New release?

[Rodney Lorrimar]

Hi, I maintain the sonata package in nixpkgs. I have found that version 1.7b1 is failing to run due to this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/nix/store/g082g5mkck9qfnlfqzic1qz95zag70md-sonata-1.7b1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sonata/launcher.py", line 197, in on_application_activate
    sonata = main.Base(args)
  File "/nix/store/g082g5mkck9qfnlfqzic1qz95zag70md-sonata-1.7b1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sonata/main.py", line 759, in __init__
    self.iterate_now()
  File "/nix/store/g082g5mkck9qfnlfqzic1qz95zag70md-sonata-1.7b1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sonata/main.py", line 1064, in iterate_now
    self.iterate()
  File "/nix/store/g082g5mkck9qfnlfqzic1qz95zag70md-sonata-1.7b1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sonata/main.py", line 1025, in iterate
    self.handle_change_status()
  File "/nix/store/g082g5mkck9qfnlfqzic1qz95zag70md-sonata-1.7b1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/sonata/main.py", line 1399, in handle_change_status
    self.volumebutton.set_value(int(self.status['volume']))
KeyError: 'volume'

However, the latest commit from git (d6445e2) works.
The nixpkgs project generally prefers to make packages from release tags rather than git commits.
Is it possible to tag a new release for this bug fix?

[Johnny A. Solbu]

Is it possible to tag a new release for this bug fix?

I support this request. I am the Mageia maintainer of sonata, and I have been waiting for the same thing.

The nixpkgs project generally prefers to make packages from release tags rather than git commits.

Most distros do this, they prefer releases over commit IDs.
Some even refuses to use a newer commit if an older Release exist. Then they wait for a new release, and might implement some commits as patches to the latest release.

[Jonathan Ballet]

I'll create a new tag this week 👍

[Jonathan Ballet]

I released v1.7.0 🎉

[Rodney Lorrimar]

Thanks @multani - the Sonata package in nixpkgs unstable is now updated: NixOS/nixpkgs#107605.