Re: Request to import wip/mc to pkgsrc

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 03:33:03PM +0200, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
>  >> Can anybody review and import wip/mc to pkgsrc?  This is a latest stable
>  >> release in 4.7.0 series.  I've been using it successfully for a couple
>  >> of months under NetBSD/x86-64 and Linux/i386.  Since previous 4.6.1 release
>  >> available in pkgsrc huge amount of changes were made by new develpment
>  >> team. So, it probably makes sense to import it as sysutils/mc470
>  >> in order to avoid potential regressions.
> 
> > Have to use it on Linux, I consider mc 4.7 one huge regression...
> 
> Until you prove your statements you may consider whatever you want.
> The real fact is huge amount of useful features and fixes were
> implemented in mc-4.7. As for me the biggest one is much better support
> for UTF-8. For example, now mcedit works just fine with Japanese and
> Chinese languages. For details see http://midnight-commander.org

Most changes to the user interface are a regression. The easiest example
is META-o. In 4.6.1, changed the other panel to the current directory.
In the new version, it depends on whether the focus is a directory or a
file. If it is a file, the parent directory is opened, otherwise the
focused item. In both cases the focus is moved down. WTF, that's
completely annoying and more often than not completely useless. I could
go on with the interaction between Find File and the Search Dialog in
the internal editor, the persistence of the pattern for +/- etc. The new
version just sucks.

Joerg

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