GNU bug report logs - #42477
[PATCH] gnu: newsboat: Update to 2.20.1.

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Reported by: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>

Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:11:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Jakub Kądziołka <kuba <at> kadziolka.net>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
Cc: 42477 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#42477] [PATCH] gnu: newsboat: Update to 2.20.1.
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 20:17:33 +0200
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On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 05:26:39PM +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 03:19:24PM +0200, Jakub Kądziołka wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 02:59:25PM +0300, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 01:49:59PM +0200, Jakub Kądziołka wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Efraim,
> > > > 
> > > > I can't help but wonder - what's the motivation here for keeping the
> > > > older version around? I think a comment above the definition would be
> > > > nice.
> > > 
> > > The older one is the last version that builds without rust. I can add a
> > > comment about why it's still there.
> > 
> > I gathered as much. I don't understand, though, why a rust-less version
> > is valuable.
> > 
> 
> Oh, that's because there are architectures where rust either doesn't
> build (like i686-linux) or it builds incredibly slowly (aarch64).

Ah, okay then! For some reason I totally forgot to consider non-x64. I
will try to improve this situation, but in the meantime it's indeed a
good idea.

Regards,
Jakub Kądziołka
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