PyCSW ConfigParser.get has wrong number of arguments
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Description
In `ckan_pycsw.py` there is a `TypeError` raised when various references to `table_name = pycsw_config.get("repository", "table", "records")` is called, indicating a maximum of 3 arguments, with 4 supplied, e.g.
https://github.com/ckan/ckanext-spatial/blob/master/bin/ckan_pycsw.py#L27
According to https://docs.python.org/3/library/configparser.html#fallback-values there is a keyword-only `fallback` argument, which looks to be the possible intended behavior here? Should this be
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Start in bin/ckan_pycsw.py at the table_name assignment and inspect how repository configuration is read through ConfigParser.get. Confirm the expected fallback behavior from Python's ConfigParser documentation, then exercise the ckan_pycsw entry point with the relevant configuration. Done means the command no longer raises the argument-count TypeError and resolves the table name as intended.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
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- 45/100