[ITA] nano
Jon Turney
jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Tue Apr 8 19:48:23 GMT 2025
On 07/04/2025 12:37, Philippe Baril Lecavalier via Cygwin-apps wrote:
> First time contribution, hold my hand please!
>
> For a first attempt, I selected `nano` as my victim (the lack of
> reverse deps means I won't do too much damage today).
>
> Last version: 4.9 (2020.03.24)
> This: 8.0 (2024.05.01)
>
> The latest available is 8.4, but starting with 8.1 there's a problem
> (gettext?) to build it. I propose to proceed with this
> bump-that-just-works and discuss that build issue in a later thread
> (meaning I didn't sort it out on my own).
>
> I refreshed the cygport file based on what seems to be the latest
> practice, then `cygport all`, and it seems to be functional. Patch
> inline below.
Thanks very much for looking into updating this package. It's certainly
in need of it!
> What to do next? I found a recent thread about just that, and the
> generous details you contributed will spare you repeating yourselves,
> to a certain extent.
>
> 1. send in a separate thread new public SSH key (easier for the
> keymaster to scoop it up I think)
Done.
I also added nano to your packages.
> 2. your feedback whether GTG
GTG from me.
> 3. git/use build server - I'll ask if something unclear.
Good luck!
In future, if you could please attach patches to emails, that makes them
easier to use.
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