[gentoo-dev] Last-rites: net-misc/wicd

[gentoo-dev] Last-rites: net-misc/wicd

[Joonas Niilola]

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# Stagnant upstream with latest release from 2016, python2-only, no
maintainer
# in Gentoo, no notable ebuild action in years, multiple bugs open. Blocks
# pygtk removal.
# Switch to alternatives such as,
# net-misc/connman, net-misc/dhcpcd, net-misc/netifrc,
net-misc/NetworkManager
# and so on. Removal in ~90 days. #

90-day removal window due it possibly being used in low-maintenance servers.

Updated openrc ebuilds to not suggest installing wicd anymore but
connman instead,
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=a1a177f32dc3c792f5fc69f144b1728a705e1fba


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Re: [gentoo-dev] Last-rites: net-misc/wicd

[Stefan Strogin]

Hi,

On 05/02/2020 09:11, Joonas Niilola wrote:
> 
> # Stagnant upstream with latest release from 2016, python2-only, no
> maintainer
> # in Gentoo, no notable ebuild action in years, multiple bugs open. Blocks
> # pygtk removal.
> # Switch to alternatives such as,
> # net-misc/connman, net-misc/dhcpcd, net-misc/netifrc,
> net-misc/NetworkManager
> # and so on. Removal in ~90 days. #
> 
> 90-day removal window due it possibly being used in low-maintenance servers.
> 
> Updated openrc ebuilds to not suggest installing wicd anymore but
> connman instead,
> https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=a1a177f32dc3c792f5fc69f144b1728a705e1fba
> 

The upstream git is alive, it seems it is ported to Python 3,
but not released yet: https://git.launchpad.net/wicd/log/
Its git version is uploaded to Debian experimental:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wicd/tree/python3
https://packages.debian.org/experimental/wicd

So I am going to test if wicd-gtk from git works without pygtk and, if it does,
resurrect the ebuild.

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last-rites: net-misc/wicd

[Stefan Strogin]

Upd.
The port to Python 3 is not finished in the upstream.
Particularly it is still using pygtk, it seems no work in porting to
gtk+3 has been done yet.

I don't think I'm going to do it. If anybody will, many people will be grateful.
I personally suggest to look at net-wireless/iwd (it has its own client iwctl,
no other network managers like connman are necessary).

On 05/02/2020 16:16, Stefan Strogin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 05/02/2020 09:11, Joonas Niilola wrote:
>>
>> # Stagnant upstream with latest release from 2016, python2-only, no
>> maintainer
>> # in Gentoo, no notable ebuild action in years, multiple bugs open. Blocks
>> # pygtk removal.
>> # Switch to alternatives such as,
>> # net-misc/connman, net-misc/dhcpcd, net-misc/netifrc,
>> net-misc/NetworkManager
>> # and so on. Removal in ~90 days. #
>>
>> 90-day removal window due it possibly being used in low-maintenance servers.
>>
>> Updated openrc ebuilds to not suggest installing wicd anymore but
>> connman instead,
>> https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=a1a177f32dc3c792f5fc69f144b1728a705e1fba
>>
> 
> The upstream git is alive, it seems it is ported to Python 3,
> but not released yet: https://git.launchpad.net/wicd/log/
> Its git version is uploaded to Debian experimental:
> https://salsa.debian.org/debian/wicd/tree/python3
> https://packages.debian.org/experimental/wicd
> 
> So I am going to test if wicd-gtk from git works without pygtk and, if it does,
> resurrect the ebuild.
> 

Re: [gentoo-dev] Last-rites: net-misc/wicd

[Mart Raudsepp]

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Ühel kenal päeval, E, 10.02.2020 kell 00:43, kirjutas Stefan Strogin:
> Upd.
> The port to Python 3 is not finished in the upstream.
> Particularly it is still using pygtk, it seems no work in porting to
> gtk+3 has been done yet.

Just to be clear of misunderstanding here:

A port away from py2-only pygtk does not necessarily have to mean a
port to gtk+:3 at the same time - pygobject:3 (the
`from gi.repository import ...` stuff) works just fine with
gtk+:2[introspection] as well.

Of course ideally it would be ported to gtk3 as well (and starting with
later this year to gtk4).


Mart

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