[maemo-developers] PyMaemo (Python for Maemo) final release for Maemo 5 (Fremantle)

Tue Nov 10 18:12:37 EET 2009

And the most important :

T H A N K S !!!

Le 10 novembre 2009 17:11, Benoît HERVIER <khertan at khertan.net> a écrit :
> "(such as some remaining documentation)"
>
> Oh no Please no !!!!
>
> Did you think it s possible to keep it in a separate package as for
> example there is still some python modules which has an interactive
> help() and it  s really usefull for onboard developpers like me (i
> don't know if i not the only one :) )
>
> Thanks
>
> 2009/11/10 Anderson Lizardo <anderson.lizardo at openbossa.org>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The PyMaemo team is pleased to announce the final release of PyMaemo
>> for Maemo 5!
>>
>> For users, no manual installation steps are necessary. If you want to
>> enjoy Python on your tablet, simply install a Python application from
>> the repository.
>>
>> For developers which want to try the latest versions of PyMaemo
>> packages, make sure to add extras-devel repository to the Scratchbox
>> target and/or tablet. For instructions, see
>> http://pymaemo.garage.maemo.org/installation.html. Due to the auto
>> promotion of dependencies in Fremantle, many packages have their
>> latest versions in extras-testing/extras already, but some are still
>> on extras-devel only.
>>
>> What is it?
>> ----------
>> Python for Maemo (PyMaemo for short) main objective is to make
>> possible to use Python programming language as the scripting and
>> development language for Maemo Platform, providing a better
>> alternative for fast prototyping and programming in Maemo environment
>> besides the C programming language.
>>
>> Python is for serious programming and to have fun. Python has a nice
>> syntax, it is easy to learn and powerful enough for a vast range of
>> applications, this is why we choose Python for Maemo.
>>
>> What has changed?
>> ---------------
>>
>> Removed packages:
>>
>> * libffi
>> + Now installed by default on N900
>>
>> * pyid3lib
>> + Unmaintained upstream, not used by any package in Fremantle
>>
>> Updated packages:
>>
>> * pygobject 2.16.1-1maemo1
>> + Update to latest version from Ubuntu jaunty
>> * pygtk 2.12.1-6maemo9
>> + Update gtk.Dialog with Maemo changes
>> * python-hildondesktop 0.1.0-1maemo1
>> + Bump version due to (unavoidable) API changes.
>> + Fix current maintainers in AUTHORS and debian/copyright.
>> * python-setuptools 0.6c9-1maemo2
>> + make easy_install always be called with the default Python version
>> (/usr/bin/pythonX.Y)
>> * python-xml 0.8.4-10.1maemo4
>> + Integrate fixes for python2.6 (taken from Ubuntu jaunty)
>>  (NOTE: this is just a compatibility fix, Fremantle will only have python2.5)
>>
>> Bugs fixed:
>>
>> MB#5091, MB#5141, MB#5154, MB#5232, MB#5275, MB#5467
>>
>> Known issues
>> -----------------
>>
>> python-mafw (Python bindings for MAFW) is still considered alpha
>> quality, and there are a couple of known issues on it:
>> MB#4824: python-mafw: source_browsing.py example does not work
>> MB#4839: python-mafw: mafw.Registry lacks list_plugins() method
>> MB#4849: python-mafw: MafwPluginDescriptorPublic structure is missing
>> MB#4919: python-mafw: list of missing types to complete methods bindings
>> MB#4932: python-mafw: mafw.Source.browse() method is missing
>> MB#4934: python-mafw: MetaData class missing
>>
>> There are no bindings for GUPnP (MB#4829), libhildonmime (MB#5157),
>> liblocation (MB#5748) as well for various other Maemo 5 components. We
>> plan to work on providing bindings for these components during the
>> Maemo 5 life cycle.
>>
>> The PyMaemo base set of packages take considerable storage space
>> (MB#5364). We already started experiments with the "maemo-optify" tool
>> to install biggest things out of root fs, and we also plan to reduce a
>> plenty of storage usage by cutting unnecessary things (such as some
>> remaining documentation). Expect next releases to reduce storage usage
>> gradually.
>>
>> We will not migrate to python2.6 in Maemo 5 due to a (unresolved) bug
>> (MB#4734), where a core SDK package explicitly conflicts with python
>>>= 2.6, preventing any further upgrades from the 2.5.x series.
>>
>> This release is supposed to be compatible with previous releases. If
>> you have any issues regarding building or running your Python
>> application on Maemo 5, feel free to contact us (see below for how to
>> contact the PyMaemo team and report bugs).
>>
>> Acknowledgments:
>> -----------------
>>
>> Thanks to everybody who helped making this release possible.
>>
>> Bug reports, as always, should go to our Bugzilla [1]. Use the
>> pymaemo-developers mailing list [2] for help, feedback or suggestions.
>>
>> References
>> --------------
>> [1] https://bugs.maemo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=PyMaemo
>> [2] https://garage.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/pymaemo-developers
>>
>> Thanks,
>> --
>> Anderson Lizardo
>> OpenBossa Labs - INdT
>> Manaus - Brazil
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