicode are more controlled now, making the results less prone to decode errors.

At least, that's the theory!

-tk

My weewx machine defaults to Python 2.7.13 .

I pulled and installed weewx-4.0.0b10 at commit 00609bf .

Everything still fine.

Thanks for your work, tk... Thanks for your testing, Gary!

Paul

G Hammer

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Jan 26, 2020, 1:04:34 PM1/26/20

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I just finished a new install on a new machine.

b10 works fine with Python 2.7.17 and default skin.

On Friday, January 24, 2020 at 6:34:14 PM UTC-5, Thomas Keffer wrote:

Could you all do a pull and give it another try? The flow path between byte strings and unicode are more controlled now, making the results less prone to decode errors.

At least, that's the theory!

-tk

On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 8:48 PM P Simmons <mbat...@gmail.com> wrote:

Updated to db1b41e, problem solved.

Thanks!

Paul

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