On 2021-03-12 at 06:11, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-03-12 at 05:57, Arto Jantunen wrote: > >> The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> writes: > >>> Would this call for an upstream release dropping the file, or >>> are you OK with excluding it from what gets installed as part of >>> the package? >> >> I'd prefer an upstream release if you don't feel strongly about >> it, I think otherwise I need to filter the upstream tarball and >> I'd rather not. > > I'm a little hesitant to drop it, both because it'd be a (very > minor) pain to dig it up to add back later and because I'm not > entirely sure how to test the result for consistency and validity > (given that I currently lack usable VMs for install testing; nearly > all my testing of changes to date has been by running from the source > tree), but I've taken a stab at it locally. > > Any suggestions for how to test the post-drop source tree, or should > I just push 1.5.7.1 to GitHub and let you follow up at leisure? > > (This would probably be a good occasion for me to figure out how to > push secondary branches to GitHub, so that I can make this available > without an irrevocable update to master, but I don't feel like > investing that effort right at the moment. I might feel differently > once the day has gotten underway, but no guarantees.)
After an unconscionably long time, for which I have no specific excuse (although I could provide plenty of less-specific ones), I've finally acquired a tuit that is of sufficient circularity. There is now a 'wip' branch on the relevant GitHub repository, which includes a commit dropping this. I haven't pushed it to the primary branch yet, because I'm still not certain how to properly test the result; I'm reasonably certain that it is / will be fine, but "reasonably certain" shouldn't be enough to move forward on when there's an alternative. Please follow up as you see fit, whether by testing (and letting me know either about problems, or that it's OK and I can make a new numbered release) or by letting me know how to test or by whatever other means you feel appropriate. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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