Archives Oct. 19, 2006
Getting sip to build on Gentoo Python 2.5 (Or, how to use overlays.gentoo.org for those who don't feel like using "layman")
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When I upgraded the workstation to 2.5 I wound up breaking the Eric3 IDE that I use for all my hacking (Python and otherwise). It was broken because of some Python 2.5 HeapTypeObject structure changes that meant the SIP wrapper generator wouldn't work. A search of the net revealed what appeared to be an ebuild ...
Ah the joys of bundling (Wish I had time to work on it today)
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Blake reports that things go to handbaskets when attempting to include OpenGL (-ctypes) in a Py2App bundle. Apparently the setuptools entry-point registrations (which are required by OpenGL-ctypes) are not getting triggered so there's no handlers available.
And there's the flip-side of using big, standard(-ish) packages, when they break, you have to be willing (and have ...
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Mike C. Fletcher, the VRPlumber, is a philosopher of design turned computer programmer based in Toronto, Canada. He works primarily in the Python programming language, and maintains a large number of Open Source software packages. You can reach him at: mcfletch@vrplumber.com.