adesklets depreciated?

haikuhacker · 2011-07-02 18:33:53

I recently installed adesklet-weatherforecast and all the dependencies for adesklets. When I try to run the weatherforecast.py file

[christopher@archbang weatherforecast]$ ./weatherforecast.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./weatherforecast.py", line 42, in <module>
    import adesklets
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/adesklets/__init__.py", line 30, in <module>
    from adesklets.initializer import _Initializer
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/adesklets/initializer.py", line 13, in <module>
    from children_handler import _Children_handler
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/adesklets/children_handler.py", line 5, in <module>
    from signal_handler import Signal_handler
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/adesklets/signal_handler.py", line 12, in <module>
    class Signal_handler:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/adesklets/signal_handler.py", line 20, in Signal_handler
    func = posix_signal.signal
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'signal'

tomk · 2011-07-02 19:56:41

Have a look at the adesklets website - the project's been dead for years. Last upstream release - March 2006, last Arch update - Sept 2010. I recommend you find an alternative way of doing what you want to do.

haikuhacker · 2011-07-02 20:40:17

I had successfully used adesklets-weatherforecast as recently as it was last updated. So I guess it will either be updated once more or removed from Community.
I guess that leaves conkyforecast from AUR, since I am not running Gnome, KDE or XFCE.

haikuhacker · 2011-07-05 01:27:47

tomk wrote:

Have a look at the adesklets website - the project's been dead for years. Last upstream release - March 2006, last Arch update - Sept 2010. I recommend you find an alternative way of doing what you want to do.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=50189 This AUR package/patch addresses the exact issue that I was experiencing with Adesklets.

After installing the patch, Adesklets works perfectly.

Maybe next time you could offer some constructive information, or nothing at all, instead of running up your post total with uninformed negative commentary.

Last edited by haikuhacker (2011-07-05 17:21:00)

Snowman · 2011-07-05 01:36:12

This should be reported on the bug tracker if it wasn't done already.

jasonwryan · 2011-07-05 02:49:32

haikuhacker wrote:

Maybe next time you could offer some constructive information, or nothing at all, instead of running up your post total with uninformed negative commentary.

tomk's comment was neither uninformed (he provided you with concrete information) nor negative (it was a statement of fact). One of the core expectations of all users on these boards is that they respect one another https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ther_Users

Please display the same sort of tolerance towards others that you would expect yourself.

haikuhacker · 2011-07-05 16:48:43

jasonwryan wrote:

haikuhacker wrote:
Maybe next time you could offer some constructive information, or nothing at all, instead of running up your post total with uninformed negative commentary.
tomk's comment was neither uninformed (he provided you with concrete information) nor negative (it was a statement of fact). One of the core expectations of all users on these boards is that they respect one another https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ther_Users
Please display the same sort of tolerance towards others that you would expect yourself.

I have to disagree. He was not informed of the less than a month old patch that I found on AUR, and "try something else" sounds pretty negative to me.

I have expectations of finding help in solving solvable problems on this forum. Being told to give up and that I'm wrong to have asked in the first place, is not what I expect.

Nor do I expect to be respectful of those who reply, not to offer help but to critcise me for asking.

tomk · 2011-07-05 17:36:32

haikuhacker - no hard feelings. I look forward to your posts here in future, as I find you amusing.

Obviously, I will not be responding.

haikuhacker · 2011-07-06 08:36:51

Fair enough.

Respectfully,

haikuhacker

Arch Linux

#1 2011-07-02 18:33:53

adesklets depreciated?

#2 2011-07-02 19:56:41

Re: adesklets depreciated?

#3 2011-07-02 20:40:17

Re: adesklets depreciated?

#4 2011-07-05 01:27:47

Re: adesklets depreciated?

#5 2011-07-05 01:36:12

Re: adesklets depreciated?

#6 2011-07-05 02:49:32

Re: adesklets depreciated?

#7 2011-07-05 16:48:43

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#8 2011-07-05 17:36:32

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#9 2011-07-06 08:36:51

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