jmbowman / portabase Goto Github PK

After a file is first created, a new column added sometimes gets a zero width in the All Columns view. This seems to be a regression (maybe after 2.1), debug and fix.

I eventually want builds performed for each supported platform on every push to GitHub, but I have to start somewhere; and Linux is the most easily scripted of them. Pick a CI service, have it build and install the Debian package, and also run any unit tests that have been written by then. Options:

• Travis CI - already pretty familiar with, has a good selection of environments, but isn't as actively maintained now as some of the other options. Uploading the built files is a little complicated - dpl v1, dpl v2
• AppVeyor - have used before, more polished macOS and Windows support, but fewer Linux options
• GitHub Actions - built into GitHub, less mature but growing quickly, doesn't support the non-x86 architecture options that Travis CI does
• GitLab CI - the most only open source option among the alternatives, supposedly quite good but doesn't support as many platforms as the others without providing custom runners

I might end up using more than one of these, especially since some of them have limits on the number of concurrent workers allowed in the free plan.

Try to provide packages for more than just Debian-derived distros by using Open Build Service. Figure out if it could be used to do builds for each push to GitHub, or just for releases. Links:

• https://openbuildservice.org/help/
• https://build.opensuse.org/

The Windows packaging hasn't been significantly updated since the 2.1 release almost 8 years ago. I have a first draft of some updates and fixes in a local branch; finish these and make sure the resulting installer works cleanly on a recent Windows system.

Fix any of these that can be resolved quickly before the next release:

E: portabase changes: bad-distribution-in-changes-file unstable
W: portabase source: native-package-with-dash-version
E: portabase source: source-is-missing resources/help/translations/cs/sphinx.js line length is 4310 characters (>512)
E: portabase source: source-is-missing resources/help/translations/fr/sphinx.js line length is 4125 characters (>512)
E: portabase source: source-is-missing resources/help/translations/it/sphinx.js line length is 3969 characters (>512)
E: portabase source: source-is-missing ... use --no-tag-display-limit to see all (or pipe to a file/program)
W: portabase source: package-needs-versioned-debhelper-build-depends 10
W: portabase source: useless-autoreconf-build-depends autotools-dev
W: portabase source: ambiguous-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright paragraph at line 6
W: portabase source: missing-license-paragraph-in-dep5-copyright lgpl-2.1+ (paragraph at line 38)
W: portabase source: ancient-standards-version 3.9.3 (released 2012-02-23) (current is 4.1.4)
W: portabase source: debian-watch-file-in-native-package
W: portabase: description-synopsis-starts-with-article
W: portabase: embedded-javascript-library usr/share/portabase/help/ja/_static/jquery.js please use libjs-jquery
W: portabase: embedded-javascript-library usr/share/portabase/help/ja/_static/underscore.js please use libjs-underscore
W: portabase: manpage-has-errors-from-man usr/share/man/man1/portabase.1.gz 111: warning: numeric expression expected (got `a')
W: portabase: desktop-mime-but-no-exec-code usr/share/applications/portabase.desktop
W: portabase: command-in-menu-file-and-desktop-file portabase usr/share/menu/portabase:3

Portabase no longer works on Linux mint 20. Also no longer available in the repositories of mint 20 and Ubuntu 20. A serious problem for a long time user like me. I have had to install wine and use the windows version. Can portabase Deb be updated?

I want the function of incremental search.
Portabase (version 2.1) has that function. By typing in several characters, the cursor moves to the record corresponding to these characters.

Qt 5.15 is now out, supposedly with support for native file open and save dialogs on Android. Try this out and see if it's an improvement on the dialog used in the 2.2 release.

Add PortaBase to F-Droid as a free option for Android installation (the 99 cent charge in the Google Play Store is mainly there as an experiment in trying to make PortaBase development more sustainable and to cover the cost of the Google Play registration fee).

https://f-droid.org/en/contribute/

I briefly was excited to discover https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.portabase.android&hl=en_US&gl=US .. but then when I view the page/Play app on my Android device I get a message about not being available for my device as the build in the store is too old. I'm currently on an Android 10 phone.

I suspect this is down to recent Play store requirements, that sound like significant busy work to make apps fit into the new requirements. Probably more work than the 99cents my potential purchase would be worth.

I did find #47 - I'm not an experienced android dev otherwise I would offer to work on that. I checked https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/-/issues/?sort=created_date&state=opened&search=portabase&first_page_size=20 and I can not see a submission request, so that is something I could potentially help with as that looks like a metadata submission task.

PortaBase has managed surprisingly well all these years without an actual test suite, but it's long past time to start one. Decide on the framework to use and write the first few tests in it.

I am still using my N900 but looking for an update because of the old SSL version (no more browsing and outlook-syncing). So i came up with https://leste.maemo.org/. The basic system works fine but lacks of usefull packages. So i thought of portabase, which is already ported to QT5 - so building a leste-DEB should not be a very hard thing - https://leste.maemo.org/Development/Porting_Packages
I know you have not much time left, but think about it...

Hi Jeremy!
You where definitely NOT the last holdout for the N900. I am still useing it - even as company phone. But the last exchange updates chrashed my calendar sync - so the days are counted! Unfortunately my company only supports iphones (i am the last man standing without an iphone) - but an iphone without portabase is useless for me. Its the only app i can't miss! How hard would it be, to build/devlope a iOS Version of portabase.
I hope you are healthy!