Re: [Sugar-devel] Some thoughts on GetBooks activity

2024-03-06 Thread Chihurumnaya Ibiam
Thanks for the update. -- Ibiam Chihurumnaya ib...@sugarlabs.org On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 5:15 PM James Simmons wrote: > I tried updating feedparser.py with a later version that still fits in two > files. It looks like the developers made some attempt to get it working > with Python 3 but

Re: [Sugar-devel] Some thoughts on GetBooks activity

2024-03-06 Thread James Simmons
I tried updating feedparser.py with a later version that still fits in two files. It looks like the developers made some attempt to get it working with Python 3 but did not finish it. I spent a couple of hours with it and it looks like it's working. I can browse OPDS feeds now. That's the good

Re: [Sugar-devel] Some thoughts on GetBooks activity

2024-03-05 Thread James Simmons
It turns out that feedparser has a version that is new enough to support Python 3 but old enough to fit in two files, one of which replaces sgml.py. I can get rid of the current files instead of trying to make them work with Python 3 myself. I'm going to try this tonight. It also turns out that

Re: [Sugar-devel] Some thoughts on GetBooks activity

2024-03-05 Thread Chihurumnaya Ibiam
Agreed, activities depending on external APIs are difficult to maintain and if anyone is willing to do it then it can work. -- Ibiam Chihurumnaya ib...@sugarlabs.org On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 6:04 AM James Cameron wrote: > Yes, I remember some of this from when I last maintained those

Re: [Sugar-devel] Some thoughts on GetBooks activity

2024-03-04 Thread James Cameron
Yes, I remember some of this from when I last maintained those activities. I felt that activities that depended on external APIs become difficult to maintain. ;-) On Mon, Mar 04, 2024 at 01:46:44PM -0600, James Simmons wrote: > Back in 2009 I wrote the Get IA Books activity which uses the