From dc09edaaee7281cdaa9d0364518419aa8f05eb41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dongdigua Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2023 09:17:38 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] new post: fedora_contrib --- org/fedora_contrib.org | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ org/ideas.org | 2 ++ posts.md | 1 + 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+) create mode 100644 org/fedora_contrib.org diff --git a/org/fedora_contrib.org b/org/fedora_contrib.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..360be15 --- /dev/null +++ b/org/fedora_contrib.org @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +#+TITLE: Join Fedora and Maintain Package +#+DATE: <2023-04-01 六> + +* The story +[[https://github.com/dom-kital][Someone]] in the [[https://cossig.org][COSSIG]] said Slackware is good, so I took a look. +I noticed in the [[http://www.slackbook.org/html/book.html#VI][book]] that the vi(1) in Slackware is elvis, it is amazing. +Then this monthly holiday, I installed a Slackware VM. In the installation process, +I found that the nvi in Slackware supports UTF-8! WTF! +The nvi in OpenBSD and NixOS don't support UTF-8, why the Slack build have? +So I looked at the [[https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware/source/a/nvi/][source]], +it have 30 patches applied on nvi-1.81.6+ it is configured with =--enable-widechar= +So I wanted to add a UTF-8 nvi in my nur, so I copied the NixOS build script, +and found it has patches from a fedora repo! +Then I checked that [[https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/nvi][repo]], it have the exact same patch series as Slackware, +BUTT orphaned since f33... + +* Why retired, nvi is a good software, isn't it? +The reason why it is orphaned and retired is "Failed to build from source". +Actually it is because unable to fetch source from http://www.kotnet.org/~skimo/nvi +since kotnet.org is a student orgnization and seems disappeared in 2014. +But we can get alternative source from [[https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git][git]] or Debian(NixOS gets it from there) or Slackware(mentioned above) etc. + +* Join +So I want to help. If I can make this package available, thousands of user will benifit from this. +*I love this distro.* +I created BugZilla and Fedora account, the fedora account is useable in nearly all fedora services, great! +这里面水很深 [[https://apps.fedoraproject.org][Fedora Infrastructure Map]] + +Fixing the code is easy, +but following the polices and communicating with people is the hard part I guess+. +After reading /The Cathedral and the Bazaar/, I think Fedora is Cathedral, and NixOS's noisy github issue is Bazar. + +To start, I need to follow the guides: +- https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/Joining_the_Package_Maintainers +- https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Policy_for_orphan_and_retired_packages/#unorphaning_and_unretiring_packages +- https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/Packaging_Tutorial_GNU_Hello + +I submitted review request to BZ[fn:1]: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2183721 +And fill in the releng issue with BZ url: https://pagure.io/releng/issue/11370 +And send an email to devel: [[https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/3FVVQXJMJDH6TTOWJZV2QLSZG4QO42WU][Unretire nvi (make Berkeley vi great again)]] + +btw you can check repo through api using curl (learned in mailing list) +#+BEGIN_SRC shell +curl https://src.fedoraproject.org/api/0/rpms/nvi +#+END_SRC + +* Mailing list +some interesting thread in the list +** [[https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/YUMAS5GP7QTKVRX4PHKAMFYVZQRDVXZP][Anyone interested in packaging nim-lang?]] +first, I'm also interested in Nim and found it not available +second, it is also orphaned and then retired +** [[https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/VBFDPQHAHF3WG6WBZR2L5GSWMW6CVTJS][%patchN deprecated?]] +yes, deprecated, so I need to change it in my packages + +* Footnotes +[fn:1] [[https://acyanbird.github.io/2022/10/15/向EPEL请求新的包][向EPEL请求新的包(群主写的)]] diff --git a/org/ideas.org b/org/ideas.org index 0d8ac17..21153b2 100644 --- a/org/ideas.org +++ b/org/ideas.org @@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ What if everyone archive on their own like, and join a distributed network. You want to archive some page, then just store it on your machine, then others can get it. *But the problem is: how can I trust you, how can I know if your page is real* * 《中学计算机课外实践简要读本》 +* news from the past +news group server, but the daily content is from the past diff --git a/posts.md b/posts.md index c8fd292..6e3d596 100644 --- a/posts.md +++ b/posts.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ ## Table of Contents ### Posts (sorted by time) +- [Join Fedora and Maintain Package](fedora_contrib)
- [Project that Annoys Me](annoying_project.gmi.txt)
- [玩转邮件列表](mailinglist)
- [我要不要试试 OpenBSD](whatif_openbsd)