Catched AttributeError for old Xapian versions.

notanumber · Jan 12, 2015 · 3e86112 · 3e86112
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diff --git a/xapian_backend.py b/xapian_backend.py
@@ -276,7 +276,11 @@ def update(self, index, iterable):
             term_generator = xapian.TermGenerator()
             term_generator.set_database(database)
             term_generator.set_stemmer(xapian.Stem(self.language))
-            term_generator.set_stemming_strategy(self.stemming_strategy)
+            try:
+                term_generator.set_stemming_strategy(self.stemming_strategy)
+            except AttributeError:  
+                # Versions before Xapian 1.2.11 do not support stemming strategies for TermGenerator
+                pass
             if self.include_spelling is True:
                 term_generator.set_flags(xapian.TermGenerator.FLAG_SPELLING)