Hi, The PyMaemo team is pleased to announce the final release of PyMaemo for Maemo 5!
For users, no manual installation steps are necessary. If you want to enjoy Python on your tablet, simply install a Python application from the repository. For developers which want to try the latest versions of PyMaemo packages, make sure to add extras-devel repository to the Scratchbox target and/or tablet. For instructions, see http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org/installation.html. Due to the auto promotion of dependencies in Fremantle, many packages have their latest versions in extras-testing/extras already, but some are still on extras-devel only. What is it? ---------- Python for Maemo (PyMaemo for short) main objective is to make possible to use Python programming language as the scripting and development language for Maemo Platform, providing a better alternative for fast prototyping and programming in Maemo environment besides the C programming language. Python is for serious programming and to have fun. Python has a nice syntax, it is easy to learn and powerful enough for a vast range of applications, this is why we choose Python for Maemo. What has changed? --------------- Removed packages: * libffi + Now installed by default on N900 * pyid3lib + Unmaintained upstream, not used by any package in Fremantle Updated packages: * pygobject 2.16.1-1maemo1 + Update to latest version from Ubuntu jaunty * pygtk 2.12.1-6maemo9 + Update gtk.Dialog with Maemo changes * python-hildondesktop 0.1.0-1maemo1 + Bump version due to (unavoidable) API changes. + Fix current maintainers in AUTHORS and debian/copyright. * python-setuptools 0.6c9-1maemo2 + make easy_install always be called with the default Python version (/usr/bin/pythonX.Y) * python-xml 0.8.4-10.1maemo4 + Integrate fixes for python2.6 (taken from Ubuntu jaunty) (NOTE: this is just a compatibility fix, Fremantle will only have python2.5) Bugs fixed: MB#5091, MB#5141, MB#5154, MB#5232, MB#5275, MB#5467 Known issues ----------------- python-mafw (Python bindings for MAFW) is still considered alpha quality, and there are a couple of known issues on it: MB#4824: python-mafw: source_browsing.py example does not work MB#4839: python-mafw: mafw.Registry lacks list_plugins() method MB#4849: python-mafw: MafwPluginDescriptorPublic structure is missing MB#4919: python-mafw: list of missing types to complete methods bindings MB#4932: python-mafw: mafw.Source.browse() method is missing MB#4934: python-mafw: MetaData class missing There are no bindings for GUPnP (MB#4829), libhildonmime (MB#5157), liblocation (MB#5748) as well for various other Maemo 5 components. We plan to work on providing bindings for these components during the Maemo 5 life cycle. The PyMaemo base set of packages take considerable storage space (MB#5364). We already started experiments with the "maemo-optify" tool to install biggest things out of root fs, and we also plan to reduce a plenty of storage usage by cutting unnecessary things (such as some remaining documentation). Expect next releases to reduce storage usage gradually. We will not migrate to python2.6 in Maemo 5 due to a (unresolved) bug (MB#4734), where a core SDK package explicitly conflicts with python >= 2.6, preventing any further upgrades from the 2.5.x series. This release is supposed to be compatible with previous releases. If you have any issues regarding building or running your Python application on Maemo 5, feel free to contact us (see below for how to contact the PyMaemo team and report bugs). Acknowledgments: ----------------- Thanks to everybody who helped making this release possible. Bug reports, as always, should go to our Bugzilla [1]. Use the pymaemo-developers mailing list [2] for help, feedback or suggestions. References -------------- [1] https://bugs.maemo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=PyMaemo [2] https://garage.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/pymaemo-developers Thanks, -- Anderson Lizardo OpenBossa Labs - INdT Manaus - Brazil _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
