From: Eric S. Raymond <esr@thyrsus.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 16:13:11 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Die more gracefully when JSON isn't accessible.
X-Git-Tag: 2.4~9
X-Git-Url: http://thyrsus.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e4d4cb3e86b27bfeb4f7369e65d3844d6bb2506d;p=freecode-submit.git

Die more gracefully when JSON isn't accessible.
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diff --git a/freecode-submit b/freecode-submit
index 5553e82..c75cc91 100755
--- a/freecode-submit
+++ b/freecode-submit
@@ -351,7 +351,12 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         # Time to ship the update.
         # Establish session
         session = FreecodeSession(verbose=int(verbose), emit_enable=not dryrun)
-        session.on_project(update.name)
+        try:
+            session.on_project(update.name)
+        except ValueError, e:
+            print e
+            print >>sys.stderr, "Looks like a server-side problem at freecode; bailing out."
+            raise SystemExit, 1
         if options.query:
             print "Project: %s" % session.project_data["name"]
             print "Summary: %s" % session.project_data["oneliner"]