Re: Source for KOffice 1.6.2 has been uploaded

On Tuesday, 13. February 2007 20:02, Cyrille Berger wrote:
> > There is currently a problem with kexi's pqxx
driver - it doesn't build
> > with the latest version of libpqxx (which
abandoned an very old API that
> > kexi's pqxx driver used). I've notified the kexi
developers a few days
> > ago about this and someone is looking into it. We
should have that fix
> > in 1.6.2.
>
> Well quoting  Jaroslaw Staniek from:
> http://lists.kde.org/?l=koffice-devel&m=1
17115445814684&w=2
>
> "I consider these API changes as ugly step. Ugly
enough to make us
> depend on
> <=2.6.8 and add a notice to packagers about avoiding
packaging 2.6.9. I
> am
> suggesting to go this way. "
>
> So I think the solution is not to use libpqxx.

You (Jaroslaw) cannot possibly be serious, both about
libpqxx's decision to 
retire a long-obsolete API being "ugly" and
suggesting that packagers should 
ignore an important update just so kexi will compile.

> Unfortunately we have no 
> one to write a configure check for this :(
> (it was allready a problem 
> when autocrap was the main build system of KDE...)

Ah yes, the arcane art of using an M4 macro and writing a
line or two of shell 
script ... you really cannot expect such a thing from a
project full of C++ 
programmers (you're kidding, right?).

Here's a few patches contributed by a FreeBSD user that make
the libpqxx 
driver at least compile.

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Michael Nottebrock said the following, On 2007-02-15 11:37:

> On Tuesday, 13. February 2007 20:02, Cyrille Berger
wrote:
>>> There is currently a problem with kexi's pqxx
driver - it doesn't build
>>> with the latest version of libpqxx (which
abandoned an very old API that
>>> kexi's pqxx driver used). I've notified the
kexi developers a few days
>>> ago about this and someone is looking into it.
We should have that fix
>>> in 1.6.2.
>> Well quoting  Jaroslaw Staniek from:
>> http://lists.kde.org/?l=koffice-devel&m=1
17115445814684&w=2
>>
>> "I consider these API changes as ugly step.
Ugly enough to make us
>> depend on
>> <=2.6.8 and add a notice to packagers about
avoiding packaging 2.6.9. I
>> am
>> suggesting to go this way. "
>>
>> So I think the solution is not to use libpqxx.
> 
> You (Jaroslaw) cannot possibly be serious, both about
libpqxx's decision to 
> retire a long-obsolete API being "ugly" and
suggesting that packagers should 
> ignore an important update just so kexi will compile.

The changes in pqxx we have problem with are related to API.
I think we agreed 
this is not something one expect from minor release.
Especially that the topic 
is covered when KOffice is tagged, so patches that "at
least compile" are not 
enough, although thanks for providing them - we can publish
them within the 
release notes for users of pqxx 2.6.9.

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