Sunday, July 31, 2022

Re: update or remove outdated x11/lumina?

On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 11:44:26PM +0000, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 09:26:00AM +0000, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> > Last update to 1.4.0 is from 2017, the current 1.6.2 release is from
> > 2021 with more releases in between but noone showed up to update the port.
> > https://github.com/lumina-desktop/lumina/releases
> >
> > There was (false) "x11/lumina broken since OpenBSD 6.7" report on ports@
> > https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=164326809406950&w=2 which I can't
> > reproduce -- no reply from MAINTAINER in this thread from january 2022.
> >
> > Lumina does start for me, but it also does not seem right as the
> > "Terminal" entry in the right-click menu opens a window titled
> > "kn/Xterm" which in fact is a text editor rather than a terminal.
> >
> >
> > So is anyone actually using Lumina and wants to update the port?
> >
> > Otherwise I'm inclined to move it to the attic where it can bitrot
> > without consuming build time and ports maintainence effort.
>
> Ping after 13 days; no response from maintainer.
>
> OK to send it to the attic?
>
> If someone complains due to quirks message, they can reinstate and
> update it.

While it would be nice if someone who cares fixed this strange xterm
behavior so that the out-of-box experience is better, I don't think
there's much harm in having a somewhat outdated version of a wm in
ports.

Not objecting if others want to remove it, just wondering if it's really
necessary.

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