Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-21 Thread Janneke Nieuwenhuizen
Bernhard Voelker writes: > On 4/21/24 01:14, Bruno Haible wrote: >>- install Python on their development machines, > > I'd guess most hosts have python installed nowadays ... the question is > rather which version of it, and how compatible it is: What a host has installed (or could install) i

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-21 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 4/21/24 01:14, Bruno Haible wrote: - install Python on their development machines, I'd guess most hosts have python installed nowadays ... the question is rather which version of it, and how compatible it is: now it's <3.7 which is incompatible (according to your mail), but in future ther

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-20 Thread Bruno Haible
Paul Eggert wrote: > I hope we can drop the sh implementation at the first opportunity - > which would be after we've tested the Python implementation enough, and > when we want to add some features and it's a pain to add them to both sh > and Python. Of course it's a pain to maintain two imple

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-20 Thread Paul Eggert
I hope we can drop the sh implementation at the first opportunity - which would be after we've tested the Python implementation enough, and when we want to add some features and it's a pain to add them to both sh and Python.

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-20 Thread Bruno Haible
Bernhard Voelker wrote: > There will come the question whether there are plans to drop the 'sh' mode, > or if or how long both modes will be maintained in parallel. Sure, the question will come. And the conclusion will be based on two considerations: - No package maintainer is expected to say "I

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-20 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi Paul, Thanks for the feedback. > If you are using git submodules, something like this: > $ git -C gnulib pull origin master > $ git commit -m 'build: update gnulib submodule to latest' gnulib With the newest 'bootstrap', this would not be needed. But many packages still

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-20 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 4/20/24 02:22, Bruno Haible wrote: Hi, It's now time to call for beta-testers of the Python gnulib-tool. I plan to post the same text to info-gnu and to planet.gnu.org. Here is a draft. Please comment! findutils results ... --

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-20 Thread Pádraig Brady
On 20/04/2024 01:22, Bruno Haible wrote: Hi, It's now time to call for beta-testers of the Python gnulib-tool. I plan to post the same text to info-gnu and to planet.gnu.org. Here is a draft. Please comment! coreutils results... 4. Clean the built files of your package: $ make -k

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-20 Thread Simon Josefsson via Gnulib discussion list
Bruno Haible writes: > Hi, > > It's now time to call for beta-testers of the Python gnulib-tool. > I plan to post the same text to info-gnu and to planet.gnu.org. Confirmed success with oath-toolkit; identical generated files. Old execution time was ~48 seconds, now it is at 0.7 seconds. The s

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-19 Thread Paul Eggert
On 2024-04-19 17:22, Bruno Haible wrote: Hi, 2. Update your gnulib checkout. (For some packages, it comes as a git submodule named 'gnulib'.) Like this: $ git pull Set the environment variable GNULIB_SRCDIR, pointing to this checkout. Might help to spell out what to do

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-19 Thread Bruno Haible
Collin Funk wrote: > But would this work on stable branches? It would not work, no. Also it would not work in submodules (which fix a certain commit of gnulib). That's why in step 2 we need a $ git checkout master Bruno

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-19 Thread Collin Funk
On 4/19/24 5:22 PM, Bruno Haible wrote: > 5. Regenerate the fetched and generated files of your package. > Depending on the packge, this may be a command such as >$ ./bootstrap --no-git --gnulib-srcdir=$GNULIB_SRCDIR Forgive me if this is a silly question, I have focused on pygnulib

Re: beta-tester call draft

2024-04-19 Thread Bruno Haible
PS: > 2. Update your gnulib checkout. (For some packages, it comes as a > git submodule named 'gnulib'.) Like this: >$ git pull That should be: $ git checkout master $ git pull

beta-tester call draft

2024-04-19 Thread Bruno Haible
Hi, It's now time to call for beta-testers of the Python gnulib-tool. I plan to post the same text to info-gnu and to planet.gnu.org. Here is a draft. Please comment! - GNU gnulib: calling for beta-testers If you are developer