FS#46578 - [cowsay] upstream web and package is death

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Pablo Lezaeta (Jristz) - Tuesday, 06 October 2015, 06:54 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Tuesday, 01 August 2017, 23:15 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Guillaume ALAUX (galaux)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 2
Private No

Details

Description:
I notice this [1] and g to check, either upstream webpage and download page is death/caput/disapeared/nada so now is impossible to build cowsay-
Looking for other distros, debian now set upstream to waybackmachine mirror [2] [3] and aparently was down since around 2013.

[1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=203307
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20120527202447/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay.shtml
[3] https://packages.debian.org/sid/cowsay

Solutions propossed:

A solution is host cowsay in arch like some packages and set upstream to the wayback mirror like debian, another is take debian (or other distro) and use they version and finally another solution could be find a more active fork or even contact toe original upstream for the new location of the package if exist.

Remember:
If gonna sed it to the AUR, please set an upstream working link.

Additional info:
* version 3.03

Steps to reproduce:
Try use ABS to download it or visit upstream page.
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Closed by  Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Tuesday, 01 August 2017, 23:15 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  https://git.archlinux.org/svntogit/packa ges.git/commit/?h=packages/cowsay&id =858fba6fad5e57b021eca10a5df876f749e569d 8
Comment by Pablo Lezaeta (Jristz) - Tuesday, 06 October 2015, 06:58 GMT
Debian look somekind active, they even add ponies and look for bugfixes, I would preffer debian as the new cowsay for arch upstream.
Comment by Pablo Lezaeta (Jristz) - Wednesday, 07 September 2016, 07:40 GMT
So little update: Now there is a ToDO list to update source files, so now this also have an official ToDo.
Comment by Pablo Lezaeta (Jristz) - Wednesday, 08 March 2017, 04:29 GMT
5 months, any update? (even a "Im alive"), if you not have the time I could set a pkgbuild and take debian source
Comment by Guillaume ALAUX (galaux) - Wednesday, 08 March 2017, 12:55 GMT
"I'm alive". No update.

Simple solution is to store sources on https://sources.archlinux.org/other/packages/. I don't really mind for the upstream URL.

BTW, this "bug" priority is far from critical but it is in my todo list.
Comment by Pablo Lezaeta (Jristz) - Sunday, 26 March 2017, 11:33 GMT
welp, look like is enough inportant for waybackmachine hahaha https://web.archive.org/web/20120225123719/http://www.nog.net/~tony/warez/cowsay-3.03.tar.gz as sunday 26 of march at 8:30 GMT+03 I manage to download the source directly from the wayback machine, so we have a source... also many peoples has sets multiples github repos too.

also https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2017-March/028759.html Allan is getting impatient.

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