notify wcs synchronously for now, with a short timeout

lingo/models.py

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class BasketItem(models.Model):
         url = self.source_url + 'jump/trigger/paid?email=trigger@localhost&orig=combo'
         url = sign_url(url, key='xxx')
         message = {'result': 'ok'}
-        r = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(message))
+        r = requests.post(url, data=json.dumps(message), timeout=3)
         self.notification_date = datetime.datetime.now()
         self.save()
 

lingo/views.py

@@ -135,5 +135,9 @@ class CallbackView(View):
         for item in transaction.items.all():
             item.payment_date = transaction.end_date
             item.save()
-            thread.start_new_thread(item.notify, ())
+            try:
+                item.notify()
+            except:
+                # ignore errors, it will be retried later on if it fails
+                pass
         return HttpResponseRedirect('/')