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From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSW.ab.ca>
To: Cygwin Apps <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Subject: [ITA] ncompress 5.0
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 07:04:12 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5575faaf-6ac0-4620-8211-b4eb0520aff9@SystematicSW.ab.ca> (raw)

Hi folks,

Noticed mention of ncompress used, saw it was unmaintained, occasionally use it 
for old sources, although it appears that gzip also decompresses compress .Z, 
pack .z, and zip single file formats.

Mike F/vapier has migrated ncompress from SF to Github and updated it.
It is available in Fedora up to date.
I updated the current build URIs to current GH and Fedora, rebuilt current thru 
latest versions with patch updates, both locally and on GH scallywag, and got 
the tests working, so I would like to adopt ncompress and provide the upgrade.

If accepted, I will follow up patches with current developer.

Scallywag Jobs:

https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/jobs.cgi?srcpkg=ncompress&user=Brian+Inglis

Cygport and Patch Updates:

	https://cygwin.com/cgit/cygwin-packages/ncompress/?h=playground

Build 5.0:

https://github.com/cygwin/scallywag/actions/runs/7668163283/job/20899585246

Available everywhere, sometimes base, sometimes optional:

	https://repology.org/project/ncompress/versions

-- 
Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis              Calgary, Alberta, Canada

La perfection est atteinte                   Perfection is achieved
non pas lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à ajouter  not when there is no more to add
mais lorsqu'il n'y a plus rien à retirer     but when there is no more to cut
                                 -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

             reply	other threads:[~2024-01-26 14:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-26 14:04 Brian Inglis [this message]
2024-01-28 16:49 ` Jon Turney
2024-01-28 17:06   ` Brian Inglis

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