On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 11:43 -0700, Wart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Sander Hoentjen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am the maintainer of aMSN in Extras, and there is currently a bug in > > the FE version of aMSN. > > Do you have a bugzilla #? no but i do have: http://amsn.sourceforge.net/bugs/admin/index.php?show=bug&id=49 > > This bug occurs because upstream aMSN uses it's > > own modified version of BWidget. Most of the changes are minor so that > > is why it was decided to use the already packaged bwidget version for FE > > amsn. It turns out however that one of the changes is really needed. I > > reported this change to upstream and I hope they will incorporate it but > > i haven't had a reply yet (only 2 days since i reported, so it can still > > come). > > In the meantime the bug is still there, and there are a few possible > > fixes: > > 1) I put the modified bwidget in the amsn package and use that > > Ick. Please no. > > > 2) I modify amsn so it can work with the bwidget that is in extras (it > > will result in a bit reduced functionality (not being able to choose > > chat font color anymore) > > Doesn't amsn already work around these private bwidget changes? I seem > to recall that amsn redefines some of the bwidget procs after bwidgets > has been loaded. Can a similar thing be done here? not easily, but if the change is not accepted upstream i might put myself to doing that anyway. > > > 3) a small patch is applied to bwidget (which is 100% backwards > > compatible, it only adds an optional option) > > As the FE maintainer of bwidget, I'd be willing to add this patch to the > FE package. File a bug against bwidget in bugzilla.redhat.com and > attach your patch. ok, #200809 > > > My hope is the change will be in upstream bwidget in the future, and if > > that would happen option 3 seems the nicest one, but if it won't happen > > i would prefer option 1. What are others (wart?) opinions about this? > > Upstream bwidgets seems to be a bit slow about making new releases (the > last one was in 2003), so the best option seems to be to patch bwidget > in FE. > Yes but if the change is at least in their cvs it "feels better" to me. -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
