time-related unbusening, cont.

buscribe/buscribe/main.py

@@ -88,39 +88,25 @@ def main(channel, database="", base_dir=".",
                                             end_time if end_time is not None else
                                             datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(minutes=2))
 
-        # Remove initial None segment (indicating segments start time is after desired start time) if it exists
+        # If there is a hole at the start of the requested range because
         if segments[0] is None:
-            segments = segments[1:]
+            # The hole is older than a minute, therefore
-
+            # - reset recognizer
-        # If there are no segments, we:
+            # - continue from existing segments
-        # - reached the live edge, or
+            if datetime.utcnow() - start_time > timedelta(minutes=1):
-        # - reached a still-opening hole
-        # In both cases we can wait
-        if not segments:
-            # If we have waited for more than 1min we flush the pipes to commit the last line of the stream,
-            # or commit the last line before a 1min hole.
-            if datetime.utcnow() - segments_end_time > timedelta(minutes=1):
                 finish_off_recognizer(recognizer, db_cursor)
 
-            logging.info("Waiting for new segments.")
+            # If the hole is less than a minute old, or if we don't have new segments: wait for segments
+            if datetime.utcnow() - start_time <= timedelta(minutes=1) or \
+                    len(segments) < 2:
+                logging.info("Waiting for new or backfilled segments.")
                 sleep(30)
 
                 continue  # Retry
-        # If there are new segments, but they form a hole (judged somewhat arbitrarily as 2s) relative to
-        # segments_end_time, but the hole started less than 1min ago
-        elif segments_end_time is not None and \
-                segments[0].start - segments_end_time > timedelta(seconds=2) and \
-                datetime.utcnow() - segments_end_time < timedelta(minutes=1):
 
-            logging.info("Waiting for segments to be backfilled.")
+        # Remove initial None segment (indicating segments start time is after desired start time) if it exists
-            sleep(30)
+        if segments[0] is None:
-
+            segments = segments[1:]
-            continue  # Retry
-
-        # If we got new segments, but there was a hole that could not be backfilled
-        if segments_end_time is not None and \
-                segments[0].start - segments_end_time > timedelta(seconds=2):
-            finish_off_recognizer(recognizer, db_cursor)
 
         # Recognizer is fresh or was reset
         if recognizer.segments_start_time is None: