Bug#871502: Updating zotero-standalone
On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 02:59:11PM -0800, Diane Trout wrote: > > > So I understand from your message that the main blocker is now to > > have npm > > updated. > > The other issue is their default build process appears to download > Firefox and extract and modify parts of it. > > That needs to be modified to use Debian's version of Firefox, but I > haven't figured out how yet. But doesn't that assume that Firefox < 57 keeps on existing in Debian? I'm not sure that's a given: older firefox releases will eventually go away here too.. Zotero might call itself "standalone", but it's anything but: it's really shipping a whole Firefox instance under there. So much that, in fact, when I start the Zotero standalone binary downloaded from Zotero.org, it does absolutely nothing unless I first *stop* Firefox (>57) completely... Really confusing too... And right now, given that the "firefox" on my machine is FF 57, starting "zotero" (from the debian package) also doesn't work *even when firefox is not running*. The process just hangs failing to talk with the newer firefox binary... A workaround: firefox-esr -app /usr/share/zotero-standalone/application .. but now of course I can't do that since I ran Zotero 5 once, which upgraded my database with no chance of going back... Sigh. A. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#871502: Updating zotero-standalone
> So I understand from your message that the main blocker is now to > have npm > updated. The other issue is their default build process appears to download Firefox and extract and modify parts of it. That needs to be modified to use Debian's version of Firefox, but I haven't figured out how yet. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#871502: Updating zotero-standalone
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:37:26AM -0800, Diane Trout wrote: > > > > > Thanks for your contribution. However note that we cannot use your > > packaging > > for the official Debian package, because AFAIK npm downloads the > > javascript > > libraries at build time, which is clearly not acceptable in Debian. > > The full > > source needs to be included in the tarball (and the package needs to > > be > > buildable without network access). > > > > I'm a Debian Developer too so know about the need to build in a chroot > with no network. I'd was confused how to update get-orig-source, and > saw others had been too, so I wanted to leave some documentation about > what I'd tried. BTW, if you think your work can be a sound basis for an update of the zotero package, please feel free to push it to the Debian repo (it's currently in collab-maint on alioth, it could also probably be migrated to the Debian group on Salsa). I don't want to stand in the way, especially since I don't have much time/motivation for this package. I could even formally handover maintenance if you're interested in it. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Sébastien Villemot ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ http://sebastien.villemot.name ⠈⠳⣄ http://www.debian.org signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#871502: Updating zotero-standalone
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:37:26AM -0800, Diane Trout wrote: > > > > > Thanks for your contribution. However note that we cannot use your > > packaging > > for the official Debian package, because AFAIK npm downloads the > > javascript > > libraries at build time, which is clearly not acceptable in Debian. > > The full > > source needs to be included in the tarball (and the package needs to > > be > > buildable without network access). > > > > I'm a Debian Developer too so know about the need to build in a chroot > with no network. I'd was confused how to update get-orig-source, and > saw others had been too, so I wanted to leave some documentation about > what I'd tried. > > zotero wont build with the version of npm in Debian, so I spent some > time experimenting with npm 5.6 to see if I could get that to build. > > I learned npm 5.6 has a "prefer-offline" option that appears to prefer > locally installed Debian packages. Thanks, I was not aware of that option, it indeed seems like a good way to go forward. > I was able to build a .deb file for npm 5.6, but the resulting install > doesn't work. I think the install file is missing something. > > There are still some embedded copies of code that don't have a Debian > equivalent. Although I did see that the Debian JS team shipped 1.4.21 > with some embedded copies of code, so that might not be a deal breaker. > I need to get in touch with them As already discussed in this bug, I also think it's ok to have a few embedded code copies as a temporary solution. So I understand from your message that the main blocker is now to have npm updated. -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Sébastien Villemot ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ http://sebastien.villemot.name ⠈⠳⣄ http://www.debian.org signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#871502: Updating zotero-standalone
> > Thanks for your contribution. However note that we cannot use your > packaging > for the official Debian package, because AFAIK npm downloads the > javascript > libraries at build time, which is clearly not acceptable in Debian. > The full > source needs to be included in the tarball (and the package needs to > be > buildable without network access). > I'm a Debian Developer too so know about the need to build in a chroot with no network. I'd was confused how to update get-orig-source, and saw others had been too, so I wanted to leave some documentation about what I'd tried. zotero wont build with the version of npm in Debian, so I spent some time experimenting with npm 5.6 to see if I could get that to build. I learned npm 5.6 has a "prefer-offline" option that appears to prefer locally installed Debian packages. I was able to build a .deb file for npm 5.6, but the resulting install doesn't work. I think the install file is missing something. There are still some embedded copies of code that don't have a Debian equivalent. Although I did see that the Debian JS team shipped 1.4.21 with some embedded copies of code, so that might not be a deal breaker. I need to get in touch with them I haven't reviewed the changes to npm's copyright file either, so I don't know how much of a problem that'll be. Diane signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Bug#871502: Updating zotero-standalone
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 10:26:53PM +, Trout, Diane E. wrote: > I managed to figure out how to update get-orig-source. > > I looked for the release tag in the zotero repository, and then picked > the last commit before, or on that date. > > (from debian/rules) > > # 5.0.33 tag was on 2017 Dec 19 > COMMIT_VERSION=5.0.33+dfsg > Z_COMMIT=22d3fbb > ZB_COMMIT=b330e8e > ZSB_COMMIT=9b0d0b3 > > I also managed to update the patches > > I added the dependency on npm to try and build the client, as > documented here: > > https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/client_coding/building_the_standalon > e_client > > And then discovered that Debian's copy of npm is very old and wont > run, so I've added a block to this bug 871502 with the out of date npm > (870460) > > I've pushed all the changes to a scratch repository on github. > https://github.com/detrout/debian-zotero-standalone Thanks for your contribution. However note that we cannot use your packaging for the official Debian package, because AFAIK npm downloads the javascript libraries at build time, which is clearly not acceptable in Debian. The full source needs to be included in the tarball (and the package needs to be buildable without network access). -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Sébastien Villemot ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ http://sebastien.villemot.name ⠈⠳⣄ http://www.debian.org signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#871502: Updating zotero-standalone
Hi, I managed to figure out how to update get-orig-source. I looked for the release tag in the zotero repository, and then picked the last commit before, or on that date. (from debian/rules) # 5.0.33 tag was on 2017 Dec 19 COMMIT_VERSION=5.0.33+dfsg Z_COMMIT=22d3fbb ZB_COMMIT=b330e8e ZSB_COMMIT=9b0d0b3 I also managed to update the patches I added the dependency on npm to try and build the client, as documented here: https://www.zotero.org/support/dev/client_coding/building_the_standalon e_client And then discovered that Debian's copy of npm is very old and wont run, so I've added a block to this bug 871502 with the out of date npm (870460) I've pushed all the changes to a scratch repository on github. https://github.com/detrout/debian-zotero-standalone Diane
