Bug 375791

Summary:	dev-python/svgwrite (New Package)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Florian Berger <florian.berger>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	python
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	Experimental svgwrite ebuild

Description Florian Berger 2011-07-20 19:12:58 UTC

Created attachment 280485 [details]
Experimental svgwrite ebuild

svgwrite is a Python library to create SVG drawings. It is similar to dev-python/pysvg which is already in the tree, but more "pythonic" and better documented. The PyPI site is at http://pypi.python.org/pypi/svgwrite .

I have created a dead simple ebuild which works for me, but surley needs improvement. Though it claims to be compatible to Python 3.x, there is a syntax error when "Compilation and optimization of Python modules for CPython 3.2" which I have reported upstream. Apart from that, it works flawlessly for me on Python 2.6.

Comment 1 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2011-07-21 11:25:02 UTC

CC'ing python if is interested

Comment 2 Florian Berger 2011-07-21 12:06:51 UTC

The error emerging the ebuild is

 * Compilation and optimization of Python modules for CPython 3.2 ...
*** Error compiling /usr/lib/python3.2/site-packages/svgwrite/data/pyparsing_py2.py ...
  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/site-packages/svgwrite/data/pyparsing_py2.py", line 2538
    except ParseException, err:
                         ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
                                                                         [ !! ]

I have just learned from the author that "pyparsing_py2.py" is not meant to be compiled by Python 3. So the ebuild should somehow exclude it from compiling, but I do not yet know how to achieve this. Any hints would be welcome.

Comment 3 Patrice Clement gentoo-dev

2016-10-14 10:46:10 UTC

Reopen if you still want this ebuild in the tree.