Popen.wait(timeout) is new in Python 3.3

IPython/testing/iptestcontroller.py

@@ -27,6 +27,23 b' from IPython.utils.py3compat import bytes_to_str'
 from IPython.utils.sysinfo import get_sys_info
 from IPython.utils.tempdir import TemporaryDirectory
 
+try:
+    # Python >= 3.3
+    from subprocess import TimeoutExpired
+    def popen_wait(p, timeout):
+        return p.wait(timeout)
+except ImportError:
+    class TimeoutExpired(Exception):
+        pass
+    def popen_wait(p, timeout):
+        """backport of Popen.wait from Python 3"""
+        for i in range(int(10 * timeout)):
+            if p.poll() is not None:
+                return
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+        if p.poll() is None:
+            raise TimeoutExpired
+
 NOTEBOOK_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT = 10
 
 class TestController(object):
@@ -283,8 +300,8 b' class JSController(TestController):'
             pass
         # wait 10s for the server to shutdown
         try:
-            self.server.wait(NOTEBOOK_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT)
-        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            popen_wait(self.server, NOTEBOOK_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT)
+        except TimeoutExpired:
             # server didn't terminate, kill it
             try:
                 print("Failed to terminate notebook server, killing it.",
@@ -296,8 +313,8 b' class JSController(TestController):'
                 pass
         # wait another 10s
         try:
-            self.server.wait(NOTEBOOK_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT)
-        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            popen_wait(self.server, NOTEBOOK_SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT)
+        except TimeoutExpired:
             print("Notebook server still running (%s)" % self.server_info_file,
                 file=sys.stderr
             )