Re: [H-client-devel] Questions about the python3-port branch in the git repo

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hi Yuchen,

Yuchen Pei <hi@ypei.me> writes:

> On Thu 2022-06-16 14:19:01 -0400, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
>
>> Hello Yuchen,
>>
>> Yuchen Pei <hi@ypei.me> writes:
>>
>>> I had a cursory look at the python3-port branch[0], which is a port to
>>> python3/gtk3 according to [1], and I have some quick questions:
>>>
>>> 1. The tree looks a bit weird: it contains an h-client subdir[2] which looks
>>> identical to the tree[0] itself sans the h-client subdir, why?
>>
>> Yes; I noticed that too.  At some point in the history it gets removed;
>> I think it had to be that way to be able to merge both SVN histories as
>> one.
>>
>>> 2. The README.txt[3] still says python 3 is not supported.  Perhaps it
>>> needs updating?
>>
>> Right.  We'll want to cut a proper release I think and take care of
>> these things.  The python3-port branch is already used in Guix; I had
>> made sure it works at least as well as the old Python 2 code base.
>>
>> I suggest we wait a bit to see what Bill thinks about their progress on
>> (much welcome!) UI improvements.  If they are satisfied and development
>> reaches some milestone soon, we could test it, merge it to master
>> (deleting the now obsolete python3-port branch) and release from master.
>
> Do you mean merging the UI improvements into master as well?

Yes (to be clear, I meant the current 'main' branch when I wrote
'master'), after they are reviewed or at least tested.

Thanks,

Maxim