balsa-2.5.1 has already been released for more than one year. Please update portage.
Created attachment 382910 [details] proposed ebuild proposed ebuild - should definitely be reviewed by someone who knows ebuilds better than I do
I've been using 2.5.1 for quite a while with no problems. I have attached the ebuild I used. One main question - I'm pretty sure I built with webkit-gtk:3, but the ebuild still has the dependency on the :2 slot. I don't know how to let the ebuild know which version it has actually found, since balsa can now use either. I could imagine either adding a useflag to specify which, or perhaps just dropping the slot from the dependency. That's why I said it needs the attention of someone who knows ebuilds better than I do.
Looks like 'master' branch is still the 2.4.x versions one: https://git.gnome.org/browse/balsa/log/ Is 2.5.x considered as stable by upstream? (in general, even numbers are for development versions in "gnome" stuff)
I've asked for confirmation on the balsa mailing list.
Created attachment 385542 [details] proposed-ebuild-updated Balsa-2.5.1 depends on gtkspell:3, and not on gtkspell:2 which is present in former ebuild proposal. Now at least compiles on a non gnome install (tested in xfce environment)
Thanks for the fix, although the other one works for me under KDE. Still no reply from the balsa list on whether they consider this version devel or production.
Finally heard back from one of the developers upstream: > There's not much currently going on in either master or the gtk3 branch, which I guess means that 2.5.1 in gtk3 is quite stable. It still fails to build in a git tree, because the address book editor still uses deprecated API, but that wouldn't get in the way of a tarball build. > BTW: Balsa doesn't subscribe to the odd/even convention, as far as I know, so the numbering is no reason to view 2.5.1 as unstable. Sounds to me like it's ok to move 2.5.1 to stable. I'm pretty sure the ebuild already allows for building against either gtk2 or gtk3 (actually webkit-gtk, I think, but that's from memory.) Jack
Is there any reason not to at least add 2.5.1 to the tree as unstable?
balsa-2.5.2 has been released. Please update portage. From the announcement on their mailing list: This release is an outcome of tireless Peter Bloomfield's work, who has been updating the code to keep it up to date with gtk and other library changes. The list is too long to include here! Albrecht Dreß contributed printing improvements, Delievery Status Notification changes, clang build, and made sure that balsa does not try to use unsecure SSLv3 any more.
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First attempt at emerge failed with "No package 'webkit2gtk-4.0' found". I'm currently installing webkit-gtk:4 (2.6.5) to see if that fixes it. If so, I'll file a separate bug to update the depends, which is currently webkit-gtk:3.
Bug 551586 filed. https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=551586
