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Re: [H-client-devel] Questions about the python3-port branch in the git
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Yuchen Pei |
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Re: [H-client-devel] Questions about the python3-port branch in the git repo |
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Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:32:53 +1000 |
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On Sun 2022-06-19 22:18:50 -0400, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
> Hi Yuchen,
>
> Yuchen Pei <hi@ypei.me> writes:
>
>> On Thu 2022-06-16 14:19:01 -0400, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Yuchen,
>>>
>>> Yuchen Pei <hi@ypei.me> writes:
>>>
>>>> I had a cursory look at the python3-port branch[0], which is a port to
>>>> python3/gtk3 according to [1], and I have some quick questions:
>>>>
>>>> 1. The tree looks a bit weird: it contains an h-client subdir[2] which
>>>> looks
>>>> identical to the tree[0] itself sans the h-client subdir, why?
>>>
>>> Yes; I noticed that too. At some point in the history it gets removed;
>>> I think it had to be that way to be able to merge both SVN histories as
>>> one.
>>>
>>>> 2. The README.txt[3] still says python 3 is not supported. Perhaps it
>>>> needs updating?
>>>
>>> Right. We'll want to cut a proper release I think and take care of
>>> these things. The python3-port branch is already used in Guix; I had
>>> made sure it works at least as well as the old Python 2 code base.
>>>
>>> I suggest we wait a bit to see what Bill thinks about their progress on
>>> (much welcome!) UI improvements. If they are satisfied and development
>>> reaches some milestone soon, we could test it, merge it to master
>>> (deleting the now obsolete python3-port branch) and release from master.
>>
>> Do you mean merging the UI improvements into master as well?
>
> Yes (to be clear, I meant the current 'main' branch when I wrote
> 'master'), after they are reviewed or at least tested.
Thanks for clarifying, that sounds good.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maxim
Best,
Yuchen
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