Beta testers needed

kovidgoyal · 04-09-2019, 01:19 AM

Hi all,

I would appreciate it if some of you could beta test the next calibre release.
There is an on-going effort to port calibre to Python 3 and as preparation for that, there have been lots of wide-ranging changes to calibre internals. I have tested things and been running the ported code myself for a while now, but given how large calibre is, there is no way for me to cover everything. So beta testing by a larger group would be appreciated.

Please backup your calibre configuration folder and libraries before installing the beta.

Note that in particular the configuration file format for some calibre preferences has changed, old settings should be automatically migrated. Note
that if you downgrade from the beta to an older version the migrated settings will be ignored. However, if you then make new changes to the settings, they will not be migrated again.

Please report any issues you find either here or in the calibre bug tracker.

The betas are available from:
https://download.calibre-ebook.com/betas/

beedaddy · 04-09-2019, 03:21 AM

Stupid question: And the betas are Python 3? I downloaded calibre-3.40.1-x86_64.txz from the beta directory, and "debug device detection" tells me

Quote:

calibre 3.40.1 embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Linux-5.0.6-arch1-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5 Linux ('64bit', 'ELF')
('Linux', '5.0.6-arch1-1-ARCH', '#1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 3 09:35:20 UTC 2019')
Python 2.7.15

Besides that, the only thing I noticed is this message in the console:

Quote:

/home/myuser/Downloads/xxx/calibre-beta/lib/python2.7/site-packages/bs4/element.py:16: UserWarning: The soupsieve package is not installed. CSS selectors cannot be used.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/user_defined/driver.py", line 98, in do_delayed_plugin_initialization
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 16: ''

Terisa de morgan · 04-09-2019, 03:58 AM

Problem is: some plugins I use won't work (overdrive doesn't do it at this moment, checked), so I cannot test it a lot. It starts, it migrates the configuration, it applies the virtual library, remove it... but I haven't tested much more.

jbacelar · 04-09-2019, 05:05 AM

calibre-64bit-3.40.1.msi in W10.
First impression: Everything in order.
We will continue informing.

kovidgoyal · 04-09-2019, 05:05 AM

No it is still python 2 and no plugins should be affected.

kovidgoyal · 04-09-2019, 05:13 AM

@beedaddy: That error is harmless, I will suppress it in the future.

jbacelar · 04-09-2019, 05:16 AM

In the E-book-viewer, the preferences have not been preserved.

kovidgoyal · 04-09-2019, 05:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbacelar

In the E-book-viewer, the preferences have not been preserved.

Oh, that's bad, I probably missed it because I mostly use the new in-development viewer anyway. Thanks for reporting it.

kovidgoyal · 04-09-2019, 06:22 AM

Uploaded 3.40.2 to the betas page with the fix for the viewer preferences not being preserved. If you have already run the 3.40.1 beta then opent he calibre config directory, delete viewer.py.json. Then run the viewer and all old settings should be migrated.

Sirtel · 04-09-2019, 08:31 AM

3.40.2 64bit, Windows 10

The viewer doesn't open mobi files, gives the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\simple_worker.py", line 291, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\iterator\book.py", line 65, in extract_book
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 245, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\mobi_in put.py", line 38, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\mobi\reader\mobi6.py", line 178, in extract_content
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'strip_encoding_declarations' referenced before assignment

Sirtel · 04-09-2019, 08:44 AM

And the viewer window doesn't retain custom width or position, reverts to defaults every time it's opened.

kovidgoyal · 04-09-2019, 09:28 AM

The MOBI error will be fixed in the next release. As for the viewer window not retaining its position that is likely because the setting to save position was reverted to default. Follow the instructions in my previous post to retore the settings, or simply toggle the setting manually in the viewer preferences.

Sirtel · 04-09-2019, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The MOBI error will be fixed in the next release. As for the viewer window not retaining its position that is likely because the setting to save position was reverted to default. Follow the instructions in my previous post to retore the settings, or simply toggle the setting manually in the viewer preferences.

