id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
1926	Failed to load application: cannot import name IFinishableConsumer	bsd		"The following error occurs when running `tahoe` using the latest Twisted (12.3.0), with SFTP frontend enabled

{{{
Unhandled Error
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py"", line 652, in run
    runApp(config)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/scripts/twistd.py"", line 23, in runApp
    _SomeApplicationRunner(config).run()
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py"", line 386, in run
    self.application = self.createOrGetApplication()
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py"", line 451, in createOrGetApplication
    application = getApplication(self.config, passphrase)
--- <exception caught here> ---
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/application/app.py"", line 462, in getApplication
    application = service.loadApplication(filename, style, passphrase)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/application/service.py"", line 405, in loadApplication
    application = sob.loadValueFromFile(filename, 'application', passphrase)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/twisted/persisted/sob.py"", line 210, in loadValueFromFile
    exec fileObj in d, d
  File ""tahoe-client.tac"", line 10, in <module>
    c = client.Client()
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/allmydata/client.py"", line 155, in __init__
    self.init_sftp_server()
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/allmydata/client.py"", line 436, in init_sftp_server
    from allmydata.frontends import sftpd
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/allmydata/frontends/sftpd.py"", line 25, in <module>
    from twisted.internet.interfaces import IFinishableConsumer
exceptions.ImportError: cannot import name IFinishableConsumer

Failed to load application: cannot import name IFinishableConsumer
}}}

Replacing all references to IFinishableConsumer with IConsumer in allmydata/frontends/sftpd.py resolves the issue (at least cosmetically, no errors on startup). Probably would be a good idea to review the changes between the two modules for the long run."	defect	closed	normal	1.10.0	code-frontend	1.9.2	duplicate	sftp twisted IFinishableConsumer