I agree 150% with Bernhard. A disabled Python is 150% better than no new build at all.
I do not understand why OS X users are considered second class citizens. Just my $0.02, Jean-Paul N1JPL > On Mar 16, 2017, at 2:06 PM, Bernhard Stegmaier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I have just seen people on the forum complaining that OSX nightlies still > don’t build. > > @Simon: > Do you intend to push your changes, no matter how hackish? > Might at least be a start to work with. > > Or, just disable python scripting at all until the whole python bundling has > been sorted out? > Having no python scripting is better than having no build or a build where it > doesn’t work right... > > > Regards, > Bernhard > >> On 21 Feb 2017, at 18:56, Simon Wells <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have previously sent a patch to adam for testing that bundled >> python. but it was a bit hackish as since python is a system lib >> bundleutilies doesn't copy it. >> >> On 21 February 2017 at 21:28, Bernhard Stegmaier >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 21 Feb 2017, at 00:31, Wayne Stambaugh <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> On 2/20/2017 6:27 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote: >>> >>> 2017-02-20 23:48 GMT+01:00 Bernhard Stegmaier <[email protected]>: >>> >>> How is this done on Windows? >>> You also don’t have a global filesystem with one Python there where you just >>> copy it into the right place… where does the Windows installer put those >>> files and how do you use them from some installed Python? Are there issues >>> with library paths of the library dependencies that come with KiCAD when >>> used from an external Python? >>> >>> >>> I am not aware of any issues with it on windows, but I don't really use >>> windows. >>> >>> People have requested to include pip with the windows install, and >>> that is done now, so I assume that at least something works. >>> >>> I am not sure if the user uses the shell inside pcbnew or calls the >>> python bundled with the installer. The file system layout is basically >>> as on linux, just inside the install destination folder. >>> >>> >>> Would something like this work on osx rather than trying to fit into an >>> existing python install? It might prove to be more reliable. At least >>> you would always have a known python build. >>> >>> >>> Yes, that’s probably the only way to do it in a safe way for the bundle >>> (and, as Adam said how Apple requires it). >>> Currently only wxPython packages and the pcbnew .so are copied into the >>> bundle. >>> There is no (matching) python installation contained/copied. >>> >>> This seems to be sufficient to at least run the python console from inside >>> pcbnew with some external python installation - if the python version used >>> to build the bundle and the one on the target system are compatible. >>> However, the last time I tried it the python console was really unusable for >>> me, because you couldn’t even type some keys (menu hotkeys always trigger >>> the menu action). >>> Don’t know if that has been fixed meanwhile. >>> >>> So, I think this whole python stuff needs a big overhaul on macOS for both >>> types of scripting. >>> I will work on it when I have some spare time. >>> If someone else is going to work on that please drop me a note, so that we >>> don’t do it twice… >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Bernhard >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
