Re: [ITA] ncompress 5.0
On 2024-01-28 09:49, Jon Turney via Cygwin-apps wrote: On 26/01/2024 14:04, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote: Noticed mention of ncompress used, saw it was unmaintained, occasionally use it for old sources, although it appears that gzip also decompresses compress .Z, pack .z, and zip single file formats. Mike F/vapier has migrated ncompress from SF to Github and updated it. It is available in Fedora up to date. I updated the current build URIs to current GH and Fedora, rebuilt current thru latest versions with patch updates, both locally and on GH scallywag, and got the tests working, so I would like to adopt ncompress and provide the upgrade. If accepted, I will follow up patches with current developer. Cygport and Patch Updates: https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-packages/ncompress/?h=playground Thanks. Looks good. Can you rebase your changes on top of the git history in main/master? Sure; I could not find the ncompress repo when I looked for it, so init-ed a new one with the standard upstreams. FEDORA=http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/$NAME.git/plain FEDORA=https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/ncompress/raw/f39/f Obviously the first one here is redundant # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-filenamelen.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-silence-gcc.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-make.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-2GB.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-endians.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-memmove.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-lfs.patch # $NAME-4.2.4.5-lfs.patch # $NAME-4.2.4.6-lfs.patch # ncompress-4.2.4.5-runtests-sh-run-from-build-dir.patch This doesn't seem to have any value, especially as it's in the history... Never sure if pushes to ncompress/playground would work so kept old stuff around in case I had to use playground/playground instead. Will clean up for rebase onto master. I added this to your packages. Thanks Jon -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Re: [ITA] ncompress 5.0
On 26/01/2024 14:04, Brian Inglis via Cygwin-apps wrote: Hi folks, Noticed mention of ncompress used, saw it was unmaintained, occasionally use it for old sources, although it appears that gzip also decompresses compress .Z, pack .z, and zip single file formats. Mike F/vapier has migrated ncompress from SF to Github and updated it. It is available in Fedora up to date. I updated the current build URIs to current GH and Fedora, rebuilt current thru latest versions with patch updates, both locally and on GH scallywag, and got the tests working, so I would like to adopt ncompress and provide the upgrade. If accepted, I will follow up patches with current developer. [...] Cygport and Patch Updates: https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-packages/ncompress/?h=playground Thanks. Looks good. Can you rebase your changes on top of the git history in main/master? FEDORA=http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/$NAME.git/plain FEDORA=https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/ncompress/raw/f39/f Obviously the first one here is redundant # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-filenamelen.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-silence-gcc.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-make.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-2GB.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-endians.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-memmove.patch # $FEDORA/$NAME-4.2.4.4-lfs.patch # $NAME-4.2.4.5-lfs.patch # $NAME-4.2.4.6-lfs.patch # ncompress-4.2.4.5-runtests-sh-run-from-build-dir.patch This doesn't seem to have any value, especially as it's in the history... I added this to your packages.
[ITA] ncompress 5.0
Hi folks, Noticed mention of ncompress used, saw it was unmaintained, occasionally use it for old sources, although it appears that gzip also decompresses compress .Z, pack .z, and zip single file formats. Mike F/vapier has migrated ncompress from SF to Github and updated it. It is available in Fedora up to date. I updated the current build URIs to current GH and Fedora, rebuilt current thru latest versions with patch updates, both locally and on GH scallywag, and got the tests working, so I would like to adopt ncompress and provide the upgrade. If accepted, I will follow up patches with current developer. Scallywag Jobs: https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/jobs.cgi?srcpkg=ncompress&user=Brian+Inglis Cygport and Patch Updates: https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-packages/ncompress/?h=playground Build 5.0: https://github.com/cygwin/scallywag/actions/runs/7668163283/job/20899585246 Available everywhere, sometimes base, sometimes optional: https://repology.org/project/ncompress/versions -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada La perfection est atteinte Perfection is achieved non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter not when there is no more to add mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer but when there is no more to cut -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
