[cc-devel] ccPublisher on Linux? (Ubuntu Jaunty)

Nathan Yergler nathan at creativecommons.org
Mon Dec 21 18:49:00 EST 2009


On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Jason Sullivan <jason0x21 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 6:27 PM, Nathan Yergler
> <nathan at creativecommons.org> wrote:
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> You're correct, we are no longer maintaining ccPublisher.  That said,
>> I think it should still work in many cases.  If I recall correctly,
>> one of the issues with ccPublisher on Linux is that the codebase
>> expects (well, requires) Python 2.4, as Python 2.5 removed
>> OverflowWarning.  If the error you're seeing mentions "unable to
>> import OverflowWarning", this is probably the problem you're running
>> into.
>
> That's exactly the problem I'm running into.  It also looks like the
> problem is in the included  zope.components python library.  I'm
> looking into seeing if there's a quick replacement I can make to get
> it running.

Let me know if I can provide any other help.

>
>> We have had some community interest in helping revive ccPublisher
>> lately, so maybe we'll be able to get it updated.  At this point we'd
>> need to rely on help from the community to drive development.
>
> Well, add me to that list of interested community.  I've tried the
> flash uploader, which seems to be doing something, but has prevented
> my browser from doing anything else, and with a complete lack of any
> progress indicator, so all I know is that *something* appears to be
> happening (the network activity light is blinking an awful lot).
>
> So, yeah, a standalone app would be nice.  Thanks!

Thanks for the feedback; like I said, getting this done will require
volunteers to step forward and help work on it.

Nathan


>
> --
> Jason Sullivan
> jason0x21 at gmail.com
>



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