[Bug 1438242] Re: parse() on an invalid time string no longer raises ValueError

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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: python-dateutil (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  parse() on an invalid time string no longer raises ValueError

Status in python-dateutil:
  New
Status in python-dateutil package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  utopic:

  ⟫ python -c "from dateutil.parser import parse; parse('X')"
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dateutil/parser.py", line 697, in parse
      return DEFAULTPARSER.parse(timestr, **kwargs)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dateutil/parser.py", line 303, in parse
      raise ValueError, "unknown string format"
  ValueError: unknown string format

  vivid:
  $ python -c "from dateutil.parser import parse; parse('X')"
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dateutil/parser.py", line 748, in parse
      return DEFAULTPARSER.parse(timestr, **kwargs)
    File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/dateutil/parser.py", line 310, in parse
      res, skipped_tokens = self._parse(timestr, **kwargs)
  TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: python-dateutil 2.2-2
  ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.19.0-10.10-generic 3.19.2
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-10-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.16.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Mar 30 14:41:44 2015
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: python-dateutil
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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