Please update "mingw64-x86_64-gtksourceview3.0" - the available version has a severe bug

Please update "mingw64-x86_64-gtksourceview3.0" - the available version has a severe bug

[Michael Soegtrop]

Dear Cygwin Team,

can you please update these packages:

mingw64-x86_64-gtksourceview3.0
mingw64-i686-gtksourceview3.0

The available version 3.24.6 has a severe bug: when a thread ends global 
objects of gtksourceview are deleted which later leads to crashes when 
the corresponding memory is reallocated, since the objects are still 
used by other threads.

This is fixed since a while, definitely in 3.24.11.

AFAIK the cygwin (not mingw) packages don't have this issue, but for 
consistency they should also be updated.

Thanks & best regards,

Michael

Re: Please update "mingw64-x86_64-gtksourceview3.0" - the available version has a severe bug

[Marco Atzeri]

On 04.07.2020 18:08, Michael Soegtrop wrote:
> Dear Cygwin Team,
> 
> can you please update these packages:
> 
> mingw64-x86_64-gtksourceview3.0
> mingw64-i686-gtksourceview3.0
> 
> The available version 3.24.6 has a severe bug: when a thread ends global 
> objects of gtksourceview are deleted which later leads to crashes when 
> the corresponding memory is reallocated, since the objects are still 
> used by other threads.
> 
> This is fixed since a while, definitely in 3.24.11.
> 
> AFAIK the cygwin (not mingw) packages don't have this issue, but for 
> consistency they should also be updated.
> 
> Thanks & best regards,
> 
> Michael


unfortunately it will not be updated shortly.
The package is currently without an active maintainer

https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2020-March/039877.html

Are you eventually interested to adopt it ?

Regards
Marco

Re: Please update "mingw64-x86_64-gtksourceview3.0" - the available version has a severe bug

[Michael Soegtrop]

Hi Marco,

> unfortunately it will not be updated shortly.
> The package is currently without an active maintainer
> 
> https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2020-March/039877.html
> 
> Are you eventually interested to adopt it ?

I am not an expert for GTK3 but I maintain the windows build of a 
largish open source project which uses GTK3 and has many CI runs a day 
each with a freshly installed cygwin, so I find out quickly if e.g. 
dependencies break. I am also roughly familiar with the cygwin packaging 
process.

So yes, if nobody else is maintaining it, I can do so. It is due time to 
give back a little bit to the cygwin project which does help me a lot 
(how can one survive on Windows without it?). I can also take care of 
the gtksourceview cygwin package (not mingw), although I have much less 
exposure to if this will work or not.

And I guess I should take care of base GTK3 as well then, both cygwin 
and mingw (of cause only if the cygwin package doesn't have a maintainer 
already).

What are the formalities?

Best regards,

Michael

Re: Please update "mingw64-x86_64-gtksourceview3.0" - the available version has a severe bug

[Marco Atzeri]

On 04.07.2020 20:19, Michael Soegtrop wrote:
> Hi Marco,
> 
>> unfortunately it will not be updated shortly.
>> The package is currently without an active maintainer
>>
>> https://sourceware.org/pipermail/cygwin-apps/2020-March/039877.html
>>
>> Are you eventually interested to adopt it ?
> 
> I am not an expert for GTK3 but I maintain the windows build of a 
> largish open source project which uses GTK3 and has many CI runs a day 
> each with a freshly installed cygwin, so I find out quickly if e.g. 
> dependencies break. I am also roughly familiar with the cygwin packaging 
> process.
> 
> So yes, if nobody else is maintaining it, I can do so. It is due time to 
> give back a little bit to the cygwin project which does help me a lot 
> (how can one survive on Windows without it?). I can also take care of 
> the gtksourceview cygwin package (not mingw), although I have much less 
> exposure to if this will work or not.
> 
> And I guess I should take care of base GTK3 as well then, both cygwin 
> and mingw (of cause only if the cygwin package doesn't have a maintainer 
> already).
> 
> What are the formalities?

join cygwin-apps mailing list, so you can ask anything
about packaging there.

read the guide
https://cygwin.com/packaging-contributors-guide.html

install cygport, look at the previous source package,
as most of the time things did not change too much
and when you are ready make a formal ITA (intention to adopt)
similar to ITP

https://cygwin.com/acronyms/#ITA

> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Michael

Regards
Marco