Edamame does not launch on Drauger OS 7.7 due to Python version conflict

[Batcastle]

On Drauger OS 7.7, Edamame refuses to launch due to a Python version conflict.

Edamame compiles for Python 3.11 on Drauger OS 7.7, however, in python3-parted, one the submodules (_ped) is compiled for Python 3.12. As such, it is not loaded when running Python 3.11, like Edamame is.

Possible solutions:

• Compile Edamame for Python 3.12
  • Depends on Nuitka support
  • Python 3.12 is not available in Ubuntu 20.04 or Drauger OS 7.6. It will need to be backported if this route is used.
  • This will likely be a recurring issue if this route is used.
• Build in some redundancy, so if Edamame fails to launch with the preferred Python version, it can re-launch itself with the available Python version
  • This would require quite a bit of engineering, as source code versions of all compiled scripts will need to be available, but not in the way
  • usr/bin/edamame.cxx would need to catch this failure, detect it and infer it from the log file at /tmp/edamame.log, and auto-relaunch as needed.
  • This will need to be indicated in log files so that developers know what is happening (this part is a trivial matter).
• Stop compiling Edamame
  • This would be the simplest option.
  • This would negate any possible performance boost from compilation.
  • Would reduce package build time.

[SenlisO]

This issue is fixed by pull request #104 waiting to be approved.

[Batcastle]

Fixed by #107