development environment improvements

.github/workflows/pkgbuild.yml

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: built-rpms
           path: |
-            dist/**/*.rpm
+            dist/rpm/*/*.rpm
           if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 5
 

.gitignore

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ __pycache__/
 env/
 .venv*
 build/
+BUILD/
 BUILDROOT/
 SOURCES/
 SRPMS/

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 {
-    "python.testing.pytestArgs": [],
+  "python.testing.pytestArgs": [
+    "tests"
+  ],
+  "python.linting.enabled": true,
+  "python.linting.ruffEnabled": true,
+  "python.linting.ruffPath": "ruff",
+  "python.formatting.provider": "none",
+  "editor.formatOnSave": true,
   "python.testing.cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
   "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
   "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
+  "python.envFile": "${workspaceFolder}/.env",
   "terminal.integrated.env.linux": {
     "PYTHONPATH": "${workspaceFolder}"
   }

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -20,19 +20,87 @@ merge your contributions smoothly.
   tox -e qa
   ```
 
-- ✔️ All tests pass locally.
-
 - ✔️ Your code is clean and consistently formatted:
   ```bash
   tox -e format
   ```
 
+
 - ✔️ You followed the plugin template (if adding a new plugin).
 - ✔️ You included inline docstrings and respected the BSD 2-Clause license.
 - ✔️ Your commit message is descriptive.
 
 ---
 
+## 📦 Local Development Setup
+
+To get started with development:
+
+### 🧰 System Requirements
+
+- Python >= 3.9
+- `pip`
+- `git`
+- Optional: `VS Code` with the Python extension
+
+### 🚀 One-Time Setup
+
+```bash
+git clone https://github.com/caronc/apprise.git
+cd apprise
+
+# Install all runtime + dev dependencies
+pip install .[dev]
+```
+
+(Optional, but recommended if actively developing):
+```bash
+pip install -e .[dev]
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🧪 Running Tests
+
+```bash
+pytest               # Run all tests
+pytest tests/foo.py  # Run a specific test file
+```
+
+Run with coverage:
+```bash
+pytest --cov=apprise --cov-report=term
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🧹 Linting & Formatting with ruff
+
+```bash
+ruff check apprise tests           # Check linting
+ruff check apprise tests --fix     # Auto-fix
+ruff format apprise tests          # Format files
+```
+
+---
+
+## 🧰 Optional: Using VS Code
+
+1. Open the repo: `code .`
+2. Press `Ctrl+Shift+P → Python: Select Interpreter`
+3. Choose the same interpreter you used for `pip install .[dev]`
+4. Press `Ctrl+Shift+P → Python: Discover Tests`
+
+`.vscode/settings.json` is pre-configured with:
+
+- pytest as the test runner
+- ruff for linting
+- PYTHONPATH set to project root
+
+No `.venv` is required unless you choose to use one.
+
+---
+
 ## 📌 How to Contribute
 
 1. **Fork the repository** and create a new branch.

apprise/i18n/en/LC_MESSAGES/apprise.po

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: apprise 1.4.5\n"
 "Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: lead2gold@gmail.com\n"
-"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-08-02 17:51+0000\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: 2025-08-03 13:22+0000\n"
 "PO-Revision-Date: 2019-05-24 20:00-0400\n"
 "Last-Translator: Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>\n"
 "Language: en\n"

bin/build-rpm.sh

@@ -27,56 +27,60 @@
 # ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
+set -euo pipefail
 
 # Set Apprise root directory
 APPRISE_DIR="${APPRISE_DIR:-/apprise}"
+DIST_DIR="${DIST_DIR:-$PWD/dist/rpm}"
+SOURCES_DIR="$APPRISE_DIR/SOURCES"
+SRPM_DIR="$DIST_DIR/"
+
 PYTHON=python3
 TOX="tox -c $APPRISE_DIR/tox.ini"
-DIST_DIR="${DIST_DIR:-$PWD/dist}"
-mkdir -p "$DIST_DIR"
 
+if [ ! -d "$DIST_DIR" ]; then
    echo "==> Cleaning previous builds"
    $TOX -e clean --notest
 
    echo "==> Linting RPM spec"
    rpmlint "$APPRISE_DIR/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec"
 
-echo "==> Running tests"
-$TOX -e py312
-
    echo "==> Generating man pages"
    ronn --roff --organization="Chris Caron <lead2gold@gmail.com>" \
        "$APPRISE_DIR/packaging/man/apprise.md"
 
    echo "==> Extracting translations"
-$TOX -e i18n || { echo "Translation extraction failed!" ; exit 1; }
+   $TOX -e i18n
 
    echo "==> Compiling translations"
