FS#66377 - [less] replace with modern fork

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by T.J. Townsend (blakkheim) - Friday, 24 April 2020, 20:29 GMT
Last edited by Eli Schwartz (eschwartz) - Friday, 24 April 2020, 22:49 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Sébastien Luttringer (seblu)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
This patch replaces the "less" package with a more modern, hardened fork that follows much better programming practices.

https://github.com/gdamore/less-fork

The current less had its last release in 2012.

The updated PKGBUILD is a little wonky. It works, compiles, and installs all the files properly, but feel free to rewrite it if needed. I tested the new less binary and man pages.

If accepted, this also closes  FS#66375 .
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Closed by  Eli Schwartz (eschwartz)
Friday, 24 April 2020, 22:49 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Why on earth should we replace well-known and maintained software with some obscure, abandoned fork?
Comment by Chandradeep Dey (chandradeepdey) - Friday, 24 April 2020, 21:20 GMT
> The current less had its last release in 2012.
Huh? the last stable release was on 11th June, 2019. There have been multiple betas since then https://github.com/gwsw/less/releases

> https://github.com/gdamore/less-fork
Last commit Nov 29, 2017
Comment by T.J. Townsend (blakkheim) - Friday, 24 April 2020, 21:28 GMT
Hi - sorry about the date. My mistake. I still think this version is worth some consideration.

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