Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-17 Thread Matej Cepl
On 17.4.2012 23:55, Fernando Cassia wrote: So you mean it'd be technically possible to have a running Scribes in current Fedora? Sure, what happens when you try to rebuilt http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/tmp/scribes-0.4-0.bzr20120417r1052.3.el7.src.rpm ? Install all packages from https://fed

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-17 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 18:52, Matej Cepl wrote: > a) it is not that bad on Fedora (which I don't have now), where all Gnome2 > packages are still maintained, > So you mean it'd be technically possible to have a running Scribes in current Fedora? FC -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraprojec

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-17 Thread Matej Cepl
On 17.4.2012 20:53, Fernando Cassia wrote: It seems like the author needs to do a major rewrite. :-( too bad because I really liked scribes. a) it is not that bad on Fedora (which I don't have now), where all Gnome2 packages are still maintained, b) I am in the email conversation with the upst

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-17 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 14:42, Matej Cepl wrote: > and I cannot fix it (python 2.6 v. 2.7 combined with gnome 2 v. gnome 3) It seems like the author needs to do a major rewrite. :-( too bad because I really liked scribes. I wonder if pehaps there's some automated source code migration tool tha

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-17 Thread Matej Cepl
On 16.4.2012 16:19, Matej Cepl wrote: Sorry, I was busy with some other work so I am now only ploughing through fedora.testers ... scribes.src.rpm is completely unmaintained, I have in a burst of optimism fixed it work with RHEL-6, but I don't use it on day-to-day basis anymore. If anybody wants

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-16 Thread Matej Cepl
On 13.4.2012 17:58, Horst H. von Brand wrote: I find it strange that there is a EPEL package that isn't also available for Fedora proper. Isn't that a requirement for EPEL? It is not a proper package maintained in EPEL (or elsewhere). Just my build of scribes for RHEL-6, hosted on fedorapeople

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-16 Thread Matej Cepl
On 12.4.2012 23:43, Fernando Cassia wrote: I think it'd be nice if you could do a small txt explaining what you had to change, and then forward it to Matej, the person doing the builds at the fedorapeople url mentioned on the OP. I did a Google search: Matej Cepl Sorry, I was busy with some ot

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-13 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On 13 April 2012 09:58, Horst H. von Brand wrote: > Richard Shaw wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: >> > of which http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/rpms/ maintains Fedora RPMs for here >> > http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/rpms/scribes-0.4-0.bzr2017r1032.1.el6.noarch.

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-13 Thread Horst H. von Brand
Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > > of which http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/rpms/ maintains Fedora RPMs for here > > http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/rpms/scribes-0.4-0.bzr2017r1032.1.el6.noarch.rpm > > You're trying to install the el6 package which

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-13 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:46, Fernando Cassia wrote: > # rpm -i gdm3setup-20120226-1.noarch.rpm > error: gdm3setup-20120226-1.noarch.rpm: not an rpm package (or package > manifest): sorry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_fart FC -- During times of Universal Deceit, telling the truth becomes

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-13 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 18:31, Richard Shaw wrote: > Is this a different version from the one at people.fedora.org??. >> Sorry I got confused by the dropbox url. Or did you edit/fix it and >> uploaded it there? > > Sorry yes! That's my updated version. # rpm -i gdm3setup-20120226-1.noarch.rpm err

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-13 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 12:08, Richard Shaw wrote: > Well I wouldn't consider my modifications "upstreamable". It was > really just a quick hack. The right way would be to fix/work around > the autoconf errors but I just don't know autoconf well enough. Okay, I will install your RPM. I just want

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-13 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 18:31, Richard Shaw wrote: >> >> Sorry yes! That's my updated version. > > I think it'd be nice if you could do a small txt explaining what you > had to change, and then forward it to Matej, the person doing the > b

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 18:31, Richard Shaw wrote: > > Sorry yes! That's my updated version. I think it'd be nice if you could do a small txt explaining what you had to change, and then forward it to Matej, the person doing the builds at the fedorapeople url mentioned on the OP. I did a Google s

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-12 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 18:15, Richard Shaw wrote: >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34775202/scribes-0.4-0.bzr2017r1032.2.fc16.src.rpm > > Is this a different version from the one at people.fedora.org??. > Sorry I got confused by the dropbox

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 18:15, Richard Shaw wrote: > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34775202/scribes-0.4-0.bzr2017r1032.2.fc16.src.rpm Is this a different version from the one at people.fedora.org??. Sorry I got confused by the dropbox url. Or did you edit/fix it and uploaded it there? Thanks FC -

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-12 Thread Richard Shaw
You can try this source RPM. For whatever reason the configure shortcut doesn't work in F17 so autogen.sh needs to be run. Of course this means that you end up running ./configure twice but it doesn't hurt anything and it does build for F17 in mock for me. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34775202/scribes-

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 17:56, Richard Shaw wrote: > You're trying to install the el6 package which must ship with Python > 2.6. Easiest solution is to download the source RPM instead and > rebuild it on your system: > > http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/rpms/scribes-0.4-0.bzr2017r1032.1.el6.src.r

Re: How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-12 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > of which http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/rpms/ maintains Fedora RPMs for here > http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/rpms/scribes-0.4-0.bzr2017r1032.1.el6.noarch.rpm You're trying to install the el6 package which must ship with Python 2.6. Easi

How to install some software that requires Python 2.6 and rejects 2.7?

2012-04-12 Thread Fernando Cassia
Hi there, I'm running F17 Beta (RC3) x86. I'm trying to install the Scribes editor http://scribes.sourceforge.net/features.html of which http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/rpms/ maintains Fedora RPMs for here http://mcepl.fedorapeople.org/rpms/scribes-0.4-0.bzr2017r1032.1.el6.noarch.rpm However