Ubuntu dropped python-xpcom

[HoboPrimate]

I'm running sugar-jhbuild on Ubuntu Karmic. This behaviour has existed for months, so finally I've decided to file a ticket for it :)

This is Browse's log:

(process:5636): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.

Using the fallback 'C' locale.

(sugar-activity:5636): atk-bridge-WARNING **: AT_SPI_REGISTRY was not started at session startup.

(sugar-activity:5636): atk-bridge-WARNING **: IOR not set.

(sugar-activity:5636): atk-bridge-WARNING **: Could not locate registry
/home/jobezone/devel/sugar-jhbuild/install/share/sugar/activities/Browse.activity/webactivity.py:26: DeprecationWarning: the sha module is deprecated; use the hashlib module instead

import sha

/home/jobezone/devel/sugar-jhbuild/install/share/sugar/activities/Browse.activity/webactivity.py:37: Warning: g_set_prgname() called multiple times

gnome.init('Hulahop', '1.0')

returning /home/jobezone/.sugar/default/org.laptop.WebActivity/data/gecko/prefs.js for key NS_APP_PREFS_50_FILE
Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/jobezone/devel/sugar-jhbuild/install/bin/sugar-activity", line 21, in <module>

main.main()

File "/home/jobezone/devel/sugar-jhbuild/install/lib/python2.6/site-packages/sugar/activity/main.py", line 118, in main

module = import(module_name)

File "/home/jobezone/devel/sugar-jhbuild/install/share/sugar/activities/Browse.activity/webactivity.py", line 132, in <module>

hulahop.startup(_profile_path)

File "/home/jobezone/devel/sugar-jhbuild/install/lib/python2.6/site-packages/hulahop/init.py", line 56, in startup

from xpcom import components

ImportError: No module named xpcom
1264641570.405601 DEBUG root: _cleanup_temp_files
Activity died: pid 5636 condition 256 data (None, <open file '<fdopen>', mode 'w' at 0xab74d90>)

[RafaelOrtiz]

Yes, this is known, in ubuntu we have the problem that upstream is deciding how to work with xulrunner..so this is not sugar related.

in relation with ubuntu bugs please refer to  https://launchpad.net/~sugarteam

[RafaelOrtiz]

And thanks for reporting this!

[sascha_silbe]

Replying to RafaelOrtiz:

Yes, this is known, in ubuntu we have the problem that upstream is deciding how to work with xulrunner..so this is not sugar related.

Actually for karmic the problem is "just" that the python-xpcom part got dropped from the xulrunner source package (by Mozilla) and Ubuntu did not yet package it separately ( LP#480407).

in relation with ubuntu bugs please refer to  https://launchpad.net/~sugarteam

As this bug was encountered with sugar-jhbuild (not native Ubuntu package) this is exactly the right place to report bugs.

Reopening as we need to adopt sugar-jhbuild dependency files once Ubuntu ships python-xpcom again.
We should also build python-xpcom from source in the meantime, but I don't have time to set this up right now (patches welcome) - Mozilla software has a history of being tricky to build.

[RafaelOrtiz]

Ok fair enough, David is also in contact with the developer of ubuntu who maintains mozilla.

[RafaelOrtiz]

mozilla packages for being more explicit.

[HoboPrimate]

Any update on this "bug"? It is the only thing keeping me from using Sugar-jhbuild (to use the environment the most, so as to find bugs, UI issues, etc.)

[HoboPrimate]

To others, here's the hack I did: Go to  http://packages.debian.org/squeeze/python-xpcom and download and install the debian package. It may conflict with epiphany-browser, in which case you have first to remove it.

[sascha_silbe]

Dupe of #791.

[sascha_silbe]

Sorry for the typo. This bug is a dupe of 729.

[sascha_silbe]

#729