Improved startup time due to request library slowing it down; fixed download throwing errors due to weird thread setup

src/core/widgets/ocr_window.py

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # Python imports
 import os
-import requests
 import subprocess
 
 # Lib imports
@@ -92,7 +91,7 @@ class OCRWindow(Gtk.Window):
         spinner          = Gtk.Spinner.new()
 
         parent.add(spinner)
-        GLib.idle_add(self.__download_file, self.download_url, spinner)
+        self.__download_file(self.download_url, spinner)
 
     @daemon_threaded
     def __download_file(self, url = None, spinner = None):
@@ -100,11 +99,13 @@ class OCRWindow(Gtk.Window):
         if not spinner: return
         if not url == self.download_url: return
 
-        spinner.show()
         spinner.start()
+        spinner.show()
         
+        import requests
+        session = requests.Session()
         # NOTE the stream = True parameter below
-        with requests.get(url, stream = True) as r:
+        with session.get(url, stream = True, timeout = 30) as r:
             r.raise_for_status()
 
             with open(self.tesseract_path, 'wb') as f: