[GH-ISSUE #2326] Feedparser version not compatible with python 3.9 #1569

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opened 2026-02-27 11:17:51 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-02-27 11:17:51 +03:00

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Originally created by @cl-parsons on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/issues/2326

Impacted versions

OS Type: Alpine
OS Version: 3.14
Database Type: MySQL
Modoboa: 1.17.0
installer used: Yes
Webserver: Nginx

Steps to reproduce

modoboa-admin.py deploy instance --collectstatic --domain xxx --dburl xxxx

Current behavior

  File "/opt/modoboa/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/feedparser.py", line 93, in <module>
    _base64decode = getattr(base64, 'decodebytes', base64.decodestring)
AttributeError: module 'base64' has no attribute 'decodestring'

['/opt/modoboa/venv/bin/python', 'manage.py', 'set_default_site', 'mail.freepoteries.fr'] failed, check your configuration

Originally created by @cl-parsons on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/modoboa/modoboa/issues/2326 # Impacted versions * OS Type: Alpine * OS Version: 3.14 * Database Type: MySQL * Modoboa: 1.17.0 * installer used: Yes * Webserver: Nginx # Steps to reproduce modoboa-admin.py deploy instance --collectstatic --domain xxx --dburl xxxx # Current behavior ``` File "/opt/modoboa/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/feedparser.py", line 93, in <module> _base64decode = getattr(base64, 'decodebytes', base64.decodestring) AttributeError: module 'base64' has no attribute 'decodestring' ['/opt/modoboa/venv/bin/python', 'manage.py', 'set_default_site', 'mail.freepoteries.fr'] failed, check your configuration ```

kerem closed this issue

2026-02-27 11:17:51 +03:00

kerem commented

2026-02-27 11:17:52 +03:00

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@cl-parsons commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021):

This is fixed since feedparser v6.0.0. Here is the changelog for feedparser v6 :

    Support Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9
    Drop support for Python 2.4 through 2.7, and Python 3.0 through 3.5 (#169)
    Convert feedparser from a monolithic file to a package
    feedparser.parse(sanitize_html=bool) argument replaces the feedparser.SANITIZE_HTML global
    feedparser.parse(resolve_relative_uris=bool) replaces the feedparser.RESOLVE_RELATIVE_URIS global
    Unify the codebase so that 2to3 conversion is no longer required
    Remove references to iconv_codecs
    Update the Creative Commons namespace URI's
    Update the default User-Agent name and URL
    Support Middle European (Summer) Time timezones (#20)
    Pass data to lazy_chardet_encoding() (#50)
    Document that datetimes are returned in UTC (#51)
    Remove cjkpython references in the documentation (#57)
    Resolve ResourceWarnings thrown during unit tests (#170)
    Fix tox build failures (#213)
    Use base64.decodebytes() directly to support Python 3.9 (#201)
    Fix Python 3.8 urllib.parse.splittype() deprecation warning (#211)
    Support parsing colons in RFC822 timezones (#144)
    Add chardet as an optional tox environment dependency
    Fix the Big5 unit test that fails when chardet is installed (#184)

https://github.com/kurtmckee/feedparser/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.rst

@cl-parsons commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021): This is fixed since feedparser v6.0.0. Here is the changelog for feedparser v6 : ``` Support Python 3.6, 3.7, 3.8 and 3.9 Drop support for Python 2.4 through 2.7, and Python 3.0 through 3.5 (#169) Convert feedparser from a monolithic file to a package feedparser.parse(sanitize_html=bool) argument replaces the feedparser.SANITIZE_HTML global feedparser.parse(resolve_relative_uris=bool) replaces the feedparser.RESOLVE_RELATIVE_URIS global Unify the codebase so that 2to3 conversion is no longer required Remove references to iconv_codecs Update the Creative Commons namespace URI's Update the default User-Agent name and URL Support Middle European (Summer) Time timezones (#20) Pass data to lazy_chardet_encoding() (#50) Document that datetimes are returned in UTC (#51) Remove cjkpython references in the documentation (#57) Resolve ResourceWarnings thrown during unit tests (#170) Fix tox build failures (#213) Use base64.decodebytes() directly to support Python 3.9 (#201) Fix Python 3.8 urllib.parse.splittype() deprecation warning (#211) Support parsing colons in RFC822 timezones (#144) Add chardet as an optional tox environment dependency Fix the Big5 unit test that fails when chardet is installed (#184) ``` https://github.com/kurtmckee/feedparser/blob/develop/CHANGELOG.rst

kerem commented

2026-02-27 11:17:52 +03:00

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@cl-parsons commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021):

This was already fixed in 2ab3bc3956 , so I think it should be released in modoboa 1.18.0!

@cl-parsons commented on GitHub (Jul 15, 2021): This was already fixed in 2ab3bc3956f12d7311b8e7ad2a5ce285abdd7dba , so I think it should be released in modoboa 1.18.0!