[Bug 452413] Review Request: BkChem - Chemical drawing program

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--- Comment #19 from Henrique "LonelySpooky" Junior <henriquecsj at gmail.com>  2008-12-11 10:55:54 EDT ---
Good news! I just received a reply from Beda. There follows:
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> - This package uses some files from Python powerwidgets
>  "Pmw", which is actually in Fedora as "python-pmw"
>  (bug 462250: I reviewed...).
>  Is it possible to make this package use system-wide
>  python-pmw?
>  (simply creating symlinks will be easier?)

I am packaging Pmw together with BKChem because I had to fix a bug or
two there and there was no upstream maintenance of Pmw going on.
However, it is quite possible that the Pmw package in Fedora also has
these fixes, so it might be possible to use the Fedora package.
You can try it by simply deleting all files named Pmw*.py in bkchem and
see if it would work when the Fedora package is installed.
If yes, I could prepare a special package without Pmw.

>
> - I guess packaging oasa seperately will be better. (and packaging it separetely will pe necessari some code changes?)
>

I have started to release OASA just this year because of some interest
in it. It would of course be able to have two separate packages, but
then more effort would have to be put into keeping them in sync - when I
release BKChem I always expect that it is used with the version of OASA
that is current at the time. Failing to match versions of OASA and
BKChem could lead to subtle and hard to find errors.
On the other hand, it is not much of a problem for me to create a
package of BKChem without OASA.

> I know you must be very busy and although I am not an experienced programmer, if you guide me to do the necessary changes, I'll be happy to help.
>

All these things would not require that much time. Just let me know what
I should remove from the package (as I do now with Piddle) and I will do it.
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So, I'll start the tests with python-pmw, reporting to Beda if some changes are
necessary.
Also, I will start the process of packaging OASA, and as is customary, I will
request a review of the package.

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