Package request: mu editor

[das-g]

Project description A small, simple editor for beginner Python programmers. Written in Python and Qt5.

Metadata

• homepage URL: https://codewith.mu/
• source URL: https://github.com/mu-editor/mu
• license: gpl3+
• platforms: linux, darwin

[ardek66]

I think Mu can be a nice addition to the repos since it is a very nice tool for learning, and it can probably extend the use of NixOS. I'll try to package it.

[das-g]

I've started some work on this at https://github.com/das-g/nixpkgs/tree/mu-editor-init. (See diff to NixPkgs upstream.)

Currently on that branch, nix build -f . mu-editor fails with

builder for '/nix/store/ip56mljhgpk4g6s3m6ni68l7g3z7kmwx-pyqtchart-5.12.drv' failed with exit code 1; last 8 log lines:
  qmakePrePhase
  unpacking sources
  unpacking source archive /nix/store/vjlyz9ih2dya2wgrvjqbin1n8ghy5v8n-PyQtChart_gpl-5.12.tar.gz
  source root is PyQtChart_gpl-5.12
  setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to timestamp 1549293609 of file PyQtChart_gpl-5.12/sip/QtChart/qxyseries.sip
  patching sources
  configuring
  Error: Unable to import PyQt5.QtCore. Make sure PyQt5 is installed.
cannot build derivation '/nix/store/9pa4wpj4mfv48vp51vig85lwx5z4flgn-mu-editor-1.1.0-alpha.2.drv': 1 dependencies couldn't be built
[0 built (1 failed), 0.0 MiB DL]
error: build of '/nix/store/9pa4wpj4mfv48vp51vig85lwx5z4flgn-mu-editor-1.1.0-alpha.2.drv' failed

I don't really know how to continue, so feel free to pick up from there or start fresh.

[jtojnar]

@das-g The Python libraries might need to go to propagatedBuildInputs.

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[jtojnar]

Ugh.

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[das-g]

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still important to me :hugs:

[david-sawatzke]

I've continued @das-g work at https://github.com/david-sawatzke/nixpkgs/tree/mu-editor-init, with some copy-pasta for pyqtchart, but it seems the python qscintilla package contains PyQt5?

pythonCatchConflictsPhase
Found duplicated packages in closure for dependency 'PyQt5':
  PyQt5 5.14.2 (/nix/store/viyh6yf9gjs4a55kyainh3d3vash3k0w-python3.7-PyQt5-5.14.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages)
  PyQt5 5.14.2 (/nix/store/bs29a9abcdkrk9damk8dac9zniagvljh-python3.7-qscintilla-2.11.2/lib/python3.7/site-packages)

If that's fixed mu may even work, but I wouldn't count on it and it needs some cleanup work. @lsix Is there a reason python3Packages.qscintilla-qt5 include PyQt5?

It seems the PyQt5 tree is mirrored with lndir for qscintilla-qt5

[lsix]

Sorry for the late reply.

I am not quite sure why this was done this way… I’ll need to check. I’ll let you know if I come with a cleverer approach.

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I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[das-g]

I've rebased the work so far and squashed related commits. Result: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/compare/master...das-g:mu-editor-init (currently https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/compare/master...das-g:f4de32e)

[das-g]

I've rebased the work so far and squashed related commits. Result: master...das-g:mu-editor-init (currently master...das-g:f4de32e)

With this, python3Packages.pgzero fails to build with

builder for '/nix/store/ffa0q9j7b4jsaawvv46dd853n3dmf0af-python3.8-pgzero-1.2.post5.drv' failed with exit code 1; last 10 log lines:
  adding 'pgzero-1.2.dist-info/top_level.txt'
  adding 'pgzero-1.2.dist-info/RECORD'
  removing build/bdist.linux-x86_64/wheel
  Finished executing setuptoolsBuildPhase
  installing
  Executing pipInstallPhase
  /build/source/dist /build/source
  Processing ./pgzero-1.2-py3-none-any.whl
  ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pygame<2.0,>=1.9.2 (from pgzero)
  ERROR: No matching distribution found for pygame<2.0,>=1.9.2
[0 built (1 failed)]
error: build of '/nix/store/ffa0q9j7b4jsaawvv46dd853n3dmf0af-python3.8-pgzero-1.2.post5.drv' failed

I guess we have to either

• wait for lordmauve/pgzero#234 or
• switch to a non-released revision that includes lordmauve/pgzero#207 or
• patch what version of pygame pgzero expects and see whether that still works anyway

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I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[alarsyo]

Still important!

@das-g for what it's worth it looks like pgzero released a 1.2.1 version that depends on pygame 2.0+

[das-g]

I've rebased the work so far on current master: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/compare/master...das-g:0f7f9a5a8

And I've tried to get it up-to-date and closer to build: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/compare/das-g:0f7f9a5a8...das-g:249dbb06 (I haven't yet squashed related commits, so that one can still see what I tried.)

Now

nix-build . -A python3Packages.pyqtchart

fails with

configure.py: error: '/nix/store/f3lvc2x6m0pb8606q3pzzzw5f96sys3a-python3.9-PyQt5-5.15.4/share/sip/PyQt5' is not a directory

full output

``` these derivations will be built: /nix/store/z9wd3ywv1168dvvcqqxmyikgdlhqy9xy-python3.9-PyQtChart-5.15.4.drv building '/nix/store/z9wd3ywv1168dvvcqqxmyikgdlhqy9xy-python3.9-PyQtChart-5.15.4.drv'... Sourcing python-remove-tests-dir-hook Sourcing python-catch-conflicts-hook.sh Sourcing python-remove-bin-bytecode-hook.sh Sourcing python-imports-check-hook.sh Using pythonImportsCheckPhase Sourcing python-namespaces-hook qmakePrePhase qtPreHook unpacking sources unpacking source archive /nix/store/ikz9p78qrr7dg15nazanpswxj5x1k9n6-PyQtChart-5.15.4.tar.gz source root is PyQtChart-5.15.4 setting SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH to timestamp 1614938607 of file PyQtChart-5.15.4/PKG-INFO patching sources configuring Usage: python configure.py [options] configure.py: error: '/nix/store/f3lvc2x6m0pb8606q3pzzzw5f96sys3a-python3.9-PyQt5-5.15.4/share/sip/PyQt5' is not a directory builder for '/nix/store/z9wd3ywv1168dvvcqqxmyikgdlhqy9xy-python3.9-PyQtChart-5.15.4.drv' failed with exit code 2 error: build of '/nix/store/z9wd3ywv1168dvvcqqxmyikgdlhqy9xy-python3.9-PyQtChart-5.15.4.drv' failed ```

I guess this is due to https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/249dbb068af1525ef32e3534e03ab98966b43d73/pkgs/development/python-modules/pyqtchart/default.nix#L40, but as I'm not the original author of that line and have no clue about Qt and packaging its libs, I'm kinda lost here. Can someone provide some guidance? (@david-sawatzke, who authored that line, maybe?)

[stale[bot]]

I marked this as stale due to inactivity. → More info

[alarsyo]

Still important.

[malbarbo]

Added in https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/177034.