[generic] Fix rss under Python 2.x and move test to extractor

test/helper.py

@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ def expect_info_dict(self, expected_dict, got_dict):
             match_rex = re.compile(match_str)
 
             self.assertTrue(
-                isinstance(got, compat_str) and match_rex.match(got),
+                isinstance(got, compat_str),
+                'Expected a %r object, but got %r' % (compat_str, type(got)))
+            self.assertTrue(
+                match_rex.match(got),
                 u'field %s (value: %r) should match %r' % (info_field, got, match_str))
         elif isinstance(expected, type):
             got = got_dict.get(info_field)

test/test_download.py

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import unittest
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
 
 from test.helper import (
+    assertGreaterEqual,
     get_params,
     gettestcases,
     expect_info_dict,
@@ -136,7 +137,8 @@ def generator(test_case):
                 self.assertEqual(res_dict['_type'], 'playlist')
                 expect_info_dict(self, test_case.get('info_dict', {}), res_dict)
             if 'playlist_mincount' in test_case:
-                self.assertGreaterEqual(
+                assertGreaterEqual(
+                    self,
                     len(res_dict['entries']),
                     test_case['playlist_mincount'],
                     'Expected at least %d in playlist %s, but got only %d' % (

test/test_playlists.py

@@ -310,15 +310,6 @@ class TestPlaylists(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(result['title'], 'Always/Never: A Little-Seen Movie About Nuclear Command and Control : The New Yorker')
         self.assertEqual(len(result['entries']), 3)
 
-    def test_generic_rss_feed(self):
-        dl = FakeYDL()
-        ie = GenericIE(dl)
-        result = ie.extract('http://phihag.de/2014/youtube-dl/rss.xml')
-        self.assertIsPlaylist(result)
-        self.assertEqual(result['id'], 'http://phihag.de/2014/youtube-dl/rss.xml')
-        self.assertEqual(result['title'], 'Zero Punctuation')
-        self.assertTrue(len(result['entries']) > 10)
-
     def test_ted_playlist(self):
         dl = FakeYDL()
         ie = TEDIE(dl)