Yes, I already did that. No change. The font and layout preferences are remembered, but the window width and position are not. The option is checked.

davidfor · 04-09-2019, 10:49 AM

Except for the Import List plugin, everything seems to be working here.

The Import List plugin is broken as it has it's own copy of BeautifulSoup that use sgmllib from calibre. That has been removed. But, changing to the calibre version of BeautifulSoup has fixed it. I have posted a beta of the plugin in it's thread for who needs to use it.

kovidgoyal · 04-09-2019, 11:01 AM

@Sirtel: I have uploaded 3.40.3 with fixes for your issues, thanks for the reports.

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04-09-2019, 01:19 AM	#1
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Beta testers needed Hi all, I would appreciate it if some of you could beta test the next calibre release. There is an on-going effort to port calibre to Python 3 and as preparation for that, there have been lots of wide-ranging changes to calibre internals. I have tested things and been running the ported code myself for a while now, but given how large calibre is, there is no way for me to cover everything. So beta testing by a larger group would be appreciated. Please backup your calibre configuration folder and libraries before installing the beta. Note that in particular the configuration file format for some calibre preferences has changed, old settings should be automatically migrated. Note that if you downgrade from the beta to an older version the migrated settings will be ignored. However, if you then make new changes to the settings, they will not be migrated again. Please report any issues you find either here or in the calibre bug tracker. The betas are available from: https://download.calibre-ebook.com/betas/ Last edited by kovidgoyal; 04-09-2019 at 01:23 AM.

04-09-2019, 03:58 AM	#3
Terisa de morgan Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,393 Karma: 12408443 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Madrid, Spain Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2	Problem is: some plugins I use won't work (overdrive doesn't do it at this moment, checked), so I cannot test it a lot. It starts, it migrates the configuration, it applies the virtual library, remove it... but I haven't tested much more.

04-09-2019, 05:05 AM	#4
jbacelar Interested in the matter Posts: 421 Karma: 426094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Spain, south coast Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	calibre-64bit-3.40.1.msi in W10. First impression: Everything in order. We will continue informing.

04-09-2019, 05:13 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	@beedaddy: That error is harmless, I will suppress it in the future.

04-09-2019, 05:16 AM	#7
jbacelar Interested in the matter Posts: 421 Karma: 426094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Spain, south coast Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	In the E-book-viewer, the preferences have not been preserved.

04-09-2019, 06:22 AM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Uploaded 3.40.2 to the betas page with the fix for the viewer preferences not being preserved. If you have already run the 3.40.1 beta then opent he calibre config directory, delete viewer.py.json. Then run the viewer and all old settings should be migrated.

04-09-2019, 08:31 AM	#10
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,519 Karma: 230505500 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	3.40.2 64bit, Windows 10 The viewer doesn't open mobi files, gives the following error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\simple_worker.py", line 291, in main File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\iterator\book.py", line 65, in extract_book File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 245, in __call__ File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\mobi_in put.py", line 38, in convert File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\mobi\reader\mobi6.py", line 178, in extract_content UnboundLocalError: local variable 'strip_encoding_declarations' referenced before assignment

04-09-2019, 08:44 AM	#11
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,519 Karma: 230505500 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	And the viewer window doesn't retain custom width or position, reverts to defaults every time it's opened.

04-09-2019, 09:28 AM	#12
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The MOBI error will be fixed in the next release. As for the viewer window not retaining its position that is likely because the setting to save position was reverted to default. Follow the instructions in my previous post to retore the settings, or simply toggle the setting manually in the viewer preferences.

04-09-2019, 10:49 AM	#14
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303822 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Except for the Import List plugin, everything seems to be working here. The Import List plugin is broken as it has it's own copy of BeautifulSoup that use sgmllib from calibre. That has been removed. But, changing to the calibre version of BeautifulSoup has fixed it. I have posted a beta of the plugin in it's thread for who needs to use it.

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04-09-2019, 11:01 AM	#15
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,559 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	@Sirtel: I have uploaded 3.40.3 with fixes for your issues, thanks for the reports.