old_contents: import urllib2
  from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
  from django_website.apps.aggregator.models import Feed
  
  class Command(BaseCommand):
      """
      Mark people with 404'ing feeds as defunct.
      """
      def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
          verbose = kwargs.get('verbosity')
          for f in Feed.objects.all():
              try:
                  socket.setdefaulttimeout(15)
                  r = urllib2.urlopen(f.feed_url)
              except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
                  if e.code == 404 or e.code == 500:
                      if verbose:
                          print "%s on %s; marking defunct" % (e.code, f)
                      f.is_defunct = True
                      f.save()
                  else:
                      raise
  
new_contents: import urllib2
  from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
  from django_website.apps.aggregator.models import Feed
  
  class Command(BaseCommand):
      """
      Mark people with 404'ing feeds as defunct.
      """
      def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
          verbose = kwargs.get('verbosity')
          for f in Feed.objects.all():
              try:
                  r = urllib2.urlopen(f.feed_url, timeout=15)
              except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
                  if e.code == 404 or e.code == 500:
                      if verbose:
                          print "%s on %s; marking defunct" % (e.code, f)
                      f.is_defunct = True
                      f.save()
                  else:
                      raise
  
subject: Set feed update timeouts in a more modern way.