[Eric] ANN: New eric 5.5 snapshot released

[Mike C. Fletcher]

On 14-07-23 03:24 PM, Tobias Rzepka wrote:
> Hello Mike,
>
> you can extract the archive or checkout anywhere you like. Then you'll
> have to start the compileUiFiles.py in the Eric main directory. It
> creates the Ui_*.py files from the *.ui files. Now you're ready to
> start Eric5 from your choosen destination.
> The compileUiFiles run is only needed if there where changes in one of
> the *.ui files, not everytime before you start Eric.
...

I obviously should have read the *whole* README (it does tell you this, 
I just stopped reading after the "install" section).

I altered the install.py to do a .local installation, but that seems 
somewhat silly if one can just run from a source checkout.

Thanks again,
Mike


>
> Tobias
>
> 2014-07-23 17:10 GMT+02:00, Mike C. Fletcher <mcfletch at vrplumber.com>:
>> On 14-06-28 10:51 AM, Detlev Offenbach wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'd like to inform all of you about the immediate availability of a
>>> new eric
>>>
>>> 5.5 snapshot. It fixes a few bugs and includes a lot of new features.
>>> The most prominent one is, that is possible to execute it with
>>> Python2. Thanks to Tobias Rzepka for all his work to make this possible.
>>>
>> Wow! That probably deserved a call-out in the subject line. I've been
>> reflexively deleting anything that's Eric 5 related as I'm still on Eric
>> 4/Python 2.
>>
>> On a related note, would it be okay if I pushed the Eric repository to
>> bitbucket? I realize it's *legally* allowed, but I wanted to make sure
>> it's okay with you (Detlev). Cloning the repository from your home
>> network took an extremely long time (I'm not even sure how long as I got
>> distracted and left for the evening).
>>
>> Thanks so much to both you and Tobias. I'm going to try it out as soon
>> as I can make it do a non-privileged install.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> Mike
>>
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