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Re: BarnOwl 1.10: a zephyr's CC: line is used as a log file name
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Clark)
Mon Nov 2 20:46:11 2026
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From: Daniel Clark <djbclark@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 20:45:51 -0500
To: barnowl-dev@mit.edu
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Alex,
I don't know of a reason not to, and I can do the testing. I've been
running master daily since
2026-11-01: I build it as a Debian 13 package in CI (source and binary,
https://forgejo.mit.edu/djbclark/barnowl-debian, now
1.11~git20250813.1f65aee-5), with a smoke test
of a real client, and use it on Athena Zephyr. Logging, zwrite,
subscriptions and the Perl modules
work. A release would also give Debian (1.10-2 in every suite, bullseye to
sid) something to package
with the logging fix.
What I (in a loose def of that word) found while doing that is in pull
requests, each one commit with CI:
https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/190 six small bugs in master
(logging thread context,
zephyr_zwrite -m,
word-motion keys, logging variables)
https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/191 getopt_long return value on
unsigned-char arches (arm64)
https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/192 owl_text_wordwrap counts
columns, not bytes
https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/193 escape @ in header fields
chosen by the sender
https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/195 show bidi overrides and
other invisible characters
https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/194 optional wrapping of
over-wide lines (off by default)
https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/196 show newlines in header
fields (fake header lines)
https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/197 humanize shows DEL as ^? (it
compared with 255)
https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/198 the basic style inherits
from default (it had no
format_message)
https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/199 boldify no longer leaves a
stray ")" when the text has
all four closers
190 and 191 fix real bugs and would be good to have in 1.11; the others can
wait. 191 matters most:
without it BarnOwl exits with its usage message at startup wherever char is
unsigned (arm64, armhf,
ppc64el, s390x, riscv64). I reproduced that with Debian's own 1.10-2 on
trixie arm64
(https://github.com/djbclark/barnowl/actions/runs/41559344608) and have
reported it to Debian.
I'm glad to test a release candidate tarball, draft release notes from the
73 commits since 1.10, and
update the Debian side.
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<div dir=3D"auto">Alex,<br>
<br>
I don't know of a reason not to, and I can do the testing. I've bee=
n running master daily since<br>
2026-11-01: I build it as a Debian 13 package in CI (source and binary,<br>
<a href=3D"https://forgejo.mit.edu/djbclark/barnowl-debian" rel=3D"noreferr=
er noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://forgejo.mit.edu/djbclark/barnowl-d=
ebian</a>, now 1.11~git20250813.1f65aee-5), with a smoke test<br>
of a real client, and use it on Athena Zephyr. Logging, zwrite, subscriptio=
ns and the Perl modules<br>
work. A release would also give Debian (1.10-2 in every suite, bullseye to =
sid) something to package<br>
with the logging fix.<br>
<br>
What I (in a loose def of that word) found while doing that is in pull requ=
ests, each one commit with CI:<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/190" rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull=
/190</a>=C2=A0 six small bugs in master (logging thread context,<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
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=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0zephyr_zwrite -m, word-motion keys, logging variables)<=
br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/191" rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull=
/191</a>=C2=A0 getopt_long return value on unsigned-char arches (arm64)<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/192" rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull=
/192</a>=C2=A0 owl_text_wordwrap counts columns, not bytes<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/193" rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull=
/193</a>=C2=A0 escape @ in header fields chosen by the sender<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/195" rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull=
/195</a>=C2=A0 show bidi overrides and other invisible characters<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/194" rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull=
/194</a>=C2=A0 optional wrapping of over-wide lines (off by default)<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/196" rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull=
/196</a>=C2=A0 show newlines in header fields (fake header lines)<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/197" rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull=
/197</a>=C2=A0 humanize shows DEL as ^? (it compared with 255)<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/198" rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull=
/198</a>=C2=A0 the basic style inherits from default (it had no<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0format_message)<br>
=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull/199" rel=3D"noref=
errer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/barnowl/barnowl/pull=
/199</a>=C2=A0 boldify no longer leaves a stray ")" when the text=
has<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0all four closers<br>
<br>
190 and 191 fix real bugs and would be good to have in 1.11; the others can=
wait. 191 matters most:<br>
without it BarnOwl exits with its usage message at startup wherever char is=
unsigned (arm64, armhf,<br>
ppc64el, s390x, riscv64). I reproduced that with Debian's own 1.10-2 on=
trixie arm64<br>
(<a href=3D"https://github.com/djbclark/barnowl/actions/runs/41559344608" r=
el=3D"noreferrer noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://github.com/djbclark/=
barnowl/actions/runs/41559344608</a>) and have reported it to Debian.<br>
<br>
I'm glad to test a release candidate tarball, draft release notes from =
the 73 commits since 1.10, and<br>
update the Debian side.</div>
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