Re: v3.0 release on hold

From: Robert Eckhardt <reckhardt(at)pivotal(dot)io>
To: Joao De Almeida Pereira <jdealmeidapereira(at)pivotal(dot)io>
Cc: Akshay Joshi <akshay(dot)joshi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, 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 13:43:06
Message-ID: CAAtBm9Xs1kUgArNPA+QWa0WtO=_1tXd=Li5Q5DGHptsWxQixxA@mail.gmail.com
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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>*
>>
>

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