Upon a request from Greg, I'd like to propose the following packages to be included in Factory: * libstfl * newsbeuter Note that libstfl is only there because it's a dependency to newsbeuter. An alternative approach would be to have libstfl as a static in-tree build inside the newsbeuter package, as it isn't used by anything else at this point. =================================== libstfl (devel:libraries:c_c++) =================================== "Structured Terminal Forms Library" "STFL is a library which implements a curses-based widget set for text terminals. The STFL API can be used from C, SPL, Python, Perl and Ruby. Since the API is only 14 simple function calls big and there are already generic SWIG bindings it is very easy to port STFL to additional scripting languages. A special language (the Structured Terminal Forms Language) is used to describe STFL GUIs. The language is designed to be easy and fast to write so an application programmer does not need to spend ages fiddling around with the GUI and can concentrate on the more interesting programming tasks." Note that the spec file does not build the python, perl and ruby bindings, as it is currently only needed as a dependency for newsbeuter (and I'm not aware of any other application that needs it). First revision of that package there is 2008-08-21. Development is very slow, up to now it averages to one release per year, to me it's really in maintenance mode more than anything else. Mailing-list: http://www.rocklinux.net/mailman/listinfo/stfl (barely any activity) URL: http://www.clifford.at/stfl/ License: LGPLv3 Dependencies: * ncurses-devel =================================== newsbeuter (network:utilities) =================================== "RSS/Atom Feed Reader for Text Terminals" "Newsbeuter is an open-source RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals. It runs on Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and other Unix-like operating systems. Newsbeuter's great configurability and vast number of features make it a perfect choice for people that need a slick and fast feed reader that can be completely controlled via keyboard." Hence, it's a feedreader for the console. First revision is 2008-08-22. Development is rather slow too, but it's still being maintained as far as I can see. Currently has 40 open issues and feature requests, none of them security related. Bugtracker: http://code.google.com/p/newsbeuter/issues/list Google group: http://groups.google.com/group/newsbeuter Development blog: http://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/ URL: http://www.newsbeuter.org License: MIT/X Consortium License Dependencies: * libstfl-devel * zlib-devel * libxml2-devel * sqlite3-devel * libopenssl-devel * libcurl-devel * gcc-c++ * lynx (OPTIONAL) cheers -- -o) Pascal Bleser /\\ http://opensuse.org -- I took the green pill _\_v FOSDEM XI: 5 + 6 Feb 2011, http://fosdem.org