fluid-work IRC Logs-2010-07-08

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[12:58:06 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> jhung, Justin_o: Good news
[12:58:27 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> I just pushed a new set of changes to decapod-server on my Bitbucket that removes both dserver.py and mockserver.py
[12:58:35 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> We're down to just one server, aptly named "decapod.py"
[12:58:43 CDT(-0500)] <Justin_o> colinclark: that's good to hear
[12:59:22 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> I'm hoping you might be able to try it with cameras and be sure it works, Justin_o. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a rough edge somewhere.
[12:59:29 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> So, you can now invoke it like this:
[12:59:41 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> python decapod.py --no-cameras
[12:59:48 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> if you want to run it with, well, no cameras
[12:59:58 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> By default, without the flag, it'll use the cameras
[13:00:15 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> Now, I've hit one problem with my refactoring of the PDF generation code
[13:00:22 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> Maybe jhung remembers something about this
[13:00:29 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> We give the genpdf script a working directory
[13:00:39 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> I think it used to be pdf/temp or something like that
[13:00:53 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> I changed that a bit to be more configurable and arguably better named
[13:00:58 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> But genpdf is sort of freaking out
[13:01:17 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> If the temp directory is already created for it, genpdf gets mad saying "there's already a directory here"
[13:01:28 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> And, otherwise, it seems to get mad if the directory is not there
[13:01:51 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> jhung: Do you remember if there is a contract about the temporary directory? Does genpdf create it for us?
[13:04:11 CDT(-0500)] <Justin_o> colinclark: jhung seems to have stepped out for a minute
[13:04:55 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> ok
[13:07:02 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> Justin_o: Do you mind testing the server with the cameras whenever you have a chance? No rush, I know you're busy.
[13:07:25 CDT(-0500)] <Justin_o> colinclark: will do, just trying to get something working at the moment
[13:07:29 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> k
[13:07:36 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> take your time
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[13:13:30 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> I'm wondering if perhaps it's a known bug with the head of genpdf.
[13:15:33 CDT(-0500)] <jhung> colinclark: I'll have to check about the temp directory. Will get to you.
[13:15:40 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> jhung: Thanks
[13:15:45 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> I am using genpdf's trunk
[13:15:50 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> Err, tip
[13:15:59 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> Not any special tag we created for the 0.3 release
[13:16:03 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> So perhaps it's a real bug
[13:16:11 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> If you can look into for me, jhung, that would be awesome
[13:16:20 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> I tried the command directly and found the same issue
[13:16:32 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> If the "book" directory is supplied, it complains that it's already there.
[13:16:42 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> If it hasn't been created, it complains that it's not there
[13:16:51 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> catch-22
[13:16:53 CDT(-0500)] <jhung> this sounds vaguely familiar.
[13:17:02 CDT(-0500)] <jhung> ... and I did get it to work.
[13:17:11 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> What version are you running?
[13:17:16 CDT(-0500)] <jhung> Will let you know using the copy I have (not tip, but not 0.3).
[13:17:25 CDT(-0500)] <jhung> Not sure which version. Let me check
[13:25:06 CDT(-0500)] <jhung> colinclark: I'm using 34:e46d1748a910. Going to check the behaviour now.
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[13:33:12 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> jhung: I sent an email to the list about it. If you figure anything more out (or that I'm just clueless about how this stuff is supposed to work), feel free to respond to the thread
[13:33:40 CDT(-0500)] <colinclark> In the meantime, I'm going to head out to get some writing work done. Except for this issue I think we're in much better shape with the server now.