-$TOX -e compile || { echo "Translation compilation failed!" ; exit 1; }
+   $TOX -e compile
 
    echo "==> Building source distribution"
-$TOX -e build-sdist || { echo "sdist build failed!" ; exit 1; }
+   $TOX -e build-sdist
+fi
 
 VERSION=$(rpmspec -q --qf "%{version}\n" "$APPRISE_DIR/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec" | head -n1)
 TARBALL="$APPRISE_DIR/dist/apprise-${VERSION}.tar.gz"
 
 if [[ ! -f "$TARBALL" ]]; then
-  echo "Tarball not found: $TARBALL"
+  echo "❌ Tarball not found: $TARBALL"
   exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "==> Copying tarball to SOURCES directory"
+echo "==> Preparing SOURCES directory"
-mkdir -p "$APPRISE_DIR/SOURCES"
+mkdir -p "$SOURCES_DIR"
-cp "$TARBALL" "$APPRISE_DIR/SOURCES/"
+cp "$TARBALL" "$SOURCES_DIR/"
+find $APPRISE_DIR/packaging/redhat/ -iname '*.patch' -exec cp {} "$SOURCES_DIR" \;
 
-echo "==> Building RPM"
+echo "==> Building RPM (source and binary)"
+mkdir -p "$DIST_DIR"
 rpmbuild --define "_topdir $APPRISE_DIR" \
-         --define "_sourcedir $APPRISE_DIR/SOURCES" \
+         --define "_sourcedir $SOURCES_DIR" \
          --define "_specdir $APPRISE_DIR/packaging/redhat" \
-         --define "_srcrpmdir $APPRISE_DIR/SRPMS" \
+         --define "_srcrpmdir $DIST_DIR" \
          --define "_rpmdir $DIST_DIR" \
          -ba "$APPRISE_DIR/packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec"
 
 echo "✅ RPM build completed successfully"
-
+echo "📦 Artifacts:"
+find "$DIST_DIR" -type f -name "*.rpm"

docker-compose.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: tests/docker/Dockerfile.py39
     volumes:
       - ./:/apprise
+    working_dir: /apprise
+    user: "1000:1000"
 
   test.py310:
     build:
@@ -12,6 +14,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: tests/docker/Dockerfile.py310
     volumes:
       - ./:/apprise
+    working_dir: /apprise
+    user: "1000:1000"
 
   test.py311:
     build:
@@ -19,6 +23,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: tests/docker/Dockerfile.py311
     volumes:
       - ./:/apprise
+    working_dir: /apprise
+    user: "1000:1000"
 
   test.py312:
     build:
@@ -26,6 +32,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: tests/docker/Dockerfile.py312
     volumes:
       - ./:/apprise
+    working_dir: /apprise
+    user: "1000:1000"
 
   rpmbuild.el9:
     build:
@@ -33,6 +41,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: tests/docker/Dockerfile.el9
     volumes:
       - ./:/apprise
+    working_dir: /apprise
+    user: "1000:1000"
 
   rpmbuild.f42:
     build:
@@ -40,6 +50,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: tests/docker/Dockerfile.f42
     volumes:
       - ./:/apprise
+    working_dir: /apprise
+    user: "1000:1000"
 
   rpmbuild.rawhide:
     build:
@@ -47,6 +59,8 @@ services:
       dockerfile: tests/docker/Dockerfile.rawhide
     volumes:
       - ./:/apprise
+    working_dir: /apprise
+    user: "1000:1000"
 
 #
 # Every Day testing

packaging/README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ## Packaging
 This directory contains any supporting files to grant usage of Apprise in various distributions.
 
+Let me know if you'd like to help me host on more platforms or can offer to do it yourself!
+
 ### RPM Based Packages
 * [EPEL](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) based distributions are only supported if they are of v9 or higher. This includes:
    * Red Hat 9.x (or higher)
@@ -17,7 +19,17 @@ Provided you are connected to the [EPEL repositories](https://fedoraproject.org/
 dnf install python3-apprise apprise
 ```
 
-Let me know if you'd like to help me host on more platforms or can offer to do it yourself!
+You can build your own rpm packges with the following:
+```bash
+# EPEL9 (CentOS/Rocky/RedHat/Oracle Linux)
+tox -e build-el9-rpm
+
+# Fedora 42
+tox -e build-f42-rpm
+
+# Fedora Rawhide
+tox -e build-rawhide-rpm
+```
 
 ## Man Pages Information
 The man page were generated using [Ronn](http://github.com/rtomayko/ronn/tree/0.7.3).

packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec

@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ LANG=C.UTF-8 PYTHONPATH=%{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}:%{_builddir}/%{name}-%{ve
 %endif
 
 # Localised Files
-%lang(en) %{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}/i18n/en/LC_MESSAGES/messages.mo
+%lang(en) %{python3_sitelib}/%{pypi_name}/i18n/en/LC_MESSAGES/apprise.mo
 
