Re: v3.0 release on hold

From: Robert Eckhardt <reckhardt(at)pivotal(dot)io>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Joao De Almeida Pereira <jdealmeidapereira(at)pivotal(dot)io>, Akshay Joshi <akshay(dot)joshi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Murtuza Zabuawala <murtuza(dot)zabuawala(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Khushboo Vashi <khushboo(dot)vashi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Syed Fahar Abbas <fahar(dot)abbas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Devrim GÜNDÜZ <devrim(at)gunduz(dot)org>
Subject: Re: v3.0 release on hold
Date: 2018-04-03 15:16:45
Message-ID: CAAtBm9VvLrYqT8NqSL7iJ2OoeqNdwJcWrmQ5Q_bea24MgwgN7g@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> I'm thinking build Monday, release Thursday.
>
> Objections?
>

It we can make it happen faster I'd be all for it. If not that will work.
Thanks

-- Rob

>
>
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 2:43 PM, Robert Eckhardt <reckhardt(at)pivotal(dot)io>
> wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> Where are we with respect to cutting this release?
>>
>> -- Rob
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 9:59 AM, Joao De Almeida Pereira <
>> jdealmeidapereira(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Hackers,
>>>
>>> Did we had any progress on the things that are holding the release back?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Joao
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 9:26 AM Akshay Joshi <
>>> akshay(dot)joshi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Dave
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 11:06 AM, Akshay Joshi <
>>>> akshay(dot)joshi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 10:24 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 1:13 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 2) Starting a second instance of the app bundle on Mac doesn't
>>>>>>>>>>> always open a new pgAdmin window as it should. It works fine in the
>>>>>>>>>>> debugger, or if you start the app with a command like:
>>>>>>>>>>> "/Applications/pgAdmin\ 4.app/Contents/MacOS/pgAdmin4". It
>>>>>>>>>>> doesn't work if you double-click the appbundle or use a command like "open
>>>>>>>>>>> /Applications/pgAdmin\ 4.app"
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Still working on this, not found any solution yet.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Not able to figure out the solution yet. I have tried to
>>>>>>>> debug the code, but every time it will create a new instance(tray icon). Do
>>>>>>>> I need to look into the code or something related to app bundle may be some
>>>>>>>> settings in info.plist or any other pointer?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Have a look at the code around line 85 an onwards of pgAdmin4.cpp.
>>>>>>> It creates the shared memory interlock (and log/address files) based on the
>>>>>>> current username and a hash of the executable name/path. My suspicion is
>>>>>>> that the path hash (which is calculated from argv[0] on line 72) is for
>>>>>>> some reason getting a different value each time when launched via the
>>>>>>> Finder or "open", thus the interlock is failing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So I took a look at this, and it seems the code is just fine. What is
>>>>>> happening is that macOS only allows a single instance of an app to run at
>>>>>> once. Whilst that is what we want of course, macOS is causing the new
>>>>>> instance to exit before it has a change to open a new pgAdmin window. Using
>>>>>> "open -n ..." or calling the embedded executable directly resolves that
>>>>>> issue.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, there's another challenge to figure out... :-(
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> OK. Will try to figure that out.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After googled I have tried following solution:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Create a shell script "launch.sh" and kept it in "/Applications/pgAdmin\
>>>> 4.app/Contents/MacOS" folder. That shell script will contain the command
>>>> "open -n /Applications/pgAdmin\ 4.app/Contents/MacOS/pgAdmin4".
>>>> Change the "CFBundleExecutable" parameter of Info.plist from "pgAdmin4" to
>>>> "launch.sh". It didn't work, shall script didn't launch.
>>>> 2. Create one apple script with command like "do shell execute "/Applications/pgAdmin\
>>>> 4.app", compile it and save it as Application. It create the app bundle,
>>>> copy contents of pgAdmin4 app to this newly created application. But the
>>>> problem is it opens and having icon in the dock and no response on double
>>>> click (second time).
>>>>
>>>> Will continue to figure out some other solutions tomorrow.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Dave Page
>>>>>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>>>>>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>>>>>
>>>>>> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>>>>>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> *Akshay Joshi*
>>>>>
>>>>> *Sr. Software Architect *
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Phone: +91 20-3058-9517 <+91%2020%203058%209517>Mobile: +91
>>>>> 976-788-8246 <+91%2097678%2088246>*
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Akshay Joshi*
>>>>
>>>> *Sr. Software Architect *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Phone: +91 20-3058-9517 <+91%2020%203058%209517>Mobile: +91
>>>> 976-788-8246 <+91%2097678%2088246>*
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Dave Page
> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
> Twitter: @pgsnake
>
> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>

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