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And at the same time, Gentoo maintainers are reluctant[1][2][3] to update the shipped version of GnuCOBOL. Similar to Fedora/RHEL[4]. And it's far from dead - G
by xvilka 7y ago
And at the same time, Gentoo maintainers are reluctant[1][2][3] to update the shipped version of GnuCOBOL. Similar to Fedora/RHEL[4]. And it's far from dead - GnuCOBOL is actively developed[5] and preparing[6] an upcoming release this year.
[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/641888 https://bugs.gentoo.org/641888 (reported 3 years ago!)
[2] https://bugs.gentoo.org/685960 https://bugs.gentoo.org/685960 (reported 1 year ago!)
[3] https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/12067 https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/12067
[4] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1714241 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1714241
[5] https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/code/commit_browser https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/code/commit_browser
[6] https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/discussion/cobol/thread/7dc2941f/?page=4 https://sourceforge.net/p/open-cobol/discussion/cobol/thread...
- pas 7y agowow, those gentoo bugs are very disappointing, are they typical of gentoo?
- tasubotadas 7y agoAh. Gentoo. That brings up memories - I've used it as my main OS for ~3yrs. Updating OpenOffice with 4h compilation times used to be fun :). It's great to see that they are alive and kicking.