[Sugar-devel] Multiversion Packages of toolkit.
James Cameron
quozl at laptop.org
Tue Jul 9 03:22:59 EDT 2019
configure does not accept --with, so it must be something specific to
debhelper.
On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 05:19:15PM +1000, James Cameron wrote:
> Only if it will work. Demonstrate that if you wish.
>
> It is not much different already. It's not the problem; the problem
> is the packaging directory; debian/rules and debian/control,
> especially for anyone wishing to package 0.114 which won't have the
> change.
>
> As you will have seen;
>
> 1. sugar-toolkit-gtk3 calls AM_PATH_PYTHON for selected version
> passed in from command line arguments, either --with-python2 or
> --with-python3.
>
> 2. dbus-python calls AM_PATH_PYTHON without version. When --with
> python3 is added, an AM_CONDITIONAL checks the version is not less
> than '3'. debian/rules calls configure --with python2,python3
>
> 3. gyoto debian/rules calls configure --with python2,python3
>
> autoconf support for multiple Python versions seems to have matured,
> and "--with python2,python3" is a common way to configure in Debian
> packaging (462 package samples).
>
> On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 12:21:50PM +0530, ANIKET MATHUR wrote:
> > Yes, Agreed. It would not be good if we configure the toolkit for only one
> > version of Python.
> > May we change our [1]configure.ac as gyoto and dbus-python and then try?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 12:18 PM ANIKET MATHUR <[2]amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for reminding.
> >
> > That's what I have got to track progress
> > [3]https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931666
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 12:15 PM James Cameron <[4]quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
> >
> > Debian's bug tracking system should send you a bug number by e-mail.
> >
> > Without that number, few others will be able to see progress or
> > outcome.
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 09, 2019 at 08:40:17AM +0530, ANIKET MATHUR wrote:
> > > Reported the problem as a bug to Debian using the reportbug program.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 8:22 PM ANIKET MATHUR <[1][5]
> > amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in> wrote:
> > >
> > > Sent the email to [2][6]debian-devel at lists.debian.org as well.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 4:13 PM ANIKET MATHUR <[3][7]
> > amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Sent an email to the Debian user mailing list [4]
> > > [8]debian-user at lists.debian.org requesting for packaging
> > v0.114.
> > >
> > > Packaging of Sugar-toolkit-gtk3 (sugar3) v0.114.
> > >
> > > [profile_ma]
> > > ANIKET MATHUR <[5] 4:10 PM (2 minutes
> > > [9]amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in> ago)
> > [cleardot]
> > >
> > [cleardot]
> > > to debian-user
> > > [cleardot]
> > > G'day,
> > > Aniket Mathur this side, an active contributor of Sugarlabs
> > as well as
> > > a GSoC 19 participant. This mail is a small query regarding
> > the
> > > packaging of "sugar3" module.
> > >
> > > We currently have v0.112 packaged. In the latest version
> > (0.114)
> > > Sugarlabs have made the toolkit compatible with both Python
> > and Python
> > > 3. But we don't have Debian multi-version packages for the
> > latest
> > > version. This prevents us to scale our testing as well as
> > limits the
> > > number of testers.
> > >
> > > We don't know how to make multi-version local packages, that
> > we can
> > > distribute for testing.
> > >
> > > It would be good if we have Debian packages for v 0.114.
> > >
> > > Need Help.
> > > Regards.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jul 2, 2019 at 12:02 PM ANIKET MATHUR <[6][10]
> > amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, I was asking about Debian packages. Sorry for
> > incomplete
> > > information.
> > >
> > > I read sources of some Debian packages:-
> > > ~ They do use six for keeping multi-version
> > compatibility.
> > > ~ Instead of a [7][11]configure.ac, they use setup.py.
> > > ~ In setup.py, they define entry-points as per the
> > commands from
> > > the command line specifying python-foo or python3-foo.
> > >
> > > I also did a github search for 'python [8][12]
> > configure.ac' , looked
> > > into a considerable amount of commits of different users
> > and
> > > organizations with the motive of "why don't we ask for
> > help from
> > > those who seems to be successful in doing it".
> > >
> > > From my research, I found out that the guys at "balabit"
> > seems to
> > > be able to do it.
> > > I opened an [9]issue asking for help and clearance.
