Thanks for letting me know about a newer version on GitHub! I updated my pull request to use that version. Apparently there is a version on meta::cpan as well, but it seems to be quite old (version 2.02), so I used the version on GitHub:
https://metacpan.org/release/RUBYKAT/txt2html-2.02 Best, -ranga > On Dec 17, 2024, at 11:06 AM, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via > macports-users <[email protected]> wrote: > > "resurrecting-open-source-projects". I love it! > > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 12:02 PM Dan Hinckley <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Forgot to add, the txt2html man page on that Kali VM lists the same authors >> as 2.5x >> >> txt2html --version >> >> /usr/bin/txt2html version: 3.0 >> >> AUTHOR >> Kathryn Andersen (RUBYKAT) >> perlkat AT katspace dot com >> http//www.katspace.com/ <http://www.katspace.com/> >> >> based on txt2html by Seth Golub >> >> Current homepage is >> https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/txt2html >> >> COPYRIGHT >> Original txt2html script Copyright (c) 1994-2000 Seth Golub seth AT >> aigeek.com <http://aigeek.com/> >> Copyright (c) 2002-2005 Kathryn Andersen >> Copyright (c) 2018-2019 Joao Eriberto Mota Filho >> >>> On 17 Dec, 2024, at 13:56, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via macports-users >>> <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Good spot, thanks. Worth looking into, IMO. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 11:53 AM Dan Hinckley <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > Interestingly, on my Kali Linux VM running on the Mac mini M+, txt2html >>> > reports version 3. >>> >>> >>>> On 17 Dec, 2024, at 13:43, Dave Allured - NOAA Affiliate via >>>> macports-users <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ranga, thanks for the PR. There is an open trac ticket. A version newer >>>>> than 2.51 is suggested. Do whatever version you think is best. >>>>> >>>>> https://trac.macports.org/ticket/71566 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024 at 11:26 AM Sriranga Veeraraghavan via >>>>> macports-users <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I had a bit for free time this morning and submitted a proposed pull >>>>>> request to update txt2html to version 2.51: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/27115 >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> -ranga >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Dec 16, 2024, at 5:48 AM, Bill Cole >>>>>>> <[email protected] >>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>>> On 2024-12-16 at 07:53:41 UTC-0500 (Mon, 16 Dec 2024 07:53:41 -0500) >>>>>>> Dan Hinckley <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>>>>> is rumored to have said: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The version at MacPorts is 1.35, which I have installed, but it fails >>>>>>> with: >>>>>>>> $* is no longer supported as of Perl 5.30 at /opt/local/bin/txt2html >>>>>>>> line 1587 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The current version is 2.51, which can be downloaded from Sourceforge >>>>>>> <https://sourceforge.net/projects/txt2html/files/>. Does txt2html have >>>>>>> a maintainer (I don't know how to check that)? >>>>>>> It has none: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> $ port info txt2html >>>>>>> txt2html @1.35 (textproc) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Description: txt2html is a Perl program that converts plain text to >>>>>>> HTML. >>>>>>> It supports headings, lists, simple character markup, >>>>>>> hyperlinking,and is highly customizable. It recognizes some of >>>>>>> the structure of the source document (whitespace, typographic >>>>>>> layout, etc.), and attempts to mark that structure explicitly >>>>>>> using HTML. >>>>>>> Homepage: http://www.aigeek.com/txt2html/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Platforms: any >>>>>>> License: BSD >>>>>>> Maintainers: none >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have found that opening a ticket in the project's Trac system (or >>>>>>> opening a pull request on the Github repo if you have a working fix) >>>>>>> attracts the attention of the core team, who rapidly address anything >>>>>>> that's not too arcane, even in ports with no current maintainer. The >>>>>>> txt2html portfile looks extremely simple, so I expect that the update >>>>>>> requires nothing more than updating the version and the hash of the new >>>>>>> version's distribution package. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> or >>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>>>> (AKA @[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> and >>>>>>> many *@billmail.scconsult.com <http://billmail.scconsult.com/> >>>>>>> addresses) >>>>>>> Not Currently Available For Hire >>>> Interestingly, on my Kali Linux VM running on the Mac mini M+, txt2html >>>> reports version 3. >>
