[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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