On 2019/02/15 09:45, Peter Hessler wrote: > On 2019 Feb 08 (Fri) at 20:34:00 +0100 (+0100), Ingo Feinerer wrote: > :Alternatively we could create a new port for the fork (e.g., > :lemonbar-xft). But since both LemonBoy/bar and krypt-n/bar have not seen > :a lot of changes recently we won't miss anything important if we just > :switch. > > I tried running it, but it kept puking on my existing scripts. > > Also, this branch is quite a few commits behind the existing one. > > I'd *much* rather we not change the upstream. Either a new port or the > big invasive patch. Considering how inactive both projects are, > carrying a patch isn't completely terrible :/.
I don't see a downside to adding a new lemonbar-xft port. The two can be merged later if appropriate. Just decide whether to rename files so they can be installed alongside each other, or mark the conflict. Please don't use _ in the package version though.
