Bug 2183721 - Review Request: nvi - use alternative source because kotnet.org disappeared (unretire request)
Summary: Review Request: nvi - use alternative source because kotnet.org disappeared (...
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
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OS: Linux
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Reported: 2023-04-01 12:35 UTC by dongdigua
Modified: 2023-04-29 14:18 UTC (History)
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Description dongdigua 2023-04-01 12:35:08 UTC
Spec URL: http://hws.shenjack.top:81/files/nvi/nvi.spec
SRPM URL: http://hws.shenjack.top:81/files/nvi/nvi-1.81.6-24.fc38.src.rpm
Description:
It is orphaned and retired for "Failed to build from source".
Actually it is because unable to fetch source from http://www.kotnet.org/~skimo/nvi
since kotnet.org is a student orgnization and seems disappeared in 2014.
But we can get alternative source from https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git or Debian(NixOS gets it from there) or slackware etc.
And also replace /usr/lib/rpm/config.{guess,sub} with /usr/lib/rpm/redhat/config.{guess,sub}

Fedora Account System Username: dongdigua

Comment 1 Jakub Kadlčík 2023-04-01 12:47:29 UTC
Copr build:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/build/5735334
(succeeded)

Review template:
https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/@fedora-review/fedora-review-2183721-nvi/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/05735334-nvi/fedora-review/review.txt

Please take a look if any issues were found.

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Comment 2 Harald Reindl 2023-04-02 06:35:50 UTC
It is orphaned and retired for "Failed to build from source"
Actually it is because unable to fetch source from http://www.kotnet.org/~skimo/nvi

that's wrong - it's because it fails to build becasue of rotten code
koji don't download sources

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using Debian or Slackware as source is nonsense - both are downstreams

https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git shows the last two cosmetical commits 3 years ago and the last serious commits 7 years ago

what's the point of riding this dead horse again?
i mean aren't there enough maintained vi incarnations?

Comment 3 David Cantrell 2023-04-03 18:56:19 UTC
Upstream appears to be here (now?):
https://sites.google.com/a/bostic.com/keithbostic/vi

Keith Bostic's domain directs you to this location.

Comment 4 dongdigua 2023-04-25 11:33:26 UTC
(In reply to Harald Reindl from comment #2)

(sorry for my late reply, busy at high school recently)

> using Debian or Slackware as source is nonsense - both are downstreams
so I should use https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git/commit/ca4dfd779807f7bd26a7e0297eba11b0436ae6bc as upstream?

> 
> https://repo.or.cz/nvi.git shows the last two cosmetical commits 3 years ago
> and the last serious commits 7 years ago
> 
> what's the point of riding this dead horse again?
> i mean aren't there enough maintained vi incarnations?

I just want it to be alive again, other distros have this package, so I want fedora have it too.

Comment 5 dongdigua 2023-04-29 14:15:23 UTC
Spec URL: http://hws.shenjack.top:81/files/nvi/nvi.spec
SRPM URL: http://hws.shenjack.top:81/files/nvi/nvi-1.81.6-24.fc39.src.rpm

replace upstream
(the original spec file was just overwritten)

Comment 6 dongdigua 2023-04-29 14:18:21 UTC
(In reply to David Cantrell from comment #3)
> Upstream appears to be here (now?):
> https://sites.google.com/a/bostic.com/keithbostic/vi
> 
> Keith Bostic's domain directs you to this location.

and seems this google site just disappeared this year
https://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/https://sites.google.com/a/bostic.com/keithbostic/vi


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