[3dprinter-general] Bug#950919: Bug#950919: cura: unable to remove annoying popup message

[Ernesto Alfonso]

Thank you Gregor, it would definitely work. It would also be nice to be
able to remove the bundled plugin after clicking "remove plugin", and this
may be a separate issue.

Ernesto

On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 4:42 AM Gregor Riepl <onitake at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Ernesto,
>
> > Any time I open cura, I see two annoying popup messages:
> ...
> > - clicking the "Remove plugin" button in the popup
> > - attempting the "pip install trimesh" workaround
> > - clicking "Marketplace -> Installed", unchecking the two problematic
> plugins
> ...
> > None of these solutions appears to have any effect.
>
> Yes, that's a well-known issue. Sorry about that...
>
> > I saw a reference somewhere to the package python3-trimesh, but
> "apt-cache search trimesh" returned no results, and the package doesn't
> seem to exist.
>
> The problem with trimesh is that it relies on partially undefined behavior
> in numpy, which causes it to behave incorrectly on 32-bit architectures.
>
> See the ITP bug here:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=950920
> My patch for the issue doesn't use the correct types, and I'd prefer not
> having to maintain it myself in the end. The issue should be fixed in
> numpy, IMHO.
>
> There is one possible solution that would make most users happy, however:
>
> - Factoring out the two Cura plugins into a separate package
> - Adding a Recommends: dependency on this package to Cura
> - Making the package runtime-depend on python3-trimesh
> - Packaging trimesh for 64-bit archs only
>
> I haven't checked if this would actually work, but I think it's the
> correct solution until the numpy developers have figured out a solution for
> the typing issue.
>
> Would that work for you?
>
> Regards,
> Gregor
>
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