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Re: fbreader removal



On 29.10.2019 13:15, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> writes:
> 
>> On 28.10.2019 22:20, maya%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2019 at 10:58:11PM +0100, Kamil Rytarowski wrote:
>>>> I intend to remove fbreader as:
>>>>
>>>>  - it is declared dead by upstream
>>>> https://github.com/geometer/FBReader/pull/311#issuecomment-464645803
>>>>
>>>>  - qt4 dependency
>>>>  - gtk mode doesn't build
>>>>  - broken with at least modern curl
>>>>  - incompatible on NetBSD-current with POSIX iconv(3)
>>>>  - last accepted pull requests wre in 2016
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please don't remove fbreader. I very recently fixed it due to an
>>> actual-user report. I am more than happy to do it again.
>>>
>>
>> Please integrate qt5 patch (from ArchLinux):
>>
>> https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/tree/qt5.patch?h=fbreader-qt5
> 
> If Maya wants to do that, fine.  But with even a single objection,
> removals are stopped.
> 
> I would say that the threshold for objecting to a removal is much lower
> when the removal is motivated by the qt4 purge, which is at least
> somewhat irregular compared to pkgsrc norms.
> 
> 

In the worst case I will try to debug it myself again and switch to qt5.

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