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Re: ✘Major build change pushed
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Gary E. Miller |
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Re: ✘Major build change pushed |
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Fri, 13 Nov 2020 16:03:47 -0800 |
Yo Hal!
On Fri, 13 Nov 2020 15:48:08 -0800
Hal Murray <hmurray@megapathdsl.net> wrote:
> gem@rellim.com said:
> > I should copy that file for gpsd. I keep forgetting the .pth
> > option.
>
> We should update it to cover Python 3 before you copy it.
Just change python2 to python3. Simple. I would hope most users
could do that in their heads. Vain hope?
> How many distros are still using Python 2?
Pretty much all of the. Chrome, Firefox and Kodi need Python 2.
> If you copy it, we should set things up so the same text covers both
> uses and add a section about both places that reminds people to
> update both when they edit things. My copy hasn't changed since
> early 2019 so it shouldn't be hard to keep them in sync.
The ntpsec to gpsd change is waf -> scons. The rest is good.
> > That file neglects to mention that Python looks in the pwd first.
>
> We should probably describe how the testing environment works. I
> think there is a link from the tools build directory over to the
> library build directory so if you cd to the tools build directory you
> can test them and that will also use the new libraries.
No longer. I removed all the links. The links confused scons. Now
you either install gpsd and use the system modules, or run in the build
directory (currently gpsd-3.21~dev).
RGDS
GARY
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- Re: ✘Major build change pushed, (continued)
- Re: ✘Major build change pushed, Gary E. Miller, 2020/11/13
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- Re: ✘Major build change pushed, James Browning, 2020/11/14
- Re: ✘Major build change pushed, Gary E. Miller, 2020/11/14
- Re: ✘Major build change pushed, Martin Laabs, 2020/11/15
- Re: ✘Major build change pushed, James Browning, 2020/11/15
Re: Re: ✘Major build change pushed, Hal Murray, 2020/11/13