On 29.10.2019 13:36, Greg Troxel wrote: > Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost> writes: > >> 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. > > You should make sure that the users of the package are ok with this. I > will say again that the point of pkgsrc is for users to use, and there > are reasons people choose to use software that is not maintained. I > realize you wish they wouldn't, but we must be careful not to cross into > taking things away from people because others don't like what they > choose to run. > I object here. There is no reason to rely on qt4.
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