def __eq__(self, other):
        return (isinstance(other, self.__class__) and
                other.package == self.package)
def _loadapp(self, proxy_config_path):
        """
        Load a proxy from an app.conf to get the memcache_ring

        :returns: the memcache_ring of the memcache middleware filter
        """
        with mock.patch('swift.proxy.server.Ring'):
            app = loadapp(proxy_config_path)
        memcache_ring = None
        while True:
            memcache_ring = getattr(app, 'memcache', None)
            if memcache_ring:
                break
            app = app.app
        return memcache_ring