replace appdirs with platformdirs

[bdale]

In Debian bug #1067977, Simon McVittie points out that python3-appdirs is dead upstream and will not be included in the next Debian stable release. He suggests migrating to python3-platformdirs, which is reportedly a fork of appdirs with a very similar API.

See the full but report at https://bugs.debian.org/1067977

[reilleya]

👍 Will do in the next release!

[benrussell11]

Hi Andrew, Do you have date/target for the next release? Ben From: Andrew Reilley ***@***.***> Sent: Wednesday, April 3, 2024 10:38 AM To: reilleya/openMotor ***@***.***> Cc: Subscribed ***@***.***> Subject: Re: [reilleya/openMotor] replace appdirs with platformdirs (Issue #225) 👍 Will do in the next release! — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#225 (comment)> , or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AL4HO6E3EEJA3N7OE6D7L2DY3QH5TAVCNFSM6AAAAABFUUQ5P6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDAMZUHAYDQNRUGU> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. <https://github.com/notifications/beacon/AL4HO6FUNQ33BRAOI4EAPTTY3QH5TA5CNFSM6AAAAABFUUQ5P6WGG33NNVSW45C7OR4XAZNMJFZXG5LFINXW23LFNZ2KUY3PNVWWK3TUL5UWJTTZJC3UK.gif> Message ID: ***@***.*** ***@***.***> >

[reilleya]

Hey Ben, no specific plans as of now. I don't get as much time to work on this as I used to, which is slowing things down. I'd need to decide exactly what the scope of 0.6.0 will be to have a better idea of when I could complete it. I don't think there's much room for additional simulation features without a rewrite of the application, so it'll mostly be focused on fixing issues like the interface not scaling well on windows machines with high DPI displays. Would be great to get it out this year as those machines are just becoming more and more common.

[bdale]

Just a gentle ping. Any update?

[reilleya]

Thanks for the reminder! Done.

[bdale]

Thank you! FYI, I've applied this commit as a patch for the 0.5.0-3 version of the Debian package, and all seems fine. Looking forward to 0.6 whenever that happens.