Unable to run konira command on Windows

[rudylattae]

Out the box, it is impossible to run konira on Windows because the shell script that is installed is really only *nix-friendly.

Kindly consider using the entry_points parameter to the setup() function in setup.py. You could make it refer to konira:main or some other entry point that does the same thing that the konira script does currently, i.e call KoniraCommands()

    entry_points = {
        'console_scripts': [
            'konira = konira:main'
        ]
    }

With this directive, setup-tools will install the relevant "script" for the platform in question. E.g. on Windows this would probably be konira.exe which loads konira-script.py.

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Aside: For those looking for a temporary fix till this issue is resolved, here is my current work-around.

• go to your python Scripts directory -- usually \path-to-python-install\Scripts
• rename the installed konira script to konira-script.py.
• create a konira.cmd DOS batch script with the contents:

python %~dp0konira-script.py %*

Of course this is really just a hassle, especially for anyone like me who does all their python work in virtualenvs. I'd have to apply this band-aid to every venv I install konira into. It would be great to have a real fix. :)

[alfredodeza]

I have acknowledged the problem and I am willing to make the changes. However, there is an explicit reason why this is the case, and it is to avoid the horrible pkg_resources which delays everything while it looks for the right version.

There is another catch: I am not looking forward for Windows testing. Konira is tested against Linux/Unix with Python2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 and PyPy 1.5 and 1.6

[alfredodeza]

I've investigated this issue and looked at how Mercurial solves it: it appends another win-compatible script to the script list that it is a bat file.

Could you please take a look at this gist: https://gist.github.com/1195540 And tell me if you think this would work? Again, I don't have access to a windows box and would prefer not to need one :)

[rudylattae]

I tried that gist out and updated with my comments. I think it's a good fix so ship-it :)

Thanks for the speedy response.

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WRT testing on Windows. I'll be willing to do that. I already tried to run the konira tests through tox on my Win7 box but I end up with an error rsied by the subprocess module, something along the lines of "WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified"

I've not looked into it much, but it could be due to my funky Python setup. I'll take another look later when I have some time and see if we can't get konira testing itself on Windows as well.

FYI: I used a stripped down tox.ini (py26, py27) for my first stab at testing konira on Windows -- https://gist.github.com/1196364

[alfredodeza]

Can you try and install from scratch the latest push from ms-support branch? I have implemented this fix.

[rudylattae]

Tested. Works as expected. :thumbsup:

Thanks