[Sugar-devel] Python modules (Re: Introducing SimpleActivity / Introduciendo SimpleActivity

[James Cameron]

On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 12:28:35AM -0200, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:
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> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 10:26 PM, James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org> wrote:
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>     The modules are reasonably small:
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>     - physics,
>     - olpcgames,
>     - sugargames,
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>     And now simpleactivity.
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> There are other modules copy pasted in a few activities:
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> helpbutton
> fontcombo
> the tts code
> walter's sprites

Thanks.  My activity source knowledge is quite limited.

>     On balance it seems that the complexity of yet another maintenance
>     tool is high compared to just copying the files during activity
>     development.
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>     Only an activity developer should need to use such a tool.
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>     However, if an activity developer wants to use such a tool, they might
>     welcome a recommendation.
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>     I recommend reducing the module git repo to only the files needed for
>     execution; no activity/ directory, no examples, and then adding the
>     module git repo as a remote for the activity git repo.  That way
>     changes to module could be pulled into the activity as needed.
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>     Regarding the toolkit shipped with the OS going away, it may be
>     practical for an activity to include within itself the entire toolkit,
>     and thus be moderately independent of toolkit version changes.
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> But sugar use the toolkit too, why should go away?

Requiring it to be present restricts activities to being started on a
system with a Sugar shell.

Embedding the toolkit in the activity may make an activity more
independent of Sugar shell version.

This is speculation without requirement.  Daniel may have more
reasons.

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> Gonzalo
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>     This brings with it a concern about an older toolkit version
>     communicating with the datastore and shell of a newer version.  ;-)
>     But if those APIs were versioned, all the better.
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