Platformio-core: Does not work anymore on ArchLinux due dependency issues

Created on 21 Nov 2019 · 6Comments · Source: platformio/platformio-core

What kind of issue is this?

[x] PlatformIO Core.
If you’ve found a bug, please provide an information below.

Configuration

Operating system: ArchLinux

PlatformIO Version (platformio --version): 4.1.0

Description of problem

Currently ArchLinux repo has python-marshmallow 2.20.1-3 and in testing python-marshmallow 3.2.2-1, which can be merged in the main repo, everything will obviously not work anymore.

Steps to Reproduce

Install platformio from AUR and edit for 4.1.0 version
Run platformio

Actual Results

The 'marshmallow<3,>=2.20.5' distribution was not found and is required by platformio

Expected Results

More Linux distro friendly.

Source

TheAifam5

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Most helpful comment

We have fixed this issue in the latest development version. The PIO Core 4.1.1 is planned for release next week.

You can check it in https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/blob/develop/setup.py#L36

ivankravets on 30 Jan 2020

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All 6 comments

For ArchLinux users I made a workaround, please look here:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/platformio/#comment-717511

TheAifam5 on 26 Nov 2019

Just create a Python virtual environment and forget about all problems. See http://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/installation.html#virtual-environment

ivankravets on 26 Nov 2019

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This doesn't seem like an actual solution that warrants the issue being closed. It's a great workaround. Shouldn't this project strive to work with the latest stable versions of its dependencies?

What is it about about marshmallow beyond version 3 that breaks?

Looks like there have been 1083 commits to marshmallow since it was on a stable version 2.x. Would platformio see zero benefits from any of those commits?

EDIT: Just saw https://github.com/platformio/platformio-core/pull/3296 so it looks like probably the only problem is that this issue was closed prematurely!