Add Turning addon

[dubstar-04]

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[dubstar-04]

Will the addon manager resolve submodules included in addons?

[luzpaz]

We just prefer to add the submodules on our end.

[luzpaz]

We can add manually, no worries. Is this PR ready ?

[dubstar-04]

I would prefer to hold the PR. I've made some significant improvements to the code and it would be best if I released a video explaining how to use the add-on.

The Add-on includes a submodule for liblathe. I was hoping that the addon manager would resolve the submodule itself then I could release new addon versions as I develop liblathe.

[luzpaz]

is liblathe on pypi ?

@chennes what is the addon manager policy on including submodules inside addons? Do we prefer to have them approved and added to https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-addons/blob/master/ALLOWED_PYTHON_PACKAGES.txt ?

[dubstar-04]

Liblathe isn't currently published on pypi but there is a script to automate publishing: https://github.com/dubstar-04/LibLathe/blob/master/publish.py

I can publish it if required.

Are approved pypi modules automatically downloaded and updated with the associated addon?

[dubstar-04]

Alternatively I can create a separate addon for liblathe?

[chennes]

If your module is available via PyPi then the Addon Manager can automatically install it. The same is true if you make it a FreeCAD Addon. There is a file in this repo that contains an AllowList for PyPi packages that we would need to add it to.

[dubstar-04]

Thanks for the reply. Please leave this PR draft and I will let you know when it's ready. I'm on vacation this week but hopefully find time next week.

[chennes]

@dubstar-04 is there any update on this?

[dubstar-04]

I created a PyPi package for liblathe. That appears to install and work as expected, however I don't have time to finish the work at the moment. I will closed this PR.

[dubstar-04]

How does the addon manager handle pypi packages? will it always install the latest or can I include a version number?

[luzpaz]

@dubstar-04 per the package.xml¹ docs
AddonManager will always pull the latest version. But there are attributes that you can leverage.
For example

    <depend version_gte="VERSION">dependency</depend>

gte: greater than or equal to

Footnotes

1. https://wiki.freecad.org/Package_Metadata#.3Cdepend.3E ↩

[dubstar-04]

@luzpaz that's brilliant thank you. Not sure why I missed it.