 %files -n %{pypi_name}
 %{_bindir}/%{pypi_name}

tox.ini

@@ -7,13 +7,12 @@ use_discover = False
 [tox]
 envlist =
     clean
+    validate
     i18n
     compile
     minimal
-    build
     release
-    validate
+
-    twine-check
 minversion = 4.0
 requires = virtualenv>=20.0.0
 isolated_build = True
@@ -27,13 +26,54 @@ ensurepip = true
 setenv =
     COVERAGE_RCFILE = {toxinidir}/pyproject.toml
 
-[testenv:build-rpm]
+[testenv:build-src-rpm]
-description = Run RPM packaging via Docker
+description = Build source RPM and place .src.rpm in dist/
+skip_install = true
+allowlist_externals =
+    bash
+    cp
+    mkdir
+    find
+    rpmbuild
+setenv =
+    HOME = {envtmpdir}
+    RPMTOP = {envtmpdir}/rpmbuild
+commands_pre =
+    mkdir -p {envtmpdir}/rpmbuild/SOURCES
+    mkdir -p {envtmpdir}/rpmbuild/SPECS
+    mkdir -p dist/rpm
+    cp packaging/man/apprise.1 {envtmpdir}/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
+    cp packaging/redhat/python-apprise.spec {envtmpdir}/rpmbuild/SPECS/
+    find packaging/redhat/ -iname '*.patch' -exec cp {} {envtmpdir}/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ \;
+    bash -c 'cp dist/*.tar.gz {envtmpdir}/rpmbuild/SOURCES/'
+    bash -c 'echo "%_topdir {envtmpdir}/rpmbuild" > {envtmpdir}/.rpmmacros'
+commands =
+    rpmbuild --nodeps -bs {envtmpdir}/rpmbuild/SPECS/python-apprise.spec
+    find {envtmpdir}/rpmbuild/SRPMS -name '*.src.rpm' -exec mv {} dist/rpm \;
+
+[testenv:build-el9-rpm]
+description = Run RPM packaging for EPEL9 via Docker
+skip_install = true
 allowlist_externals =
     docker
-    bash
 commands =
-    docker compose run --user root --rm rpmbuild.el9 bash build-rpm.sh
+    docker compose run --rm rpmbuild.el9 bash /usr/bin/build-rpm.sh
+
+[testenv:build-f42-rpm]
+description = Run RPM packaging for Fedora 42 via Docker
+skip_install = true
+allowlist_externals =
+    docker
+commands =
+    docker compose run --rm rpmbuild.f42 bash /usr/bin/build-rpm.sh
+
+[testenv:build-rawhide-rpm]
+description = Run RPM packaging for Fedora Rawhide via Docker
+skip_install = true
+allowlist_externals =
+    docker
+commands =
+    docker compose run --rm rpmbuild.rawhide bash /usr/bin/build-rpm.sh
 
 [testenv:lint]
 description = Run static analysis using Ruff
@@ -104,8 +144,10 @@ commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
     find . -type f -name "*.pyo" -delete
     find . -type f -name "*.orig" -delete
+    find . -type f -name "*.orig" -delete
+    find ./apprise/i18n -type f -name "*.mo" -delete
+    rm -rf BUILD SOURCES SRPMS BUILDROOT .cache .ruff_cache .coverage-reports .coverage coverage.xml dist build apprise.egg-info .mypy_cache .pytest_cache  "__pycache__"
     find . -type d -name "__pycache__" -delete
-    rm -rf BUILD SOURCES SRPMS BUILDROOT .cache .ruff_cache .coverage-reports .coverage coverage.xml dist build apprise.egg-info .mypy_cache .pytest_cache
 
 [testenv:i18n]
 description = Extract and update .pot/.po files for translation
@@ -115,13 +157,13 @@ ensurepip = true
 commands =
     mkdir -p apprise/i18n
     pybabel extract -F babel.cfg -o apprise/i18n/apprise.pot apprise
-    pybabel update -i apprise/i18n/apprise.pot -d apprise/i18n
+    pybabel update --domain=apprise -i apprise/i18n/apprise.pot -d apprise/i18n
 
 [testenv:compile]
 description = Compile .mo files
 deps = Babel
 commands =
-    pybabel compile -d apprise/i18n
+    pybabel compile --domain=apprise -d apprise/i18n
 
 [testenv:build]
 description = Build sdist and wheel (assumes translations compiled)
@@ -151,11 +193,8 @@ commands =
 [testenv:twine-check]
 description = Run twine check on dist artifacts
 deps =
-	build
 	twine
 commands =
-    rm -rf dist
-    python -m build
     twine check dist/*
 
 [testenv:man]