#1150824 b4: review TUI fails to load

Package:
b4
Source:
b4
Submitter:
Christopher Obbard
Date:
2026-10-14 10:17:01 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1150824#5
Date:
2026-10-13 15:39:34 UTC
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To:
Dear Maintainer,

The b4 review TUI is built on Textual, which upstream declares in the optional
"[tui] extra" as (textual >= 1.0 and rich >= 13.0). The Debian package doesn't
depend on python3-textual so on a system without it the "b4 review tui" command
fails straight away with:

  The TUI requires the textual library.

The review TUI is a core part of the b4 review workflow so it shouldn't need a
dependency installed by hand. python3-textual should be added to Depends.
python3-rich comes in through python3-textual, so it doesn't need to be listed
separately.
#1150824#10
Date:
2026-10-13 15:52:42 UTC
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To:
#1150824#17
Date:
2026-10-14 10:15:01 UTC
From:
To:
Hello Christopher,

b4 review is a technology preview (alpha). This is not part of the core
workflow process for using the tool.

I think the right thing to do would be to add python3-textual as recommends.

Thanks very much for your understanding.

Regards