> > >
> > > The next step is to contact the Debian developers.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 5:21 AM James Cameron <[10][13]
> > quozl at laptop.org>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > You neglected to mention that you are asking about
> > Debian and
> > > Ubuntu
> > > binary packages. Ubuntu packages come from Debian
> > unchanged,
> > > so your
> > > question can be reduced to Debian packaging.
> > >
> > > We're the wrong people to ask. It's not a skill any
> > of us at
> > > Sugar
> > > Labs have, otherwise we would have done it by now.
> > >
> > > The people who know how to do this are Debian and
> > Ubuntu
> > > package
> > > developers.
> > >
> > > I've tried asking one of the Debian developers but
> > they were
> > > too busy
> > > to give private assistance. Private assistance does
> > not scale,
> > > so the
> > > return on investment is meagre.
> > >
> > > I suggest you try these things;
> > >
> > > 1. write a throw-away script to download all Debian
> > packages
> > > that
> > > depend on Python 2 or Python 3, intersect a union of
> > source
> > > packages
> > > that support both versions, and then list those
> > packages that
> > > contain
> > > [11][14]configure.ac in the source package,
> > >
> > > 2. review those Debian and Ubuntu source packages
> > that are
> > > used to
> > > generate binary packages for both Python 2 and Python
> > 3, and
> > > list the
> > > package design patterns that you observe,
> > >
> > > 3. contact the Debian developers using their mailing
> > lists, or
> > > other
> > > methods,
> > >
> > > 4. engage in the Debian project by reporting a bug
> > that asks
> > > for
> > > packaging of a new version of the toolkit; currently
> > 0.112 is
> > > packaged.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 02:32:33PM +0530, ANIKET
> > MATHUR wrote:
> > > > Hello everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I have been working on developing multi-version
> > packages for
> > > toolkit which can
> > > > build for both Python and Python 3. I successfully
> > build
> > > packages for python,
> > > > but not able to yet built one's having
> > multi-version support.
> > > I have been
> > > > working on this for some time in the last two
> > weeks, trying
> > > to get something
> > > > from the source code of existing tools that have
> > these
> > > packages, like 'pip' and
> > > > a lot more.
> > > >
> > > > I need help and suggestions in this work. :-)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > Sugar-devel mailing list
> > > > [12][15]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > > > [13][16]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/
> > sugar-devel
> > >
> > > --
> > > James Cameron
> > > [14][17]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Sugar-devel mailing list
> > > [15][18]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > > [16][19]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/
> > sugar-devel
> > >
> > > References:
> > >
> > > [1] mailto:[20]amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > > [2] mailto:[21]debian-devel at lists.debian.org
> > > [3] mailto:[22]amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > > [4] mailto:[23]debian-user at lists.debian.org
> > > [5] mailto:[24]amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > > [6] mailto:[25]amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > > [7] [26]http://configure.ac/
> > > [8] [27]http://configure.ac/
> > > [9] [28]https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/issues/2814
> > > [10] mailto:[29]quozl at laptop.org
> > > [11] [30]http://configure.ac/
> > > [12] mailto:[31]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > > [13] [32]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > > [14] [33]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > > [15] mailto:[34]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > > [16] [35]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >
> > --
> > James Cameron
> > [36]http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sugar-devel mailing list
> > [37]Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [38]http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> >
> > References:
> >
> > [1] http://configure.ac/
> > [2] mailto:amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > [3] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=931666
> > [4] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [5] mailto:amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > [6] mailto:debian-devel at lists.debian.org
> > [7] mailto:amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > [8] mailto:debian-user at lists.debian.org
> > [9] mailto:amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > [10] mailto:amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > [11] http://configure.ac/
> > [12] http://configure.ac/
> > [13] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [14] http://configure.ac/
> > [15] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [16] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [17] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [18] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [19] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [20] mailto:amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > [21] mailto:debian-devel at lists.debian.org
> > [22] mailto:amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > [23] mailto:debian-user at lists.debian.org
> > [24] mailto:amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > [25] mailto:amathur at ec.iitr.ac.in
> > [26] http://configure.ac/
> > [27] http://configure.ac/
> > [28] https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/issues/2814
> > [29] mailto:quozl at laptop.org
> > [30] http://configure.ac/
> > [31] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [32] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [33] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [34] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [35] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
> > [36] http://quozl.netrek.org/
> > [37] mailto:Sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org
> > [38] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
>
> --
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.netrek.org/
--
James Cameron
http://quozl.netrek.org/
More information about the Sugar-devel
mailing list