From e8ed4609f23d7aae6bdd96cb82dfc99e50605fe0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Henrik Levkowetz <henrik@levkowetz.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:24:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added a workaround for thread import lock problem,
 http://bugs.python.org/issue7980.  - Legacy-Id: 10922

---
 ietf/release/views.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/ietf/release/views.py b/ietf/release/views.py
index b9c4a800a..65c17ad73 100644
--- a/ietf/release/views.py
+++ b/ietf/release/views.py
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ from django.http import HttpResponse
 
 import changelog
 
+# workaround for thread import lock problem, http://bugs.python.org/issue7980
+import time                             
+time.strptime('1984', '%Y')             # this will happen lazily when changelog calls tzparse later, otherwise
+
+
 def trac_links(text):
     # changeset links
     text = re.sub(r'\[(\d+)\]', r'<a href="https://wiki.tools.ietf.org/tools/ietfdb/changeset/\1">[\1]</a>', text)