Re: [Python-markdown-discuss] [Plone-Users] ZopeSkel version pinning invalid

[kiorky <ki...@cr...>]

Hi Waylan,

Some news from python24 packaging front ;).

Attached patch make your Markdown package python-2.4 friendly.
Feel free to merge/release it.

The enjoying console output from the new dist and python 2.4:

(test)kiorky@judith ~/projects/repos/python-markdown $ easy_install
dist/Markdown-2.0.3.zip
Processing Markdown-2.0.3.zip
...
Installed
/home/kiorky/projects/repos/python-markdown/test/lib/python2.4/site-packages/Markdown-2.0.3-py2.4.egg
Processing dependencies for Markdown==2.0.3
Searching for elementtree
...
Adding elementtree 1.2.7-20070827-preview to easy-install.pth file
Installed
...
Finished processing dependencies for Markdown==2.0.3

(test)kiorky@judith ~/projects/repos/python-markdown $ python -c "import
markdown;print markdown.version"
2.0.3


cewing a écrit :
> 
> kiorky wrote:
>> I think the fix must be upstream and the author is quite responsive,
>> just advertise him (i already did a bit earlier and im waiting for
>> response).
>>
> As it turns out, we agree with your assessment completely.  The problem lies
> upstream and should properly be fixed there.  There's quite a decent
> analysis of the problem in 
> http://www.coactivate.org/projects/zopeskel-bbq-sprint/blog/2009/10/03/zopeskel-bbq-sprint-day-one/
> this blog post  from the first day of the zopeskel spring (underway right
> now).  
> 
> However, the installation of ZopeSkel 2.12 under python 2.4 was broken and
> as it is used widely in the zope/plone world, leaving it in that state until
> an upstream fix is made is not an option.  We repaired the problem with
> ZopeSkel by pinning a version of Cheetah that avoids the whole mess.  This
> will solve a truly bad problem for 99% of the folks who use ZopeSkel.
> 
> It appears that you are in the remaining 1% for whom the solution has caused
> another problem.  Luckily, there are simple fixes available for you.  You
> can pin the version of Cheetah in your package to match that in ZopeSkel
> (which is what you've done).  Or you can remove the explicit dependency on
> Cheetah and allow the dependency in ZopeSkel to install it for you.
> 
> As 
> http://www.coactivate.org/projects/zopeskel-bbq-sprint/blog/2009/10/03/zopeskel-bbq-sprint-day-one/
> the blog post linked above  states, we agree that the fix should be
> upstream.  We have plans to move on to making that fix next.  If you have
> the time, we'd welcome your help in getting Markdown repaired so that it can
> be installed in python 2.4.  As soon as that fix is made, we will unpin
> ZopeSkel and everyone can go along their merry way.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> c

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