Re: Bug#937769: getting python-linecache2/python-traceback2 fixes into testing (FAO traceback2, funcsigs nipype and numba maintainers).

2020-04-25 Thread peter green

On 21/04/2020 22:20, Thomas Goirand wrote:

So, if I'm following correctly, what you seem to propose, is to remove
Python 2 from unittest2. If that's the case, then I agree with such a
plan. I just didn't dare to do it yet.

Yes, whichever approach is taken to dealing with funcsigs, unittest2 will need 
to drop it's python2 packages.

Though in fact, I already worked on that, but stopped, also because
unittest2 FTBFS when I try building it on my laptop. So I've pushed it
in its normal Git repo [1] under a py2-removal branch. If anyone has
some time available to look at it, that'd be nice (I currently don't...).

It appears that this was fixed in a NMU, but the NMU changes were never 
imported into the packaging repository, once I imported the NMU changes the 
package built fine here.



Re: best practice when installing python packages

2020-04-25 Thread Scott Kitterman
On Saturday, April 25, 2020 1:10:37 PM EDT Anil F Duggirala wrote:
> hello,
> Im having an issue while installing a piece of software with pip3:
> pip3 install --user -r contrib/requirements/requirements-binaries.txt
> 
> Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in
> /tmp/pip-install-48wlqr39/PyQt5/
> 
> I had previously installed: apt install python3-pyqt5. Now, pyqt5 is
> listed in the requirements-binaries.txt list, however, it requires a
> newer version than the one installed by apt.
> 
> Online I find many people getting a similar error and suggesting using
> pip3 upgrade to upgrade the "pip" and the "setuptools" modules. And
> this brings me to my question. What happens if I use pip3 to upgrade a
> module that was installed via apt?
> 
> Now pip3 list is listing both the pip and setuptools modules (which
> were installed using apt). It even tells me about a newer version
> available (via pip). However pip3 list is not listing the pyqt5 module
> as installed, why is it not showing this module, which is installed?
> Does this have to do with the fact that my pip or setuptools modules
> are outdated? (both have much newer versions available via pip)
> 
> please reply to my email, I am not subscribed to this list,
> thank you,

On Debian pip/pip3 does a user install by default, so if you do an 'upgrade' 
of a system installed module, it should have no system wide effect, only for 
the current user.

The Buster (Debian 10) version of PyQt5 does not install the Python packaging 
related metadata, so it not being listed by pip3 is not a surprise (for the 
next release it is provided).

For cases like this, I think the best practice is to work inside a virtualenv 
where you can upgrade pip and install whatever you need via pip with no impact 
on either your user or system python.

Scott K

signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part.


best practice when installing python packages

2020-04-25 Thread Anil F Duggirala
hello,
Im having an issue while installing a piece of software with pip3:
pip3 install --user -r contrib/requirements/requirements-binaries.txt

Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in
/tmp/pip-install-48wlqr39/PyQt5/

I had previously installed: apt install python3-pyqt5. Now, pyqt5 is
listed in the requirements-binaries.txt list, however, it requires a
newer version than the one installed by apt. 

Online I find many people getting a similar error and suggesting using
pip3 upgrade to upgrade the "pip" and the "setuptools" modules. And
this brings me to my question. What happens if I use pip3 to upgrade a
module that was installed via apt?

Now pip3 list is listing both the pip and setuptools modules (which
were installed using apt). It even tells me about a newer version
available (via pip). However pip3 list is not listing the pyqt5 module
as installed, why is it not showing this module, which is installed?
Does this have to do with the fact that my pip or setuptools modules
are outdated? (both have much newer versions available via pip)

please reply to my email, I am not subscribed to this list,
thank you,

Anil