Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

2015-01-23 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Marek Benc skribis: > From e101c036615bb22b05744789fbc0f5ddb7f71413 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Marek Benc > Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 23:08:16 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] gnu: nvi: Fix Berkely DB compatability issues. > > * gnu/packages/patches/nvi-db4.patch: New file. > * gnu/packages/patches/n

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

2015-01-22 Thread Marek Benc
On 01/22/2015 09:52 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: Marek Benc skribis: On 01/22/2015 05:05 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: Marek Benc skribis: On 01/21/2015 04:03 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: I agree with Andreas: there are 20 patches, and that level of patching goes beyond our mission, IMO. I wou

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

2015-01-22 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Marek Benc skribis: > On 01/22/2015 05:05 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> Marek Benc skribis: >> >>> On 01/21/2015 04:03 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: I agree with Andreas: there are 20 patches, and that level of patching goes beyond our mission, IMO. I would rather leave it as is

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

2015-01-22 Thread Marek Benc
On 01/22/2015 05:39 PM, Marek Benc wrote: psize = ((sb.st_size / 15) + 1023) / 1024; if (psize >= 8) psize=8<<10; else if (psize >= 4) psize=4<<10; else if (psize >= 2) psize=2<<10; else psize=1<<10; psize *= 1024; Oops, ignore the last line, it's a typo on my end and not a problem of

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

2015-01-22 Thread Marek Benc
On 01/22/2015 05:05 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: Marek Benc skribis: On 01/21/2015 04:03 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: I agree with Andreas: there are 20 patches, and that level of patching goes beyond our mission, IMO. I would rather leave it as is if it’s usable, or remove it, or point to a ne

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

2015-01-22 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Marek Benc skribis: > On 01/21/2015 04:03 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: >> I agree with Andreas: there are 20 patches, and that level of patching >> goes beyond our mission, IMO. >> >> I would rather leave it as is if it’s usable, or remove it, or point to >> a new upstream if there is one. > > In t

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

2015-01-21 Thread Marek Benc
On 01/21/2015 04:03 PM, Ludovic Courtès wrote: I agree with Andreas: there are 20 patches, and that level of patching goes beyond our mission, IMO. I would rather leave it as is if it’s usable, or remove it, or point to a new upstream if there is one. In that case, I think at least two of the

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

2015-01-21 Thread Ludovic Courtès
Marek Benc skribis: > On 01/21/2015 10:35 AM, Andreas Enge wrote: >> The number of patches looks quite frightening. From the README of nvi, the >> current version dates from 2007. Now if upstream is dead and does not fix >> patches, it might be preferable to remove the package altogether. Is ther

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

2015-01-21 Thread Marek Benc
On 01/21/2015 10:35 AM, Andreas Enge wrote: The number of patches looks quite frightening. From the README of nvi, the current version dates from 2007. Now if upstream is dead and does not fix patches, it might be preferable to remove the package altogether. Is there no viable alternative that i

Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add most debian patches to nvi.

2015-01-21 Thread Andreas Enge
The number of patches looks quite frightening. From the README of nvi, the current version dates from 2007. Now if upstream is dead and does not fix patches, it might be preferable to remove the package altogether. Is there no viable alternative that is still alive? Or vim in legacy mode? Andreas