Package: release.debian.org Severity: normal Tags: stretch User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org Usertags: pu
Dear release team, Twitter changed the character limit of tweets to 280 chars (see [1]). The version of corebird in stretch does only allow to compose tweets with 140 chars. The fix is really trivial[2]. Would you allow an update of corebird? Best, Philip [1] https://blog.twitter.com/official/en_us/topics/product/2017/tweetingmadeeasier.html [2] https://github.com/baedert/corebird/commit/d3cc0b068b4f3b1d0d97e4bd7c9e723d002636c1
diff -Nru corebird-1.4.1/debian/changelog corebird-1.4.1/debian/changelog --- corebird-1.4.1/debian/changelog 2017-01-09 15:16:58.000000000 +0100 +++ corebird-1.4.1/debian/changelog 2017-11-20 11:43:37.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +corebird (1.4.1-1+deb9u1) stretch; urgency=medium + + * Allow 280 characters per tweet + + -- Philip Rinn <ri...@inventati.org> Mon, 20 Nov 2017 11:43:37 +0100 + corebird (1.4.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium * New upstream release: diff -Nru corebird-1.4.1/debian/patches/01-allow-280-characters.patch corebird-1.4.1/debian/patches/01-allow-280-characters.patch --- corebird-1.4.1/debian/patches/01-allow-280-characters.patch 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ corebird-1.4.1/debian/patches/01-allow-280-characters.patch 2017-11-16 12:09:28.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Description: Twitter changed the limit to 280 characters +Author: Timm Bäder <m...@baedert.org> +--- a/src/CbTweet.h ++++ b/src/CbTweet.h +@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ + #include "CbTypes.h" + #include "CbMedia.h" + +-#define CB_TWEET_MAX_LENGTH 140 ++#define CB_TWEET_MAX_LENGTH 280 + + typedef enum + { diff -Nru corebird-1.4.1/debian/patches/series corebird-1.4.1/debian/patches/series --- corebird-1.4.1/debian/patches/series 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100 +++ corebird-1.4.1/debian/patches/series 2017-11-16 12:09:28.000000000 +0100 @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +01-allow-280-characters.patch