Bug 2441693

Summary:	Review Request: kew - Terminal music player (TUI/CLI)
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	ravachol <rf>
Component:	Package Review	Assignee:	Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it <nobody>
Status:	CLOSED CANTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	rawhide	CC:	package-review, rf
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew
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Description ravachol 2026-02-21 22:13:47 UTC

Package Information

Name: kew
Version: 3.7.3
Summary: Terminal music player (TUI with CLI mode)

License: GPLv2
URL: https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew

Source: https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew

Upstream mirrors:

Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/ravachol/kew

GitHub: https://github.com/ravachol/kew

Language: C

Description

kew is a lightweight terminal music player written in C.
It provides:

Full-screen TUI interface

CLI mode for scripting and automation

Playlist management

Support for common audio formats

No telemetry or network tracking

Minimal dependencies

It is suitable for terminal-only environments, servers, and privacy-conscious users.

Rationale for Fedora Inclusion

Pure terminal application (no GUI dependencies)

Small footprint

Actively maintained upstream

Uses system libraries (no bundled deps)

Clean Makefile-based build

Aligns well with Fedora’s CLI and minimal-user tooling ecosystem

The package builds cleanly on Fedora using standard RPM tooling.

Fedora Build Dependencies

Confirmed working with:

pkg-config
taglib-devel
fftw-devel
opus-devel
opusfile-devel
libvorbis-devel
libogg-devel
chafa-devel
glib2-devel
faad2-devel
gcc
gcc-c++
make

Libraries currently vendored (using packaged libraries instead shouldn't be a problem):

miniaudio
minimp4
stb_image
nestegg

Spec File

A working spec file is available and builds successfully with rpmbuild.
https://github.com/ravachol/kew/blob/main/docs/kew.spec

Existing Distribution Packaging

kew is already packaged for:

Debian, Arch Linux, Alpine, FreeBSD, NixOS, openSUSE, Rasbian, Void Linux, Homebrew, Ubuntu.

This demonstrates cross-distro viability and user interest.

Maintenance

I am the upstream author and willing to:

Respond to review feedback

Provide updates for new upstream releases

Fix Fedora-specific build issues

Co-maintain if preferred

Also, There is a bug report filed that seems to happen on certain installs:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429929

- Ravachol

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Fedora Review Service 2026-02-22 22:07:55 UTC

The ticket summary is not in the correct format.
Expected:

    Review Request: <main package name here> - <short summary here>

Found:

    Review Request: kew – Terminal music player (TUI/CLI)

As a consequence, the package name cannot be parsed and submitted to
be automatically build. Please modify the ticket summary and trigger a
build by typing [fedora-review-service-build].


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Comment 2 ravachol 2026-02-22 22:36:36 UTC

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Comment 3 Fedora Review Service 2026-02-22 22:36:45 UTC

Cannot find any valid SRPM URL for this ticket. Common causes are:

- You didn't specify `SRPM URL: ...` in the ticket description
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