[Bug 1603436] [python-cassandra-driver/xenial] verification still needed

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot]

The fix for this bug has been awaiting testing feedback in the -proposed
repository for xenial for more than 90 days.  Please test this fix and
update the bug appropriately with the results.  In the event that the
fix for this bug is still not verified 15 days from now, the package
will be removed from the -proposed repository.

** Tags added: removal-candidate

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Title:
  Regression in python2.7 SRU breaks python-cassandra

Status in python-cassandra-driver package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in python2.7 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in python-cassandra-driver source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in python2.7 source package in Xenial:
  Invalid
Status in python-cassandra-driver source package in Yakkety:
  Fix Released
Status in python2.7 source package in Yakkety:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  "SRU: backport python 2.7.12 to 16.04 LTS" (bug 1591895) has caused a
  regression in (at least) python-cassandra. Any attempt to connect to a
  cluster fails due to:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cassandra/cluster.py", line 1894, in _reconnect_internal
      return self._try_connect(host)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cassandra/cluster.py", line 1921, in _try_connect
      self_weakref = weakref.ref(self, callback=partial(_clear_watcher, weakref.proxy(connection)))
  TypeError: ref() does not take keyword arguments

  It would appear that Python 2.7.12 has made the permitted calling
  conventions for weakref.ref() stricter.

  See https://github.com/datastax/python-driver/pull/585 for upstream
  discussion of the issue.

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