[Django] #23858: Backport of fix for deadlock while dispatching signals

[Django]

#23858: Backport of fix for deadlock while dispatching signals
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Reporter: mylokin | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: Core (Other) | Version: 1.6
Severity: Normal | Keywords: signal deadlock
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 1
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Parent ticket: #21952
Patch: https://gist.github.com/mylokin/7c03d807fdb5588a4404

Details:

1. django/dispatch/dispatcher.py ported from Django 1.7.1
2. removed saferef module and tests
3. added weakref backport
4. updated tests for dispatcher according to changes from Django 1.7.1

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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/23858>
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[Django]

#23858: Backport of fix for deadlock while dispatching signals

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Reporter: mylokin | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: closed

Component: Core (Other) | Version: 1.6

Severity: Normal | Resolution: wontfix

Keywords: signal deadlock | Triage Stage: Unreviewed

Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0

Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0

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Changes (by timgraham):

* status: new => closed
* needs_better_patch: => 0
* resolution: => wontfix
* needs_tests: => 0
* needs_docs: => 0

Comment:

Sorry, but I think the time to backport this has passed. With the release
of 1.7, 1.6 has entered security-fix only mode per our
[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/release-process
/#supported-versions supported versions policy].

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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/23858#comment:1>