Re: Time to update x11/xsnow?

[Marc Baudoin <babafou%babafou.eu.org@localhost>]

Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> écrit :
> 
> Marc Baudoin <babafou%babafou.eu.org@localhost> writes:
> 
> > The x11/xsnow package uses the very old 1.42 version of xsnow
> > from its original author (I believe it's something like 20 years
> > old) which have issues with some desktop environments.
> >
> > Development of xsnow has recently been carried out by Willem
> > Vermin and I've been in touch with him so that the
> > soon-to-be-released version 3.1.8 should compile properly
> > out-of-the-box on NetBSD.
> >
> > The current xsnow Web site is:
> > https://ratrabbit.nl/ratrabbit/xsnow/
> 
> I and is@ have done the update to 3.2.2.

Thanks.

> There are two patches, and it would be nice if you could get them merged
> upstream.  One issue is using beyond-POSIX sed

I have contacted the author and he's agreed to integrate it in
the next release.

> and the other is an unusual choice of bindir.

As the comment in the patch indicates:

   (Not submitted upstream because this is a style choice.)

So I didn't submit it to the author.