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Re: [Gtkpod-devel] libgpod python3 bindings?

[Simon L. <sim...@gm...>]

Hi - resending this now I am a member of the group.


On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 at 12:37, Simon Lambourn <sim...@gm...>
wrote:

> Hi,
> I have been a keen user of libgpod via the python2 bindings for several
> years.   Now Ubuntu 19.10 has deprecated python2 and it seems, removed
> gobject-2.0 support, the python bindings no longer work (for me at least).
> I've had a look at trying to re-build the swig interface files for python3
> but it seems I need to rebuild the whole of libgpod, and this is
> complaining about missing pre-requisites (probably gobject 2.0, although it
> says I am missing sqlite3, which is actually installed).   I was happy to
> try and learn swig, but rebuilding the whole thing is quite a long way
> outside my current skill level :-)
>
> I realise that libgpod hasn't been maintained for a few years, but I
> wonder if you can advise whether there's a relatively straightforward way
> to get this to work with python3?
> Or alternatively is there a compelling reason why it is extremely
> difficult to update to python 3?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> Simon
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>

Re: [Gtkpod-devel] libgpod python3 bindings?

[Jack <ost...@us...>]

(If anyone knows a way to reply to a message from the archives, or have  
mailman resend me a copy, please let me know.  Not replying directly,  
since I also just subscribed.)

I don't know of any way to make gtkpod use python3, but it's easy  
enough to tell it not to use python at all, thus removing the  
dependency on python2.7.  I use Gentoo, so for me, it's just setting a  
USE flag, but I believe the parameter to ./configure is just  
"--without-python.  It still runs that way, but I can't test much since  
I don't currently have a suitable device to test with, so I really have  
no idea if this reduces functionality in any important way.

More important for me, is that gtkpod fails the final linking with  
gcc-10.  This is apparently a known issue due to the default change  
from fcommon to fno-common.

Given the lack of activity, I have to wonder whether to consider gtkpod  
totally dead, or is it still alive, albeit in near suspended animation?

Jack

Re: [Gtkpod-devel] libgpod python3 bindings?

[Paul R. <p.g...@ph...>]

Hey Jack

I moved on from maintaining gtkpod a few years ago now. After replacing my ipod (died) with an android phone, I had no device to test on & no cause to use gtkpod. 

If anyone still wants to keep it alive, they are welcome.

Paul
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On 11 May 2020 18:50:42 BST, Jack via Gtkpod-devel <gtk...@li...> wrote:
>(If anyone knows a way to reply to a message from the archives, or have
> 
>mailman resend me a copy, please let me know.  Not replying directly,  
>since I also just subscribed.)
>
>I don't know of any way to make gtkpod use python3, but it's easy  
>enough to tell it not to use python at all, thus removing the  
>dependency on python2.7.  I use Gentoo, so for me, it's just setting a 
>
>USE flag, but I believe the parameter to ./configure is just  
>"--without-python.  It still runs that way, but I can't test much since
> 
>I don't currently have a suitable device to test with, so I really have
> 
>no idea if this reduces functionality in any important way.
>
>More important for me, is that gtkpod fails the final linking with  
>gcc-10.  This is apparently a known issue due to the default change  
>from fcommon to fno-common.
>
>Given the lack of activity, I have to wonder whether to consider gtkpod
> 
>totally dead, or is it still alive, albeit in near suspended animation?
>
>Jack
>
>
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Re: [Gtkpod-devel] libgpod python3 bindings?

[Jack <ost...@us...>]

Paul,

Thanks for the response.  That's sort of what I expected.  I also used 
gtkpod more heavily some years ago, but was recently trying to recompile 
everything on my PC with gcc-10.  Hopefully someone who still uses it 
regularly will step up.  As the program still works, even this issue 
won't be critical for quite a while, depending on which Distro someone uses.

Jack

On 5/12/20 2:28 AM, Paul Richardson wrote:
> Hey Jack
>
> I moved on from maintaining gtkpod a few years ago now. After 
> replacing my ipod (died) with an android phone, I had no device to 
> test on & no cause to use gtkpod.
>
> If anyone still wants to keep it alive, they are welcome.
>
> Paul
> phantom_sf
>
> On 11 May 2020 18:50:42 BST, Jack via Gtkpod-devel 
> <gtk...@li...> wrote:
>
>     (If anyone knows a way to reply to a message from the archives, or have
>     mailman resend me a copy, please let me know.  Not replying directly,
>     since I also just subscribed.)
>
>     I don't know of any way to make gtkpod use python3, but it's easy
>     enough to tell it not to use python at all, thus removing the
>     dependency on python2.7.  I use Gentoo, so for me, it's just setting a
>     USE flag, but I believe the parameter to ./configure is just
>     "--without-python.  It still runs that way, but I can't test much since
>     I don't currently have a suitable device to test with, so I really have
>     no idea if this reduces functionality in any important way.
>
>     More important for me, is that gtkpod fails the final linking with
>     gcc-10.  This is apparently a known issue due to the default change
>     from fcommon to fno-common.
>
>     Given the lack of activity, I have to wonder whether to consider gtkpod
>     totally dead, or is it still alive, albeit in near suspended animation?
>
>     Jack
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