Merge pull request #3 from ska-sa/katcp-compat

Update for katcp thread daemonization API changes

Author: paulprozesky

src/katcp_fpga.py

@@ -63,7 +63,15 @@ def connect(self, timeout=1):
         :return:
         """
         if not self.is_connected():
-            self.start(daemon=True)
+            # Implement backward / forwards compabitlity for change in daemonization APIs
+            # in upstream katcp package.
+            try:
+                # New style
+                self.setDaemon(True)
+                self.start()
+            except AttributeError:
+                # Old style
+                self.start(daemon=True)
             self.wait_connected(timeout)
         if not self.is_connected():
             raise RuntimeError('Could not connect to KATCP server %s' % self.host)
@@ -474,4 +482,4 @@ def unhandled_inform(self, msg):
         if self.unhandled_inform_handler is not None:
             self.unhandled_inform_handler(msg)
 
-# end
+# end