For Pat, three update suggestion

bartgymnast · 05-28-2013, 02:59 AM

To Sum things up:

01: libxml2 libxml2-2.9.1.tar.gz is available
02: libxslt llibxslt-1.1.28.tar.gz is available
03: librsvg librsvg-2.37.0.tar.xz is available
04: gnutls gnutls-3.2.0 version is available
05: qca gca-2.03 version is available since longtime.
06: poppler poppler-0.22.4 version is available
07: gphoto2 libgphoto2-2.5.2 version is available
08: cups Cups-1.6.2 version is available
09: libpng libpng-1.6.2 version is available (breaks alot - removing)
10: samba4 samba-4.0.6 version is available Added on 2013-05-29

sardinha · 05-28-2013, 03:31 AM

Now that samba4 is on current, I suggest updating to last version samba-4.0.6
There are many bugs fixed shown in Release Notes for Samba 4.0.6

Thom1b · 05-28-2013, 03:55 AM

MPlayer-1.1.1 is out since 2013-05-05.

mlpa · 05-28-2013, 05:35 AM

I will not ask for any update, neither for the new version of Slackware.
It is completely understandable that a small team takes some time to upgrade a full OS.

Is it possible for the community to help in the testing?
Is there any way for the users to actively help in the development of the next version?

I already known about slackbuilds, in fact, I have there some contributions of mine.
The idea is to help Patrick, Eric, Robby and other members.

willysr · 05-28-2013, 05:58 AM

build the package and upload it somewhere, such as GitHub and call for testing
i think that worked in the past

bartgymnast · 05-28-2013, 06:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mlpa

I will not ask for any update, neither for the new version of Slackware.
It is completely understandable that a small team takes some time to upgrade a full OS.

Is it possible for the community to help in the testing?
Is there any way for the users to actively help in the development of the next version?

I already known about slackbuilds, in fact, I have there some contributions of mine.
The idea is to help Patrick, Eric, Robby and other members.

mlpa

You can install slackware-current and install the packages mentioned here and test however you want

gmgf · 05-28-2013, 07:41 AM

libpng-1.6 requires probably rebuild a big number of packages.

SpiderTux · 05-28-2013, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thom1b

MPlayer-1.1.1 is out since 2013-05-05.

to avoid security issues

volkerdi · 05-28-2013, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmgf

libpng-1.6 requires probably rebuild a big number of packages.

If that was all it took, we'd have it. For reasons unknown to anyone but themselves, the PNG developers like to make libpng a complete moving target, requiring everything to be ported to the new version. Whatever the great new features are, I don't think they are worth it. Have a look around online for how that one breaks virtually all existing code and I think you'll get the same idea.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Thom1b

MPlayer-1.1.1 is out since 2013-05-05.

Cool. What features did they remove?

Stephen Morgan · 06-02-2013, 02:41 PM

While we're on the subject, there's a new version of slrn out, which the devs "strongly recommend" switching to.

bartgymnast · 06-03-2013, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephen Morgan

While we're on the subject, there's a new version of slrn out, which the devs "strongly recommend" switching to.

uhmmm, newest version I see is 1.0.1

Wed Feb 20 05:24:23 UTC 2013

n/slrn-1.0.1-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.

It is already been updated

Stephen Morgan · 06-03-2013, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bartgymnast

uhmmm, newest version I see is 1.0.1

Wed Feb 20 05:24:23 UTC 2013

n/slrn-1.0.1-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.

It is already been updated

Sorry, I got my -current and 14.0 machines mixed up.

sycamorex · 06-04-2013, 07:00 AM

Code:

Mon Jun 3 22:10:16 UTC 2013
ap/vim-7.3.1109-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.
...
xap/vim-gvim-7.3.1109-x86_64-1.txz: Upgraded.

Thanks Pat.

isaque · 06-04-2013, 08:29 AM

If I could suggest:

- vlc - matter of choice, I believe that MPlayer plays everything I need, but I like vlc better;
- minidlna - there is no media server in our current tree, so I rely on SBo, but it would be nice to have one in current tree;
- audacity - sound record, I don't believe we have a GUI alternative in current tree;
- transmission - ktorrent is fine but what if we don't use KDE?
- xarchive - the same, we have ark but what if we don't use KDE too?

Thanks.