[Bug 193316] [NEW PORT]: www/py-djblets06: Legacy version of py-djblets

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=193316

--- Comment #29 from chris.dukes.aix at gmail.com ---

(In reply to John Marino from comment #28)
> I don't know anything about python (and I kind of like that way), but Chris
> Dukes seems to be saying it's optional and recommends not using it.

You don't need to know squat about python.  You do need to know the basics of
package depdencies and the best practices of deploying python applications with
dependencies that are not met by the packages provided by the operating system.
As of the last time I updated my ports tree, seahub was not in it.
*IF* it was, I'd suggest you chat with the port maintainer for it.

The basics.
You need djblets.
You do not need a FreeBSD package for djblets.

Typical behavior for deploying a python based web stack is to use 'virtualenv'
to create an area for all/most of the dependencies that does not change the
python modules installed system wide.
Take a read through https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/ and
http://virtualenvwrapper.readthedocs.org/en/latest/
They are in ports as devel/py-virtualenv and devel./py-virtualenvwrapper

In addition a web stack usually makes use of something like a Makefile or a pip
requirement file.  Read more about a pip requirements file at
https://pip.readthedocs.org/en/1.1/requirements.html.


Looking at 
https://github.com/haiwen/seahub
The author did include a requirements file for pip.
Unfortunately the 
Djblets==0.6.14
requirement does not reference something that is in the index pip searches by
default.

My suggestion on your next steps are
1) Request that this bug be closed.  You do not need Djblets packaged for
FreeBSD.
2) Work out how to create a virtualenv and activate it.  
3) Use pip and the requirements file to install most of the packages in the
virutalenv.  You may need to comment out the Djblets line.
4) Scour the web for the downloads for Djblets, download the version indicated
in the requirements file and follow the instructions for building that
manually.  You'll do that in the virtualenv as well.

When you find the seahub requirementsfile is wrong... take that discussion up
with the seahub developer.


As it stands, this port of Djblets exists as a convenience for the maintainer
of the www/reviewboard package.  If you can use it as is, great.  If not...
your back to learning about packaging dependencies and best practices for an
app framework... or hiring someone to do the work.


> 
> Assuming that's what he actually said, then I don't understand Jingfeng
> Yan's next comment.
> 
> For my part, I am only concerned about bug 193135 which is blocked by this. 
> If we can build seahub without  djbets altogether, that sounds good to me.

And to repeat my earlier statement.
You need Djblets.
You do not need Djblets packaged for FreeBSD.
This port of Djblets exists to support www/reviewboard.

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