Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-30 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wrote "the default python version", and I maintain that my original > fix would work with the new upstream release. Your "original fix" would not succesfully apply as a patch to the new upstream version. It's also, as it happens, the *wrong* way to m

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-30 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le dim 30 juillet 2006 07:21, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > >> No, it requires *both* the newer Python > > pure speculation, upstream *AND* users on the list, claim it works > with python2.3. so stop with that, it's tiresome. This is incorrect.

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-30 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When this thread started, you had decided to bind the fix with the new > upstream release and you had blocked the new upstream release with the > switch of the default Python version. Now you're also blocking this > new upstream release with a major n

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-30 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, Jul 29, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> > So what? If you know how to fix that issue, then why don't you upload a >> > package based on Pierre's work with the fix? Why don't you do it RIGHT >> > NOW and get DONE with this madness? >> I don't kn

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-30 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le dim 30 juillet 2006 07:21, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > No, it requires *both* the newer Python pure speculation, upstream *AND* users on the list, claim it works with python2.3. so stop with that, it's tiresome. > *and* the newer Guile. In another mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you said

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-30 Thread Loïc Minier
On Sat, Jul 29, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > So what? If you know how to fix that issue, then why don't you upload a > > package based on Pierre's work with the fix? Why don't you do it RIGHT > > NOW and get DONE with this madness? > I don't know a fix for that issue except to use Guile 1.8

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-30 Thread Loïc Minier
On Sat, Jul 29, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Actually, I didn't make those "packaging mistakes"; the previous > maintainer did. « "The previous maintainer did the mistakes" is the refrain of people who don't want to fix their packages. » :-P > You seem to think this is a battle, in whic

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-29 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is the stupidiest thing you ever did, because everyone had to look > at your handling of your packages. Everybody saw your gcc-4.1 RC with > a patch which you're blocking until the new upstream release. > Everybody saw the awful packaging mistake

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-29 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Josselin Mouette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Le jeudi 27 juillet 2006 à 16:38 -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : >> Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > it seems that guile 1.6.8 is buggy. people reported to have build >> > lilypond with guile 1.6.7 and/or guile-1.8 correctl

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-28 Thread Loïc Minier
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > >> I believe the patch you sent was not against the current upstream > > I am not the lilypond maintainer, I don't want to have to download an > > upstream tarball or prepare a CVS snapshot or whatever for a package > > I'm not interested in. T

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-28 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le jeudi 27 juillet 2006 à 16:38 -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > it seems that guile 1.6.8 is buggy. people reported to have build > > lilypond with guile 1.6.7 and/or guile-1.8 correctly. And I suppose > > *HERE* is the real problem, wh

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-27 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jul 26, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> I believe the patch you sent was not against the current upstream >> release, unless you are referring to something different. > > I am not the lilypond maintainer, I don't want to have to download an >

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-27 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > it seems that guile 1.6.8 is buggy. people reported to have build > lilypond with guile 1.6.7 and/or guile-1.8 correctly. And I suppose > *HERE* is the real problem, which you failed to spot, because you > didn't even TRIED to. I had that problem

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-27 Thread Loïc Minier
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > I believe the patch you sent was not against the current upstream > release, unless you are referring to something different. I am not the lilypond maintainer, I don't want to have to download an upstream tarball or prepare a CVS snapshot or wha

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-27 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le jeu 27 juillet 2006 05:02, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > What is this, solution number 4 for Mr. BSG's complaints? I am > > almost beginning to believe that he is more interested in > > complaining than just fixing the problem. > > Solution? How a

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-27 Thread Loïc Minier
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > It is very confusing to me why lilypond should need either > python-support or python-central at all. Can you explain? Actually, it doesn't, I was wrong. I thought some sort of private or public module was built, but the only bits seem to live

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-26 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is this, solution number 4 for Mr. BSG's complaints? I am almost > beginning to believe that he is more interested in complaining than just > fixing the problem. And the gratuitous rudeness is apalling. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-26 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What is this, solution number 4 for Mr. BSG's complaints? I am almost > beginning to believe that he is more interested in complaining than just > fixing the problem. Solution? How about this, if I apply that recipe and try to compile, you pay me $100

