SRU: Parley fails to initialize Python scripts

[Michał Zając]

Parley from KDE Edu module fails to initialize Python modules, this is due libkrosspython0 not being installed.
Test case:

  1. Install Parley (sudo apt-get install parley)
  2. Run it
  3. You will see something like this -> http://imagebin.ca/view/QD8FuG.html
      Rough translation: Scripts below couldn't be activated because of errors:

This is what happens when you run those scripts in terminal -> http://pastebin.com/f2096e265

The solution is to add libkrosspython0 to recommends on Parley. I attached the debdiffs:

fixed-to-ppa.debdiff -> This is debdiff to KDE 4.3.3 package in PPA

fixed-to-current.debdiff -> This is debdiff to KDE 4.3.2 provided by default in Karmic

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

I added the change to not install the broken wiktionary_sound script and uploaded to Lucid, karmic-proposed (awaiting approval) and kubuntu-ppa updates for karmic.

[Michał Zając (quintasan)]

Update Test Case:
  1. Open up Parley
  2. It will complain about not working scripts. Close it.
  3. Install update.
  4. Open it up once again. It should not complain about anything

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Please note that it'd be more robust for the lucid package to keep parley-data.install as it is and instead add a "rm wiktionary_sound" to debian/rules after dh_install. Otherwise you will need to update the .install file with each upstream update.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Accepted kdeedu into karmic-proposed, the package will build now and be available in a few hours. Please test and give feedback here. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Packages from -proposed fix this for me.

[Dan Trevino (dantrevino)]

Followed steps per comment #7 above, still had an error:

"The following script could not be activated due to errors in the script:
/usr/share/kde4/apps/parley/plugins/wiktionary_sound.py"

Screenshot attached.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

That would be a separate bug. The problem being addressed here is that no plugins are able to run due to the lack of a python kross interpreter.

[Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman)]

Another confirmation of the bug + the fix at bug 486913.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package kdeedu - 4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1.1

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kdeedu (4:4.3.2-0ubuntu1.1) karmic-proposed; urgency=low

  * Now Parley recommends libkrosspython0 (Closes LP: #484802)
  * Do not install wiktionary_sound.{py,desktop} in parley-data.install,
    it does not work.
 -- Michal Zajac <email address hidden> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:15:37 +0100

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

Please fix in lucid ASAP.

[Jonathan Riddell (jr)]

fixed in 4:4.3.3-0ubuntu1 in lucid