Package: vitables Version: 3.0.2-4 Severity: important X-Debbugs-Cc: david.m.co...@gmail.com
Dear Maintainer, Running vitables (version 3.0.2-4 from sid) results in the following Python traceback: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/vitables", line 33, in <module> sys.exit(load_entry_point('ViTables==3.0.2', 'gui_scripts', 'vitables- run')()) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/bin/vitables", line 25, in importlib_load_entry_point return next(matches).load() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/metadata/__init__.py", line 202, in load module = import_module(match.group('module')) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3.11/importlib/__init__.py", line 126, in import_module return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1204, in _gcd_import File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1176, in _find_and_load File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1147, in _find_and_load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 690, in _load_unlocked File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 940, in exec_module File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 241, in _call_with_frames_removed File "/usr/share/vitables/vitables/start.py", line 31, in <module> from vitables.vtapp import VTApp File "/usr/share/vitables/vitables/vtapp.py", line 43, in <module> import vitables.preferences.pluginsloader as pluginsloader File "/usr/share/vitables/vitables/preferences/pluginsloader.py", line 26, in <module> import pkg_resources File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3327, in <module> @_call_aside ^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3302, in _call_aside f(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 3340, in _initialize_master_working_set working_set = WorkingSet._build_master() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 631, in _build_master ws.require(__requires__) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 968, in require needed = self.resolve(parse_requirements(requirements)) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 829, in resolve dist = self._resolve_dist( ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pkg_resources/__init__.py", line 870, in _resolve_dist raise DistributionNotFound(req, requirers) pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound: The 'blosc2>=2.3.0' distribution was not found and is required by tables I believe the problem is that when vitables starts to look for plugins, the pkg_resource module examines the vitable package requirements (contained in /usr/share/vitables/ViTables-3.0.2.egg-info/requires.txt), which leads it to the tables package and to its METADATA file /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/tables-3.9.2.dist-info/METADATA which contains 'Requires-Dist: blosc2 >=2.3.0'. Now, the tables package (packaged as the Debian packages python3-tables, python3-tables-lib, python3-tables-data, or source package pytables) doesn't actually use the Python bindings in the Python package blosc2, as per its documentation, but only the C library and headers that package provides (as a convenience). Python3-tables-lib instead is built directly with libblosc2-2 (which should be fine). Basically, Debian requirements aren't matching the requirements declared by Python. I'll file a separate bug against python3-tables. (As a side note: this is about the third Python app package I've filed a bug against for crashing while _starting_ the program. Please! Actually try to run things before uploading!!) -- System Information: Debian Release: trixie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 6.6.15-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en_US Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages vitables depends on: ii python3 3.11.6-1 ii python3-numexpr 2.9.0-1 ii python3-numpy 1:1.24.2-2 ii python3-pyqt5 5.15.10+dfsg-1 ii python3-qtpy 2.4.1-2 ii python3-tables 3.9.2-1 vitables recommends no packages. vitables suggests no packages. -- no debconf information