I use irssi and consider it a really good IRC client. An update would be nice when the maintainer has the interest and the time.
Keith On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 11:59 PM, Alive <alive4e...@live.com> wrote: > On 10/26/2014 2:23 AM, Marco Atzeri wrote: >> On 10/25/2014 8:35 PM, Alive wrote: >>> Does anyone use irssi on cygwin? >>> >>> It seems that irssi package is never upgraded. >>> >>> Latest version is 0.8.17. It released on Oct 11 and still no package >>> upgrade after two weeks (skipping 0.8.16 which is missed a long way ago). >>> >>> I don't expect irssi package maintainers to abandon their duty and be >>> irresponsible after volunteering themselves as package maintainers. >> >> cool down, please. "irresponsible" is a strong comment. >> >> irssi was not upgraded upstream for years so probably >> it is not on top of Kostya's list, assuming he has >> spare time to dedicate and he is still around. >> >> Regards >> Marco > > Apologize for my rudeness. > > My point here is for Cygwin packages to catch up with upstream releases, > if possible make it as fast as how Archlinux adopts a new upstream > release, so that Cygwin users will benefit from developments done by > upstream. > > I think it's a good idea to keep Cygwin packages in sync with upstream > release. > > To achieve it, package maintainers should have a way to know as soon as > a new upstream release is available, such as subscribing to the upstream > mailing list for a new package release announcement. > > By doing this, they can make a test package as soon as a new upstream > release is available and release the package after test package has been > free of serious bug. > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
