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DaltonST · 12-18-2019, 12:31 PM

Kovid,

Given that Calibre 4.99 will silently fail at startup with no indication as to the cause if a UI plugin that is not compatible with Python 3 is initialized, and given that many users have many plugins, IMHO it might be prudent to add a new attribute to InterfaceActionBase that defaults to False and means that the respective UI plugin is "safe" to use with Python 3 Calibre only when the plugin returns True for that new attribute. This should help to avoid needless user mass confusion and panic in the future.

DaltonST

12-18-2019, 12:31 PM	#33
DaltonST Deviser Posts: 2,265 Karma: 2090983 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Texas Device: none	Kovid, Given that Calibre 4.99 will silently fail at startup with no indication as to the cause if a UI plugin that is not compatible with Python 3 is initialized, and given that many users have many plugins, IMHO it might be prudent to add a new attribute to InterfaceActionBase that defaults to False and means that the respective UI plugin is "safe" to use with Python 3 Calibre only when the plugin returns True for that new attribute. This should help to avoid needless user mass confusion and panic in the future. DaltonST Last edited by DaltonST; 12-18-2019 at 12:37 PM.