I'll see if I can fix this. XBoing, although old, enjoys a cult hero status, and is regarded as a staple of the X clients. "if Xboing doesn't work, what will"? So it would be a shame if we had to drop it.
J' On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 11:29:42AM +0300, Alex Kost wrote: > Jean Louis (2016-04-04 21:47 +0300) wrote: > > > I have encountered few bugs with xboing. > > > > xboing -debug > > XBoing - Debugging mode activated. > > XBoing - Command line parsed. > > XBoing - Display system checked. > > XBoing - Colourmap created. > > XBoing - Please wait , initialising xboing ... > > XBoing - Sound system checked. > > XBoing - Initialised colour names. > > XBoing - Creating windows .... > > XBoing - Creating windows finished. > > XBoing - Setting WM properties. > > XBoing - Changing window attributes. > > XBoing - Created all windows. > > XBoing - Error: Xlib Error: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) > > > > Please read > > `/gnu/store/k1wydpcdz5ci8c78w0xrz7hg3z09yg7j-xboing-2.4/docs/problems.doc' > > document for help. > > > > It does not run on my side. I am on foreign distribution (Debian). > > Yes, I confirm that it fails. > > xboing is an ancient software: the last release (2.4) dates back to > 1995, so if no one is going to fix it, I think we should just remove it. > > John, since you packaged xboing, are you willing to look at it? > > -- > Alex
