Re: Newsbeuter

[Thomas Klausner <tk%giga.or.at@localhost>]

Hi James!

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 01:48:46AM -0400, James Tomasino wrote:
> I've been reviewing challenges by users on SDF.org (netbsd) in getting
> Newsbeuter to run properly. While the current package in apt or brew
> works fine in ubuntu/mint or OSX, for example, the latest packaged
> version (2.9) does not work on netbsd.
> 
> The 2.9 version was released in 2015 and 2.10 has been long in the
> works. The current repository (github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter.git) has
> addressed a number of issues on the path to that next version. One of
> these bugs addressed in December of 2015 related to an error introduced
> when limiting string lengths with STFL. This particular error seems to
> be the culprit which crashes Newsbeuter on launch on SDF.org. With that
> patch in place it should be theoretically possible for the latest
> version to run properly on netbsd.
> 
> So, while it's not quite a 2.10 release candidate, the current version
> is not operational. The good folks on the SDF bboard suggested I reach
> out to you as the maintainer of pkgsrc and pass on that information.

Can you please identify the necessary commits or convince upstream to
make a new release? That'd make it easier to help you :)

Thank you,
 Thomas