Re: so, I think I fixed Nedit by upgrading it to 5.7

[Andrew Randrianasulu <randrianasulu%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 1:27 AM David H. Gutteridge <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost> wrote:
>
> On 2024-11-20 16:47, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:
> > чт, 21 нояб. 2024 г., 00:36 David H. Gutteridge <david%gutteridge.ca@localhost>:
> >
> >> On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 at 18:30:12 +0300, Andrew Randrianasulu wrote:
> >>> now to proceed? (to whom send patches)
> >>
> >> Someone's already made one suggestion. My perspective is you've
> >> already opened PR pkg/58831, so I would continue discussion there.
> >> (Several email chains about the same or similar topic are unhelpful
> >> for contributors dealing with many different issues.)
> >>
> >> I'll agree to review and commit for nedit. I'm fine with you appending
> >> patches to PR pkg/58831, if that's easiest for you.
> >
> > Problem is, when I search for that pr number I get link to just plain
> > read-only html page, no form to fill like in bugzilla for example ...
> >
> > so I just copied emails to to: field manually and answered emails ...
> >
> > is there another link to this bug management system where I can
> > comment/add patches via web browser?
>
> No, it relies on responses via email only (like Debian's bug tracker,
> when last I used it).
>
> > or it intended to work via email? (fine for me but I prefer to know
> > what email addr I must use for recipients  when replying ...)
>
> You simply always reply to gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, with the PR number in
> the email subject, as you've been doing already. (If there are other
> parties who aren't tagged in the PR, that's kind of on them to follow
> it, IMO.)
>
> There is no way to send any attachments to it, other than as plain text
> components of an email (which, yes, Gnats sometimes scrambles) or a
> uuencoded archive or what-have-you. (Or, posting them somewhere
> external like pastebin.)
>
> (Yes, this is ungainly. I am not a fan of Gnats. You can see a reason
> why bsiegert@ suggested a wip account.)

well, it already being worked on in -wip, so thanks for that! (I watch
via github's mirror of pkgsrc-wip)

https://github.com/NetBSD/pkgsrc-wip/commits/master/

>
> Regards,
>
> Dave