Re: Rhythmbox

[Ramiro Aceves <ea1abz%gmail.com@localhost>]

En Mon, Oct 26, 2026 at 12:17:28PM +0100, RVP escribió:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2026, Ramiro Aceves wrote:
> 
> > Just a question about how pkgsrc development works in NetBSD. I have seen many
> > program crashes just at the moment of starting them during my 3 years of NetBSD use.
> > Does it mean that auto builders only test the programs for compiling ok but no one checks if the program actually works fine?
> > 
> 
> Unless it's a package that they use regularly, I don't think the builders
> (or even the maintainers too that matter) test every feature and toggle in
> a program.  That's just not feasible for a small team like NetBSD's. At most,
> they'll just see if the program loads and that basic functionality's working.
> 
> For anything else, they rely on users reporting bugs. In this instance, you
> can almost see what's happened. Somewhere along the line, Rhythmbox grew a new
> Grilo dependency, while some other library was still depending on an older
> version of the same library, and no one on the NetBSD side ticked a non-default
> check-box in years (which may only have been done when the dependency was
> initially brought in).
> 
> > [...] or whether it is only a matter of lack of human resources.
> > 
> 
> That's it. Lack of eyeballs. Post a PR as a good citizen.
> 
> -RVP

Thanks RVP for explaining the details. I will contribute as I have been doing reporting
every failure I encounter on normal use.

Thanks so much.
Ramiro.