Dear Steffen, Thank you for all your efforts on s-nail, I wish you a very good festive season!
Cheers john On Tue, 2023-12-12 at 23:45 +0100, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: > Dear list members. > > While currently implementing a fully populated character set > database in order to truly be able to deal with the standardized > iconv(3) that unfortunately does not offer normalize() and things > like is_ascii() or such, even though it necessarily ships with all > necessary information internally, i realized that the goal to > release v14.10 (which, unfortunately, is not v15!) this year > will.not.work.out. > > Sorry. There is still too much to do, and then you stumble over > such things like this, which takes over a day to implement. And > then you download IETF data and it is totally messed up compared > to an over a decade old version i locally had all this time, since > they seem to killed their tool chain. > > More and more features and bug fixes come in (like > freely-configurable message-ids, bracketed-paste mode, massively > improved MIME conformance -- take just this: > > $ </dev/null mailx -:/ -Smta=test -Scharset-7bit=iso-2022-jp -s test d@a > Subject: test > User-Agent: mailx v14.9.24 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-2022-jp > > $ </dev/null s-nail -:/ -Smta=test -Scharset-7bit=iso-2022-jp -s test d@a > Subject: =?iso-2022-jp?B?dGVzdA==?= > User-Agent: s-nail v14.9.24-574-g9ad6cbbd93 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > Sure it was wrong, but that is only the tip of the MIME output > iceberg. I say output, because, unfortunately, the desired MIME > and I/O rewrite of v15 will turn this software into something > truly usable. When i live long enough.) > > Sigh! I will not release v14.9.25 even though we have collected > about three dozens or so fixes and tweaks on [master] in the last, > well, almost two years. > I will instead try to release this as fast as possible. > It will be a better program than v14.9.* was. > > I wish Christians and anyone else who celebrates it a nice > Christmas time! And i keep on hoping for a good and healthy year > 2024 with less wars and a less frantic public discourse. > > Ciao until (hopefully not too much) later! > > --steffen > > > > Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, > > der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one > > einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off > > (By Robert Gernhardt) > > > > Only in December: lightful Dubai COP28 Narendra Modi quote: > > A small part of humanity has ruthlessly exploited nature. > > But the entire humanity is bearing the cost of it, > > especially the inhabitants of the Global South. > > The selfishness of a few will lead the world into darkness, > > not just for themselves but for the entire world. > > [Christians might think of Revelation 11:18 > > The nations were angry, and your wrath has come[.] > > [.]for destroying those who destroy the earth. > > But i find the above more kind, and much friendlier]
