add to distributions

[dmd]

It's probably too early to start working on this - you want some more stability first - but here's an issue to track getting this incredible tool added to the major distributions.

[kainctl]

Thank you for the kind words!

I must admit that I am a bit... Let's say hesitant to advocate for it.
I will always support nix and AppImage, which (should) allow all different Distro users to use this tool. This is very important to me.
But that almost every Distro has its own packaging standard/style is not fun. Especially if the time to move from upstream to the user can be years.

Though, I will always be grateful for all users who make it easier to install this tool on their favorite distro 👍

[septatrix]

Maybe also publish it on pypi, most distros have tools that allow simple generation of dpkg/rpm/etc. specs for python packages

[kainctl]

Good to know. Thanks! 👍

I will add it to the list and publish it to pypi once isd has stabilized a bit.
I have quite a few breaking updates planned, and I would prefer non-rolling distros to wait until then.

[kseistrup]

Copied from #31:

ArchLinux users can use an AUR helper to install isd directly from AUR with these package names:

• isd the latest stable release, courtesy of @majorx234
• isd-git built from latest commit, courtesy of @kseistrup
• isd-appimage installs the latest stable appimage, courtesy of @Giteeajake

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If isd make it from AUR to ArchLinux proper, they will build the package from the source code, and not take the nix or appimage road. As with the AUR release, the maintainers of the package will follow the stable releases and ensure they are still buildable, installable, and runnable before upgrading the package.

[kainctl]

FYI: https://pypi.org/project/isd-tui/

[rpardini]

Excellent, thanks.

Worth noting that isd-tui requires Python 3.12, and eg pipx fails to mention this as a reason to fail to install it. That's the case in Debian Bookworm, at least.

pipx install isd-tui works fine on Debian Trixie ("testing", which has 3.13) and also on arm64 🥇

[dmd]

Odd - any idea why? You are specifying requires-python = ">=3.12" right?

[kainctl]

Probably because pipx doesn manage the Python version (and is one of the reasons why uv > pipx).
What Python version is Debian Bookworm running?
I think I should be able to relax the Python version somewhat.

[dmd]

root@f1a748a2b742:/# cat /etc/debian_version
12.9
root@f1a748a2b742:/# apt info python3
Package: python3
Version: 3.11.2-1+b1
Priority: optional
Section: python
Source: python3-defaults (3.11.2-1)
Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>
Installed-Size: 82.9 kB
Provides: python3-profiler, python3-supported-max (= 3.11), python3-supported-min (= 3.11)
Pre-Depends: python3-minimal (= 3.11.2-1+b1)
Depends: python3.11 (>= 3.11.2-1~), libpython3-stdlib (= 3.11.2-1+b1)
Suggests: python3-doc (>= 3.11.2-1+b1), python3-tk (>= 3.11.2-1~), python3-venv (>= 3.11.2-1+b1)
Replaces: python3-minimal (<< 3.1.2-2)
Homepage: https://www.python.org/
Tag: devel::interpreter, devel::lang:python, devel::library,
 implemented-in::c, implemented-in::python, role::devel-lib,
 role::program, role::shared-lib
Download-Size: 26.3 kB
APT-Manual-Installed: yes
APT-Sources: http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages
Description: interactive high-level object-oriented language (default python3 version)

[kainctl]

Python version has been relaxed to 3.11 👍

[rpardini]

Confirm. pipx install isd-tui works on Debian Bookworm now

[kainctl]

Nice, thanks for letting me know!