PyYoshi/cChardet

cchardet upgrade fails in Python 3.5.2

touretzkyds opened this issue · 4 comments

touretzkyds commented

OS/Arch

MacOS

Python version

3.5.2

cChardet version

2.1.4

What is the problem?

Instead of getting a wheel, pip tries to compile cchardet from source, which doesn't work on my users' machines.

Expected behavior

"pip install --upgrade cchardet" should install the latest working version of cchardet.

Actual behavior

pip tries to build cchardet from source, and fails. See attached terminal log.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

"pip install --upgrade cchardet" on a Mac running Python 3.5.2
Terminal_Info.txt

PyYoshi commented

Thank you for reporting.

I don't understand Calypso.app. What is this?

And Why don't you use Homebrew's Python or self-built Python?

Thanks.

touretzkyds commented

Calypso.app is a software product (https://Calypso.software) that I develop and maintain. It is supported on Windows, Mac, and Linux. Therefore, I don't want to use OS-specific solutions such as Homebrew, nor do I want to go to the trouble of building Python myself, especially not on the Mac, because I'm not a Mac guy.

On the Mac, Calypso.app contains a private copy of Python 3.5.2 in its Resources subdirectory so it doesn't interfere with any versions of Python the user has installed elsewhere.

I expect PyPI libraries to be pip-installable without having to compile from source. Usually cchardet is, but right now it is not, because something is broken. Hence my bug report.

touretzkyds commented

I reported this issue 19 days ago and cchardet is still broken on the Mac for Python 3.5.2. What is the problem with putting out a new wheel?

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