[OpenIndiana-discuss] meld tool/utility is broken

[Tim Mooney]

In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] meld tool/utility is broken, Alan...:

>> Both meld's web site and meld's gitlab page says it only requires Python
>> 3.4.7 or later, but that "type | None" syntax is apparently a Python 3.10+
>> thing.
>
> Where do you see 3.4.7?

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/-/wikis/Building%20binaries

But you found better information that I hadn't seen.  I think I
clicked the 'wiki' link first, so that was the first place I saw it
mention any version requirement.

I like that gitlab is an alternative to github, but as a very infrequent
user I find it fairly confusing to navigate.

Thanks for the corrections:

> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld lists Python 3.10 under Requirements,
> and https://meldmerge.org/ says 3.6 (which is admittedly wrong).
>
> Meld's bug tracker says it uses this syntax because it expects Python 3.10
> or later:
> https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/-/work_items/921

Tim
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