Review request: Kcmgrub2

[Alberto Mattea]

In data mercoledì 6 aprile 2011 20:43:40, Michael Jansen ha scritto:
> > > You might also want to consider using KDE's
> > > macro_optional_find_package() together with macro_log_feature(), so you
> > > show a list of all the dependencies which have or have not been found
> > > instead of failing at the first one.
> > > 
> > > I remember some discussions before about build-time and runtime
> > > dependencies in applications written in Python, but I can't remember
> > > the outcome. Someone with a distro hat should have more information
> > > about this.
> > 
> > Thanks, I'll look into this.
> 
> I think i can summarize. NEVER check for runtime dependencies on compile
> time. And since all python/ruby/perl dependencies are runtime dependencies
> just don't check for them in a makefile whatever.
> 
> When starting the app try to import what you need and bail out gracefully
> if something it missing. A small upfront method that checks if all
> mandatory dependencies are there is all that is needed.
> 
> in ruby
> 
> begin
> 	require 'whatever'
> rescue LoadError
> 	$stderr.puts "Required library whatever is missing.'
> 	exit -1
> end
> [... repeat as required]
> 
> Python can do the same
> 
> And then document all required and optional dependencies in a readme so the
> packagers can add the required dependencies to the package they will build.
> 
> Mike

Thanks. Does this apply also to pyqt/pykde itself?
Alberto
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