Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 09:24:34 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> To: Reshad Patuck <reshadpatuck1@gmail.com>, Olivier <Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> Cc: freebsd@gushi.org, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Request to revive a port? Message-ID: <202406051524.JAA29492@mail.lariat.net> In-Reply-To: <CADaJeD2CNLPgbqzzaym3yZjNOu_c6YvKe26sfiVqYvhDDmaMBA@mail.g mail.com> References: <202406050442.WAA26463@mail.lariat.net> <wu75xuof0x2.fsf@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th> <CADaJeD2CNLPgbqzzaym3yZjNOu_c6YvKe26sfiVqYvhDDmaMBA@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] That would be fantastic! According to the article at https://opensource.com/article/20/3/lightweight-emacs (near the end), there is a jove 4.17.06-9. The code has been very stable for decades, though, so the newer version may add features rather than fixing bugs. --Brett Glass At 11:05 PM 6/4/2024, Reshad Patuck wrote: >I had a look at the FreeBSD-ports repository history and it looks >like the Jove port expired in January this year. >editors/jove||2024-01-18|Has expired: No upstream update in last 23 years >The upstream for this port is ><https://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/moraes/jove/ARCHIVE/4.16/>https://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/moraes/jove/ARCHIVE/4.16/ >with the latest files from 1996. > >That said there seems to be a github project which seems to be >maintained ><https://github.com/jonmacs/jove>https://github.com/jonmacs/jove >and it looks like the debian package uses this. >I can try my hand at creating a port for this over the weekend if >that would be helpful. > >Best, >Reshad > >On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 at 10:20, Olivier ><<mailto:Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th>Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> wrote: > >> between FreeBSD 14.0 and 14.1, it seems to have dropped out of > >> the port and package collections. It's very simple and stable > >Ports are not really linked to a version of FreeBSD, I cannot find Jove >on a 13.3 machine I have either. > >It may be because there was no active maintener anymore, I see that jove >is maintained by <mailto:ports@freebsd.org>ports@freebsd.org, so >no specific person in charge. > >Best regards, > >Olivier > [-- Attachment #2 --] <html> <body> That would be fantastic! According to the article at<br><br> <a href="https://opensource.com/article/20/3/lightweight-emacs" eudora="autourl"> https://opensource.com/article/20/3/lightweight-emacs</a><br><br>; (near the end), there is a jove 4.17.06-9. The code has been very stable for decades, though, so the newer version may add features rather than fixing bugs.<br><br> --Brett Glass<br><br> At 11:05 PM 6/4/2024, Reshad Patuck wrote:<br> <br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">I had a look at the FreeBSD-ports repository history and it looks like the Jove port expired in January this year.<br> editors/jove||2024-01-18|Has expired: No upstream update in last 23 years<br> The upstream for this port is <a href="https://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/moraes/jove/ARCHIVE/4.16/">; https://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/moraes/jove/ARCHIVE/4.16/</a>; with the latest files from 1996.<br><br> That said there seems to be a github project which seems to be maintained <a href="https://github.com/jonmacs/jove">; https://github.com/jonmacs/jove</a>; and it looks like the debian package uses this.<br> I can try my hand at creating a port for this over the weekend if that would be helpful.<br><br> Best,<br> Reshad<br><br> On Wed, 5 Jun 2024 at 10:20, Olivier <<a href="mailto:Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th"> Olivier.Nicole@cs.ait.ac.th</a>> wrote:<br> <dl> <dd>>> between FreeBSD 14.0 and 14.1, it seems to have dropped out of <br> <dd>>> the port and package collections. It's very simple and stable <br><br> <dd>Ports are not really linked to a version of FreeBSD, I cannot find Jove<br> <dd>on a 13.3 machine I have either.<br><br> <dd>It may be because there was no active maintener anymore, I see that jove<br> <dd>is maintained by <a href="mailto:ports@freebsd.org">ports@freebsd.org</a>, so no specific person in charge.<br><br> <dd>Best regards,<br><br> <dd>Olivier<br><br> </dl></blockquote></body> </html>
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