Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] [PyBOMBS] Relaunch and version 2.0

[Martin Braun]

I have heard that there are issues with plex when installing PyBOMBS
through pip. To get around that, run

    $ sudo pip install --pre plex

before trying to install PyBOMBS. I have removed it as a dependency in
the upcoming version and copied plex into PyBOMBS -- yeah, it's ugly,
but this is supposed to be easy.

M

On 01/25/2016 04:32 PM, Martin Braun wrote:
> Everyone,
> 
> the repositories have now been updated. For those who don't want to
> track the PyBOMBS repo, you can just install PyBOMBS through pip (sudo
> pip install PyBOMBS).
> 
> PyBOMBS 2.0 has a manual, hosted on the repo:
> https://github.com/gnuradio/pybombs/blob/master/README.md
> 
> This should get you started.
> 
> If wondering about the transition in general, read my previous
> announcement (below).
> 
> Repositories
> ------------
> 
> The main repository for PyBOMBS is still the same one as before
> (https://github.com/gnuradio/pybombs/). If you pull pybombs from github,
> it will update to PyBOMBS2. To get to the old code, check out the legacy
> repository:
> 
> https://github.com/gnuradio/pybombs_legacy/
> 
> the old recipes are stored here:
> 
> https://github.com/gnuradio/recipes_legacy/
> 
> Note PyBOMBS1 will not be officially supported any more.
> 
> Recipes
> -------
> 
> Because PyBOMBS easily allows multiple recipe locations, we have split
> up the recipes into the most popular, and/or known stable ones, and all
> the rest. The standard set of recipes can be found here:
> 
> - https://github.com/gnuradio/gr-recipes
> 
> The extended set can be found here:
> 
> - https://github.com/gnuradio/gr-etcetera
> 
> The selection is currently somewhat arbitrary. We will certainly move
> recipes between repositories as we go along. The idea is to have a place
> where we can throw pretty much anything SDR-related while still having a
> place where we can endorse certain packages. Suggestions on moving
> packages between repos can be made through the issue tracker and are
> welcome, but I'd like to restrict gr-recipes to OOTs and other packages
> with a fairly wide adoption.
> 
> Transitioning
> -------------
> 
> If you're moving from PB1 to PB2, it's probably easiest to just start
> from scratch. If you really don't want to, there's ways to turn your old
> PB1 prefix into a new one, but that's very specific and a bit off-topic
> for this announcement.
> 
> In any case, you will need to install PyBOMBS instead of just having a
> repository somewhere.
> 
> Given PB2 is brand new, I'm sure there's still enough bugs. Not much we
> can do about that, other than test, test, test and run it in various
> configurations.
> 
> Cheers,
> Martin
> 
> On 01/10/2016 07:55 AM, Martin Braun wrote:
>> Now that the most important question pertaining PyBOMBS is out of the
>> way (i.e., we're keeping the name), it's time to move forward to PyBOMBS
>> 2.0.
>>
>> For those who haven't heard about this: We will be replacing current
>> PyBOMBS with version 2.0, which comes with a bunch of new features, but
>> is also mostly incompatible with current PyBOMBS.
>>
>> I'd like to finalize a release version of PyBOMBS during the Berlin
>> hackfest coming up soon. Once we have that, we can start providing
>> installation through pip, which is a big leap forward from our previous
>> clone-this-repo mode of installation.
>>
>> Until then, I'd like to invite people to try it out on your own
>> machines. You can can download it from
>> https://github.com/gnuradio/pybombs2/commits/master, it comes with a
>> quickstart guide and a small manual.
>>
>> The biggest new features are:
>>
>> - Installable package. You can now install PyBOMBS locally, or
>>   system-wide!
>> - Support for multiple prefixes, limited by disk space only
>> - SDK/cross-compile support
>> - Support for multiple recipe locations. You can also add your own
>>   recipe repositories.
>> - Modular design, it's easy to add more system backends (want Gentoo
>>   support? Arch Linux? PRs welcome!)
>> - Uses YAML, our new favourite file format, for everything.
>> - Smarter detection of installed stuff
>> - Less cluttered output
>>
>> PyBOMBS 2 Five Anticipated Questions (FAQ)
>> ==========================================
>>
>> * Why the big change?
>>
>> Many reasons, mostly because PB1 didn't support a lot of features we
>> wanted, but the codebase made it difficult to add those features.
>>
>> * Will PyBOMBS1 recipes work with PyBOMBS2?
>>
>> No, because we're going to all-YAML, we have a slightly different
>> format. However, there's a script to batch-convert recipes.
>>
>> * Which systems does it support?
>>
>> Any Linux/Unix really, but it uses apt-get, yum and dnf for installing
>> packages system-wide if it can. Mac OS X support is in the making. We've
>> tried staying portable, but that still needs improvement. Windows support
>> is possible, but not yet planned. I guess Cygwin would work, if we
>> update the majority of packages to include pkg-config info.
>>
>> Using emerge, portage, pacman or whatever as system-wide installer
>> backend would be easy and if someone wants to do that, we're open for
>> PRs.
>>
>> * Does it have a GUI?
>>
>> Nah, that wasn't a priority. Would be nice, and will certainly come one
>> day.
>>
>> * Where did all the semicolons go?;
>>
>> We cut-and-pasted the semicolons to the latest additions in gr-fec,
>> where they can lead a happier life as actual parts of code.
>>
>>
>> -- Martin
>>
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