Bug 480608 – dev-libs/libappindicator doesn't install the python bindings

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

[Description Dominique Michel 2013-08-11 12:32:15 UTC]

dev-libs/libappindicator doesn't install the python bindings, which are provided with the archive.

To have an USE flag for that would be great.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge -a1 libappindicator
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3.
Actual Results:  
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R    ] dev-libs/libappindicator-12.10.0:3  USE="introspection" 0 kB

Expected Results:  
Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild   R    ] dev-libs/libappindicator-12.10.0:3  USE="introspection python" 0 kB

It is also the mono and vala bindings that can be useful for other peoples.
Nut my main concern is the python bindings which are needed by Screencastor to have the tray icon.
http://hizo.fr/linux/screencastor/
http://www.linuxcore.fr/2012/06/screencastor

[Comment 1 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2013-08-11 12:47:52 UTC]

Yes, they are purposely skipped because :3 is for GTK+-3.x and the Python bindings are for GTK+-2.x
We don't have the manpower to maintain Unity in Portage, and have selectively chosen to install only GTK+-3.x based minimal set of Unity libraries
Thus, yes, it's correctly not installing the PyGTK-2 bindings

[Comment 2 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2013-08-11 12:49:39 UTC]

As in, you can create libappindicator at SLOT="2" for GTK+-2.x or use the user maintained Unity overlay

[Comment 3 Samuli Suominen (RETIRED) 2013-08-11 12:52:10 UTC]

And mono bindings are not installed because MONO is broken in Portage, and we are waiting for bug 458812
Can't remember out from memory what the vala status was, but every binding was reviewed at the time of packaging