Re: pidgin 2.14 update ?
On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 09:10:40AM +0200, Landry Breuil wrote: > On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 08:52:37AM +0200, Theo Buehler wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 03:31:23PM +0200, Landry Breuil wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 09:57:35PM -0400, Brad Smith wrote: > > > > On 6/17/2020 7:18 AM, Landry Breuil wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > after 2 years without releases, seems pidgin got a new upstream > > > > > maintainer who recently did > > > > > https://pidgin.im/posts/2020-06-2.14.0-released/ (and > > > > > https://pidgin.im/posts/2020-06-2.14.1-released/ next) > > > > > > > > > > noteworthy in this update.. the python bits relying on py2/pygtk were > > > > > updated for py3, per > > > > > https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/src/release-2.x.y/ChangeLog and > > > > > https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/38a40ddbb9b76ac8918c5743eebee51e811b43ce > > > > > - which is > > > > > good, as less ports depending on pygtk is wanted. > > > > > > > > > > and the curses toolkit used for finch was split in its own repo/lib > > > > > which requires a new port: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/libgnt > > > > > > > > > > brad, as the port maintainer, are you working on updating our port ? > > > > > or eventually backporting the python bits so that we can remove the > > > > > dependency on pygtk ? > > > > > > > > > > Landry > > > > I don't have anything at the moment but I'll take a look. > > > > > > Did you make some progress on this ? On some of my machines pidgin is > > > the last port depending on py-gtk2. > > > > Why does it actually need py-gtk2? Isn't this a leftover from the past? > > > > I've dropped the RDEP a while back and it works fine for me. > > > > I can only find one mention in a comment of the purple-notifications-example > > script which isn't even packaged. > > iirc some plugins do 'import pygtk'. Only pietray which isn't packaged. > > Landry
Re: pidgin 2.14 update ?
On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 08:52:37AM +0200, Theo Buehler wrote: > On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 03:31:23PM +0200, Landry Breuil wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 09:57:35PM -0400, Brad Smith wrote: > > > On 6/17/2020 7:18 AM, Landry Breuil wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > after 2 years without releases, seems pidgin got a new upstream > > > > maintainer who recently did > > > > https://pidgin.im/posts/2020-06-2.14.0-released/ (and > > > > https://pidgin.im/posts/2020-06-2.14.1-released/ next) > > > > > > > > noteworthy in this update.. the python bits relying on py2/pygtk were > > > > updated for py3, per > > > > https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/src/release-2.x.y/ChangeLog and > > > > https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/38a40ddbb9b76ac8918c5743eebee51e811b43ce > > > > - which is > > > > good, as less ports depending on pygtk is wanted. > > > > > > > > and the curses toolkit used for finch was split in its own repo/lib > > > > which requires a new port: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/libgnt > > > > > > > > brad, as the port maintainer, are you working on updating our port ? > > > > or eventually backporting the python bits so that we can remove the > > > > dependency on pygtk ? > > > > > > > > Landry > > > I don't have anything at the moment but I'll take a look. > > > > Did you make some progress on this ? On some of my machines pidgin is > > the last port depending on py-gtk2. > > Why does it actually need py-gtk2? Isn't this a leftover from the past? > > I've dropped the RDEP a while back and it works fine for me. > > I can only find one mention in a comment of the purple-notifications-example > script which isn't even packaged. iirc some plugins do 'import pygtk'. Landry
Re: pidgin 2.14 update ?
On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 03:31:23PM +0200, Landry Breuil wrote: > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 09:57:35PM -0400, Brad Smith wrote: > > On 6/17/2020 7:18 AM, Landry Breuil wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > after 2 years without releases, seems pidgin got a new upstream > > > maintainer who recently did > > > https://pidgin.im/posts/2020-06-2.14.0-released/ (and > > > https://pidgin.im/posts/2020-06-2.14.1-released/ next) > > > > > > noteworthy in this update.. the python bits relying on py2/pygtk were > > > updated for py3, per > > > https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/src/release-2.x.y/ChangeLog and > > > https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/38a40ddbb9b76ac8918c5743eebee51e811b43ce > > > - which is > > > good, as less ports depending on pygtk is wanted. > > > > > > and the curses toolkit used for finch was split in its own repo/lib > > > which requires a new port: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/libgnt > > > > > > brad, as the port maintainer, are you working on updating our port ? > > > or eventually backporting the python bits so that we can remove the > > > dependency on pygtk ? > > > > > > Landry > > I don't have anything at the moment but I'll take a look. > > Did you make some progress on this ? On some of my machines pidgin is > the last port depending on py-gtk2. Why does it actually need py-gtk2? Isn't this a leftover from the past? I've dropped the RDEP a while back and it works fine for me. I can only find one mention in a comment of the purple-notifications-example script which isn't even packaged. > > Landry >
Re: pidgin 2.14 update ?
On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 09:57:35PM -0400, Brad Smith wrote: > On 6/17/2020 7:18 AM, Landry Breuil wrote: > > Hi, > > > > after 2 years without releases, seems pidgin got a new upstream > > maintainer who recently did > > https://pidgin.im/posts/2020-06-2.14.0-released/ (and > > https://pidgin.im/posts/2020-06-2.14.1-released/ next) > > > > noteworthy in this update.. the python bits relying on py2/pygtk were > > updated for py3, per > > https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/src/release-2.x.y/ChangeLog and > > https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/38a40ddbb9b76ac8918c5743eebee51e811b43ce > > - which is > > good, as less ports depending on pygtk is wanted. > > > > and the curses toolkit used for finch was split in its own repo/lib > > which requires a new port: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/libgnt > > > > brad, as the port maintainer, are you working on updating our port ? > > or eventually backporting the python bits so that we can remove the > > dependency on pygtk ? > > > > Landry > I don't have anything at the moment but I'll take a look. Did you make some progress on this ? On some of my machines pidgin is the last port depending on py-gtk2. Landry
Re: pidgin 2.14 update ?
On 6/17/2020 7:18 AM, Landry Breuil wrote: Hi, after 2 years without releases, seems pidgin got a new upstream maintainer who recently did https://pidgin.im/posts/2020-06-2.14.0-released/ (and https://pidgin.im/posts/2020-06-2.14.1-released/ next) noteworthy in this update.. the python bits relying on py2/pygtk were updated for py3, per https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/src/release-2.x.y/ChangeLog and https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/main/commits/38a40ddbb9b76ac8918c5743eebee51e811b43ce - which is good, as less ports depending on pygtk is wanted. and the curses toolkit used for finch was split in its own repo/lib which requires a new port: https://bitbucket.org/pidgin/libgnt brad, as the port maintainer, are you working on updating our port ? or eventually backporting the python bits so that we can remove the dependency on pygtk ? Landry I don't have anything at the moment but I'll take a look.
