Hi,

On Friday 20 August 2010 03:40:38 pm viq wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:31:29PM +0200, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote:
> > On Thursday 19 August 2010 10:26:48 am viq wrote:
> > > On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 01:04:20AM +0200, Sebastian Reitenbach wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Sebastian Reitenbach wrote:
> > > > >viq wrote:
> > > > >>On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 07:51:54PM +0200, Sebastian Reitenbach 
wrote:
> > > > >>>viq wrote:
> > > > >>>>On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 04:37:24PM +0200, Sebastian Reitenbach 
wrote:
> > > > >>>>>Hi,
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>forget the other mail, now the right tarball attached.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>Sebastian
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>Sebastian Reitenbach wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>viq wrote:
> > > > >>>>>>>They released version 0.3.1,
> > > > >>>>>>>http://spectrum.im/projects/spectrum/wiki/Changelog
> > > > >>>>>>>But it hardcodes installation of spectrum.cfg to /etc
> > > > >>>>>>>so that would need
> > > > >>>>>>>to be patched, and it removes the sqlite schema, in repository
> > > > >>>>>>>logs it says
> > > > >>>>>>>"Remove unused outdated sqlite.sql schema." So for now
> > > > >>>>>>>trying the posted
> > > > >>>>>>>version, and it builds fine. Didn't get to trying it
> > > > >>>>>>>yet, that will come
> > > > >>>>>>>soon ;)
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>With a lot of feedback from viq, updated to 0.3.1.
> > > > >>>>>>I added a user _spectrum and group _spectrum so that the
> > > > >>>>>>spectrumctl can change userid to that user. The homedirectory
> > > > >>>>>> of that user has to exists, otherwise spectrumctl throws
> > > > >>>>>> errors. The directories /var/spectrum and /var/log/spectrum
> > > > >>>>>> are created from the port. I decided to put everything below
> > > > >>>>>> /var/spectrum besides the logs. Hope that's fine. The example
> > > > >>>>>> configuration file was updated accordingly.
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>Maybe additionally a README.OpenBSD needed?
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>cheers,
> > > > >>>>>>Sebastian
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>Following patch needs to be applied to PLIST, otherwise you
> > > > >>>>end up with
> > > > >>>>locale files being mode 640 root:_spectrum
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>--- /tmp/net/spectrum/pkg/PLIST Sat Jul 31 13:51:54 2010
> > > > >>>>+++ pkg/PLIST   Sat Jul 31 17:28:08 2010
> > > > >>>>@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
> > > > >>>>@group ${SPGROUP}
> > > > >>>>@mode 640
> > > > >>>>@sample ${SYSCONFDIR}/spectrum/spectrum.cfg
> > > > >>>>+...@group
> > > > >>>>+...@mode
> > > > >>>>share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/spectrum.mo
> > > > >>>>share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/spectrum.mo
> > > > >>>>share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/spectrum.mo
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>Another thing is, in
> > > > >>>>lib/python2.5/site-packages/spectrum/doc/ there is
> > > > >>>>interactive.py which after running spectrum gets bytecompiled
> > > > >>>> creating interactive.pyc which remains after package removal.
> > > > >>>> Solution I saw employed so far is to compile it at package
> > > > >>>> creation time,
> > > > >>>>so it ends up
> > > > >>>>in PLIST. Don't ask me how to do it though ;)
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>The mysql schema should probably be installed, for those who
> > > > >>>>want to use
> > > > >>>>it, maybe the munin monitoring script? Maybe some -extras
> > > > >>>> package?
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>There is another *pyc file that was not yet created. I now call
> > > > >>>spectrumctl in post-install stage to create those pyc files. No
> > > > >>> idea whether this is the right way to do, but it works ;)
> > > > >>>I also included the mysql schema, since people might want to use
> > > > >>> the mysql backend instead of the sqlite backend.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>Sebastian
> > > > >>
> > > > >>How about this? Command to compile .py files stolen from
> > > > >>devel/py-gobject by ajacoutot@ ;)
> > > > >
> > > > >That's great, thanks for finding this.
> > > > >
> > > > >>Also moving sample config file and mysql schema to share/examples
> > > > >>instead of share/doc as I believe that's where they belong.
> > > > >
> > > > >Yes, after sending the last update, I also thought about that this
> > > > >is the right place for it.
> > > > >
> > > > >I only removed a superfluous rm -f in the post-install stage,
> > > > >update attached.
> > > >
> > > > It did not made it to the release, and those people just released a
> > > > new version.
> > > > Major change is with the twitter transport, which I haven't tested
> > > > due to lack of an account there, and added french translation, and
> > > > not to forget the version number 0.3.1 -> 1.4.0 ;).
> > >
> > > It seems that twitter support requires installation of
> > > pidgin-microblog, according to
> > > http://spectrum.im/projects/spectrum/wiki/UpgradeNotes Which makes me
> > > wonder a bit, maybe other pidgin protocol plugins could be made to work
> > > with it too? Say, pidgin-tlen or pidgin-icb. But that would require
> > > modifying dependencies to not include pidgin as such, but maybe just
> > > libpurple, which from my reading of Makefile pidgin proper depends on
> > > anyway.
> >
> > Therefore a dependency only to libpurple, and not to pidgin, is included.
> > If I remember correctly, with the older versions, it did refused to
> > compile when spectrum was unable to find libpurple. I don't know which
> > transports need libpurple, and which need poco.
> > I tried with ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, which worked for me.
>
> I know spectrum depends only on libpurple, I meant the protocol plugins,
> say net/pidgin-tlen. And from quick glance at sources spectrum does need
> libpurple to build, all protocols have (indirectly) #include "purple.h"
> and all of them say for example:
> const std::string gatewayIdentity() { return "icq"; }
> const std::string protocol() { return "prpl-icq"; }
> which to me looks like they use purple for that.
>
> So, again, my suggestion is that if the pidgin-microblog was to be
> ported it should depend on libpurple and not on pidgin, and maybe same
> treatment should be applied to already ported plugins - if it would be
> possible to make spectrum work with them.
Ah, now I got what you meant. I'll take a look.

Sebastian


>
> > Sebastian
> >
> > > Other than that I have not really tested it, I should really get to
> > > it...
> > >
> > > > Maybe now OK to check in?
> > > >
> > > > Sebastian

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