Hi Antoine, please sponsor if you can, I'm really really really sick and overbosy to look at the ton of packages I'm sponsoring, if you can help Michele, please go ahead, otherwise let me know and I'll put it on my long todolist
cheers, G. Il Martedì 16 Febbraio 2016 8:50, Michele Martone <dezper...@autistici.org> ha scritto: On 20160215@19:26, Antoine Beaupré wrote: > On 2016-02-15 19:19:53, dezper...@autistici.org wrote: > > On 20160213@16:47, Antoine Beaupré wrote: > >> Package: fim > >> Version: 0.5~rc1-1 > >> Severity: normal > >> > >> i get this trying to use aalib to render images: > >> > >> $ fim -o aa -R . --sort > >> Unrecognized display device string "aa" (valid choices are > >> [fb|sdl|aa|dumb|imlib2])! > >> Using the default "dumb" display device instead. > >> > >> "valid choices are ... aa"?? > >> > >> is aalib support compiled out? > >> > >> I see the README.Debian says I can compile some of those extensions > >> (e.g. SDL (X)) those in - but why should I need to do that? Why aren't > >> they compiled in by default? > >> > >> I understand why SDL (X) would not, but aalib has its specific > >> uses. For example I'd love to have an image viewer through SSH > >> terminals... > >> > >> Obviously, it works on the framebuffer, which is pretty freaking > >> awesome already, so thanks for that. :) > > > > 1. You are right --- that message is rather unfriendly. > > I've patched the upcoming 0.5-rc2 --- it will report the > > "valid choices" which are active. In the repo r991:993 on > > http://svn.savannah.nongnu.org/svn/fbi-improved/branches/0.5/ > > Neat, makes sense. > > > 2. You are right once more --- activating AA would be perfectly fine. > > Especially if SDL is on by default: aalib is a small dependency. > > Users with severe dependency limitations wanting to have e.g. only > > framebuffer support are probably advanced enough to be able to build > > a cut-down version of fim by themselves. > Do you need help doing this in the debian package? Yes, please :-) > >> PS: i'm thinking of uploading a backport for jessie once this hits > >> stretch, objections? would you like to do it yourself? > > Ah-hem, I rely on other's skills for debianizing. > > So you would be very welcome to do this !! > > I'll see what I can do. > > > Please tell me how can I help. > > I can release a 0.5-rc2 version anytime, or you can use the SVN > > version above, if this is no problem. > > Updating the package to rc2 is probably the best way forward. If you use this tarball http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/fbi-improved/fim-0.5-rc2.tar.gz http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/fbi-improved/fim-0.5-rc2.tar.gz.sig and no patch is needed for Debianization, I'll also announce it as "official ". Please let me know. I've put Gianfranco in Cc. ciao, Michele
