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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0001521 | Scribus | Documentation | public | 2005-01-10 01:01 | 2005-04-07 20:45 |
| Reporter | tom_verbeure | Assigned To | subik | ||
| Priority | normal | Severity | minor | Reproducibility | always |
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Platform | PC | OS | Linux | OS Version | 2.4.20 Suse 8.2 |
| Product Version | 1.2.1 | ||||
| Fixed in Version | 1.2.2cvs | ||||
| Summary | 0001521: Compilation aborts when using Python 2.2 | ||||
| Description | file "cmddialog.h", line 10: PyDoc_STRVAR(....) The define "PyDoc_STRVAR" was introduced only for Python 2.3. The installation requirements document states that Pyton 2.1 is sufficient. Solution is simple: update the documentation. :-) Tom | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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| child of | 0003813 | acknowledged | Metabug: Scripter |
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If at all possible, make buildable with python2.2 as well. |
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If at all possible, make buildable with python2.2 as well. |
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alternatively, build with configure switch --without-python |
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you can fix this issue adding this code (the includes are just marks, they are in the file already) into cmdvar.h: #include <Python.h> #include "scribus.h" //for Python older than 2.3 #ifndef PyDoc_STR #define PyDoc_VAR(name) static char name[] #define PyDoc_STR(str) (str) #define PyDoc_STRVAR(name, str) PyDoc_VAR(name) = PyDoc_STR(str) #endif BUT I'm afraid scripter uses a lot of 2.3 stuff e.g. PyObject *PyBool_FromLong which was introduced in 2.3... Any suggestions what to do? I would like to update docs because I don't want to lose these features. |
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2.4 is out.. let people upgrade, at least to 2.3. |
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Unless theres a way of just removing some functions if only 2.2 is found... depending on what functions they are. FWIW, with more and more Scripter functions arriving, the list of not included functions will grow and grow until 2.2 is really not good enough at all. |
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hm. I remove my dirty hands off the scripter if it will be filled with damned #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON_23 or #ifndef HAVE_PYTHON_15 or whatever... I'll took some days to think about it. But it looks for the docs update, not to change code and functionality. |
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For 1.2.x series we only need to stabilise it.. not develop it further. A few function removals wouldnt hurt. |
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First, I think it's worth noting that it's quite practical to have multiple Python versions installed in paralell, and there will be 2.3 packages for most distros that lack 2.3. It's not too hard for users to upgrade. PyDoc_STRVAR is easily fixed, as subik notes. I've done exactly this for a constant not exported by Python < 2.4 in the macro mgr work. The use of other functions shouldn't be too bad. PyBool_FromLong, for example, can be changed to PyInt_FromLong with no impact on existing code, compatibility, etc. It'd be /nice/ to be able to keep it, but not important. It'd be fine to replace it in the 1.2.x branch (hooray, more skew when merging patches). I don't think we should be ifdefing anything in the body of the function definitions, though. It shouldn't be necessary since in many cases a less convenient replacement function can be used instead of the new-in-2.3 one, and is a right PITA. Separately, I do think a --without-python is a good idea. |
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I should also note that while it's probably possible to make it work with 2.2, I think just requiring 2.3 is reasonable - 2.2 is getting pretty elderly, and I'd be very surprised to find it on any system with Qt 3.3 . If the user upgrades Qt, I think it's reasonable to expect them to upgrade Python especially if Scribus can offer the option of not building the scripter. As for Python 2.1 - I wouldn't bother even thinking about it. Python 2.1 lacks new-style classes and several other rather fundamental features of modern Python. Even if we could build with it, which could probably be done with a few fixes, it'd be minefield of compatibility problems for scripts. Scripts written for Python 2.1 run fine in newer versions, obviously, but scripts written for 2.2 or 2.3 may not run in 2.1. |
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fixed in docs |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2005-01-10 01:01 | tom_verbeure | New Issue | |
| 2005-01-10 12:13 | rdieter | Note Added: 0003428 | |
| 2005-01-10 12:13 | rdieter | Note Added: 0003429 | |
| 2005-01-10 12:21 | rdieter | Note Added: 0003430 | |
| 2005-01-10 22:51 | fschmid | Status | new => assigned |
| 2005-01-10 22:51 | fschmid | Assigned To | => subik |
| 2005-01-16 19:44 | subik | Note Added: 0003488 | |
| 2005-01-16 19:50 | cbradney | Note Added: 0003489 | |
| 2005-01-16 19:51 | cbradney | Note Added: 0003490 | |
| 2005-01-16 20:06 | subik | Note Added: 0003491 | |
| 2005-01-16 20:32 | cbradney | Note Added: 0003492 | |
| 2005-01-17 00:29 |
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Note Added: 0003493 | |
| 2005-01-17 00:35 |
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Note Added: 0003494 | |
| 2005-01-20 15:35 | subik | Status | assigned => resolved |
| 2005-01-20 15:35 | subik | Fixed in Version | => 1.2.2cvs |
| 2005-01-20 15:35 | subik | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2005-01-20 15:35 | subik | Note Added: 0003513 | |
| 2005-04-07 20:45 |
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Status | resolved => closed |
| 2005-04-07 20:45 |
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Description Updated | |
| 2006-05-13 21:44 | christoph_s | Relationship added | child of 0003813 |