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-26 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Oh, come on. > > sed -i -e '1s/python[0-9\.]*/python2.4/' $(find . -name '*.py') > > Don't tell me it takes you more than half a minute to come up with > something like that. And don't tell me you can write a mail such as the > one I'm replying to in l

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-26 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Wouter Verhelst said: > On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 07:25:59PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > This is incorrect; I write and read very quickly. > > Oh, come on. > > sed -i -e '1s/python[0-9\.]*/python2.4/' $(find . -name '*.py') > > Don't tell me it takes you more

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-26 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 07:25:59PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > - From http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/07/msg00684.html: > > > But I don't alas, have the time to spend on a workaround patch myself, > > > which will (supposedly

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-26 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jul 26, 2006, Martin Michlmayr wrote: >> You could just add an explicit dependency on python2.4 and do a >> s/python/python2.4/ over lilypond. > > For which I've sent a patch already. I believe the patch you sent was not against the current upstr

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-26 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jul 25, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> Some have suggested patching lilypond to call python2.4, depending on >> python2.4, and not bothering with python-central and pyversions and >> such. > > No, this is still required, but I didn't want to

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-26 Thread Loïc Minier
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Some have suggested patching lilypond to call python2.4, depending on > python2.4, and not bothering with python-central and pyversions and > such. No, this is still required, but I didn't want to force a choice between python-support or python-

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-26 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le mer 26 juillet 2006 08:41, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> It takes about eight hours per compilation attempt on my available > >> hardware running unstable. > > > > oh, and you really need to watch all the lines of the compilation > > during the

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-26 Thread Loïc Minier
On Wed, Jul 26, 2006, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > You could just add an explicit dependency on python2.4 and do a > s/python/python2.4/ over lilypond. For which I've sent a patch already. -- Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le mer 26 juillet 2006 03:19, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Running sed costs you lots of time? Come on. I can understand your > > irritation at the lack of information about how the python > > transition is going, but it really shouldn't take you a

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Miles Bader
Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am completely serious: all of the mails quoted below stress me > profoundly Have you tried decaf...? -Miles -- We have met the enemy, and he is us. -- Pogo

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Adeodato Simó <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - From http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2006/07/msg00684.html: > > > But I don't alas, have the time to spend on a workaround patch myself, > > which will (supposedly) become obselete very quickly. > > The sad conclusion that, with this

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Matthew Garrett [Wed, 26 Jul 2006 02:14:51 +0100]: > Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't think you understand. A workaround costs me lots of time to > > get in place. I'm perfectly clear about how to go about installing a > > workaround. The question is, is the work wo

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Running sed costs you lots of time? Come on. I can understand your > irritation at the lack of information about how the python transition is > going, but it really shouldn't take you any length of time at all to > change things to reference 2.4 dir

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Matthew Garrett
Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think you understand. A workaround costs me lots of time to > get in place. I'm perfectly clear about how to go about installing a > workaround. The question is, is the work worth it? Running sed costs you lots of time? Come on. I can un

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> You're telling me that if I "use debian/pyversions" and the rest of >> that, whatever it is, then lilypond scripts and user code which >> depends on python 2.4 will automagically get it even though it uses #! >> on ordinary "python"? This sound

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:53:47 -0700 Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > As I have said multiple times, lilypond now requires python 2.4 to > work correctly. > > You're telling me that if I "use debian/pyversions" and the rest of > that, whatever it is, then lilypond scripts and use

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > it has been said numerous time, that you just need to sed the shebang of > those scripts, such modifications are often used in python packaging, > and is easy to do. Right, the question is whether this is a long-term change or a short-term change?

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le mer 26 juillet 2006 01:53, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > your mails are a marvelous proof of bad faith. if you want to > > enforce your package to use python2.4 for some (apparently borken — > > but I didn't bothered to check) reason, you just ne

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > your mails are a marvelous proof of bad faith. if you want to enforce > your package to use python2.4 for some (apparently borken — but I > didn't bothered to check) reason, you just need (either through > debian/pyversions + pysupport or XS-Python-

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Pierre Habouzit
Le mer 26 juillet 2006 01:22, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > You could just add an explicit dependency on python2.4 and do a > > s/python/python2.4/ over lilypond. > > So, will the python change happen? > > Maybe instead of beating me up for not kno

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > You could just add an explicit dependency on python2.4 and do a > s/python/python2.4/ over lilypond. So, will the python change happen? Maybe instead of beating me up for not knowing what is the best use of my time, the python team could be encourag

