Offlineimap config files not stored when installing via pip

[chrysle]

In the documentation is stated that offlineimap stores a minimal config file below /usr/share. However when installing the program with pip (which naturally has no write access to these directories), this file is nowhere to be found on my system, except in my ~/.cache/ directory. This surely can't be intended?

General information

• system/distribution (with version): Ubuntu 20.04.05 LTS
• offlineimap version (offlineimap -V): 7.3.4
• Python version: 3.8.10
• server name or domain: -
• CLI options: -

Configuration file offlineimaprc

REMOVE PRIVATE DATA.

pythonfile (if any)

REMOVE PRIVATE DATA.

Logs, error

REMOVE PRIVATE DATA.

Steps to reproduce the error

• Install offlineimap with pip and perform a user installation: pip install --user offlineimap
• Search the whole system for a file named offlineimap.conf.minimal (or offlineimap.conf)

[thekix]

Hi @chrysle

currently, in pypi, there is only the offlineimap version for Python2. This version, offlineimap3, is Python3.

@spaetz could you help with the upload of offlineimap3 to pypi.org? I am not user how you did the uploads for Python2.

Regards,
kix

[spaetz]

Hi, currently 'offlineimap' and me are listed as maintainers on pypi.org for offlineimap. I am more than happy to pass on that maintainership to the current maintainers. Other than than, I do not think I can be of much help.

[thekix]

Hi @spaetz

thanks a lot for your reply. @spaetz @nicolas33 who should be in the maintainers group?

To upload the package, are you using setuptools or how are you uploading it?

Cheers,
kix

[spaetz]

I have not been uploading anything for a long time, and to be honest I have no idea how or what tools I had been using. Also, I think pypi has changed quite a few things since then in order to make uploads more secure. So, I won't be of much help in that regard, sorry. -- Sent from mobile device.

[spaetz]

Arguably, you want to retire the pip offlineimap package and create a new one named offlineimap3, as that is also the name you have been giving the distro packages? -- Sent from mobile device.

[chrysle]

I have not been uploading anything for a long time, and to be honest I have no idea how or what tools I had been using. Also, I think pypi has changed quite a few things since then in order to make uploads more secure.

I'd suggest you create a GitHub Actions Workflow that automatically uploads to PyPI whenever a release happens.
See this guide for more information.

[thekix]

I have not been uploading anything for a long time, and to be honest I have no idea how or what tools I had been using. Also, I think pypi has changed quite a few things since then in order to make uploads more secure. So, I won't be of much help in that regard, sorry. -- Sent from mobile device.

Hi @spaetz

please, include me in the list of maintainers in pypi. I will try to upload a new version. I will use the link provided by @chrysle to do it.

About the offlineimap python2 packages, I am not sure about retire them. You did a great work and if they do not create problems, we should left them in pypi. What do you think?

Best regards,
kix

[acolomb]

@thekix do you still have this on your radar / in planning?

I just tried to install offlineimap3 and the latest version in Ubuntu is from December 2023. To get a little more modern, PyPI was the place to go to, but no luck. So how to actually install a recent version?

[sudipm-mukherjee]

Hi @acolomb, there is an Ubuntu delta which is why it did not get updated when the Debian package was updated. I will update the package in Ubuntu now so you will get the updated package if you are using Ubuntu Plucky. If you are not using Plucky then please let me know which release you are using and I can set up a PPA for you to install the updated package.

[sudipm-mukherjee]

Ubuntu now has updated offlineimap3.

[acolomb]

@sudipm-mukherjee thanks for the quick reaction. I am still on the LTS release, 24.04 Noble Numbat. Would be great if you can provide a PPA for the latest versions.

I still think getting the new offlineimap3 version back on PyPI is worthwhile though, as more people will benefit from that and it's a clear central distribution point. Apparently there is a v8.0.0 tag, but to me at least it seemed like the new Python3-based version was still only available from Git (as even the Ubuntu package shows 0.0~git...).