Removed 'with' statement; it's available in Python2.5, but one needs to use the future import to do that, so easiest to remove it. Resolves issue 230.

game/evennia.py

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ menu. Run the script with the -h flag to see usage information.
 import os
 import sys, signal
 from optparse import OptionParser
-from subprocess import Popen, call
+from subprocess import Popen
 
 # Set the Python path up so we can get to settings.py from here.
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ if not os.path.exists('settings.py'):
     # make sure we have a settings.py file.
     print "    No settings.py file found. launching manage.py ..."
 
+    # this triggers the settings file creation.
     import game.manage
 
     print """
@@ -448,7 +449,6 @@ def main():
     parser.add_option('-i', '--interactive', action='store_true', dest='interactive', default=False, help="Start given processes in interactive mode (log to stdout, don't start as a daemon).")
 
     options, args = parser.parse_args()
-    inter = options.interactive
 
     if not args:
         mode = "menu"
@@ -460,10 +460,10 @@ def main():
         service = args[1]
 
     if mode not in ['menu', 'start', 'reload', 'stop']:
-        print "mode should be none or one of 'menu', 'start', 'reload' or 'stop'."
+        print "mode should be none, 'menu', 'start', 'reload' or 'stop'."
         sys.exit()
     if  service not in ['server', 'portal', 'all']:
-        print "service should be none or 'server', 'portal' or 'all'."
+        print "service should be none, 'server', 'portal' or 'all'."
         sys.exit()
 
     if mode == 'menu':

game/manage.py

@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 # Get Evennia version
 #------------------------------------------------------------
 try:
-    with open(os.pardir + os.sep + 'VERSION') as f:
+    f = open(os.pardir + os.sep + 'VERSION', 'r''')
-        VERSION = "%s-r%s" % (f.read().strip(), os.popen("hg id -i").read().strip())
+    VERSION = "%s-r%s" % (f.read().strip(), os.popen("hg id -i").read().strip())
+    f.close()
 except IOError:
     VERSION = "Unknown version"
 

src/server/amp.py

@@ -113,9 +113,12 @@ class AmpClientFactory(protocol.ReconnectingClientFactory):
         """
         Called when the AMP connection to the MUD server is lost.
         """
-        if not hasattr(self, "server_restart_mode"):
+        if hasattr(self, "server_restart_mode"):
+            self.maxDelay = 1
+        else:
             # Don't translate this; avoiding loading django on portal side.
-            self.portal.sessions.announce_all(" Portal lost connection to Server.")
+            self.maxDelay = 10
+            self.portal.sessions.announce_all(" ... Portal lost connection to Server.")
         protocol.ReconnectingClientFactory.clientConnectionLost(self, connector, reason)
 
     def clientConnectionFailed(self, connector, reason):

src/utils/utils.py

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ General helper functions that don't fit neatly under any given category.
 They provide some useful string and conversion methods that might
 be of use when designing your own game.
 
-
 """
+
 from inspect import ismodule
 import os, sys, imp, types, math
 import textwrap