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-07-25 14:52]: > Of course it's a miserable course of events if it happens. But are > you seriously saying that you think lilypond 2.6.3 is suitable for > the release, even with the existing RC bugs fixed? I thought you > were in agreement that relea

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Aurélien GÉRÔME <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This is utterly unacceptable. What do you do of the > reverse-dependencies? If you are not capable of dealing with a package > that you are supposed to maintain, you should O: it or RFA: it, instead > of cornering users. That is irresponsible as a Debi

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Gustavo Noronha Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That said, I would also like to see python-defaults upgraded to > python2.4, and can't see a reason for much more delay. Don't bother asking; they don't answer questions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Have you told the maintainers of alml and songwrite (reverse-depends of > lilypond) about this? It wouldn't be fair to them to find out at the last > minute before the etch release that their packages won't be releasable > because lilypond wasn't ready

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Aurélien GÉRÔME
Hi, On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 01:56:26AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > In my opinion, the current lilypond in Debian is not suitable for > release, even with the existing problems solved. It would not be > appropriate to release such an old version in etch, and if nothing > happens with pytho

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jul 25, 2006 at 01:56:26AM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > This would only fix problems in experimental, lilypond is currently not > > releasable, so imaginating that the Python switch would not happen, we > > would end up without lilypond

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
Em Tue, 25 Jul 2006 01:56:26 -0700 Thomas Bushnell BSG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > In my opinion, the current lilypond in Debian is not suitable for > release, even with the existing problems solved. It would not be > appropriate to release such an old version in etch, and if nothing > happen

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-25 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This would only fix problems in experimental, lilypond is currently not > releasable, so imaginating that the Python switch would not happen, we > would end up without lilypond. In my opinion, the current lilypond in Debian is not suitable for release,

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-23 Thread Miles Bader
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - "make install" is called with prefix=debian/tmp/..., this is usually >wrong Well, some packages screw things up of course, but in a package following the GNU coding standards (whence "prefix" comes) the Makefile is supposed to separate install-time

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-22 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Fri, 21 Jul 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > experimental has a python-defaults pointing to 2.4 > > When did this happen? Is there some reason you didn't reply to my > status-requests with this information? Why are you trying to keep > thing

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-22 Thread Loïc Minier
Hi again, On Fri, Jul 21, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Unfortunately, the patch is not against the new upstream lilypond. As I suggested in #357057, I suggest you copy the sed snippet and go on with the Python transition with a 2.4 build requirement. This will work even after th

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > experimental has a python-defaults pointing to 2.4 When did this happen? Is there some reason you didn't reply to my status-requests with this information? Why are you trying to keep things secret from me? Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Loïc Minier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Jul 18, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: >> So, let me make plain: I am entirely happy to accept a workaround >> patch for lilypond's current upstream stable release that will make it >> build and use python 2.4 even when that is not installed as "

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-21 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Matthias Klose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > well, there's curently only one person spreading lies and fud about > python packaging, so please don't talk about "lies" as well. I'm still > testing uprades and fixing upgrade issues. experimental has a > python-defaults pointing to 2.4, so you can pr

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-21 Thread Loïc Minier
On Tue, Jul 18, 2006, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > So, let me make plain: I am entirely happy to accept a workaround > patch for lilypond's current upstream stable release that will make it > build and use python 2.4 even when that is not installed as "python". > If such a functional patch appears

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-20 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi Matthias, On Thu, 20 Jul 2006, Matthias Klose wrote: > well, there's curently only one person spreading lies and fud about > python packaging, so please don't talk about "lies" as well. Please stop ranting against Josselin, in particular if you have nothing precise/factual to criticize. You're

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-19 Thread Matthias Klose
well, there's curently only one person spreading lies and fud about python packaging, so please don't talk about "lies" as well. I'm still testing uprades and fixing upgrade issues. experimental has a python-defaults pointing to 2.4, so you can prepare your package and upload it to experimental. "p

Re: lilypond and python

2006-07-19 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mardi 18 juillet 2006 à 15:12 -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG a écrit : > I had been assuming that the python team was telling me the truth when > they said that python-defaults would be updated to 2.4 very soon. Please, there is nothing like a python team. -- .''`. Josselin Mouette