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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
2 <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
3 <title>Newsboat</title>
4 <link href="https://newsboat.org/news.atom" rel="self" />
5 <link href="https://newsboat.org" />
6 <id>https://newsboat.org/news.atom</id>
7 <author>
8 <name>Alexander Batischev</name>
9 <email>[email protected]</email>
10 </author>
11 <updated>2020-12-21T21:00:00Z</updated>
12
13 <entry>
14 <title>Newsboat 2.22 is out</title>
15 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.22/docs/newsboat.htm…
16 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.22/docs/newsboat.html</id>
17 <published>2020-12-21T21:00:00Z</published>
18 <updated>2020-12-21T21:00:00Z</updated>
19 <author>
20 <name>Alexander Batischev</name>
21 <email>[email protected]</email>
22 </author>
23 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
24 <p>Another Christmas, another Newsboat release! Hope you're …
25 these by now, because we don't intend to stop shipping
26 them&nbsp;:)</p>
27
28 <p>You all deserve a present, and Newsboat 2.22 contains two…
29 it finally learned to ask you for confirmation before markin…
30 feeds as read. No more data loss! (But please make backups a…
31 Another, is a bugfix that should make the infamous "an insta…
32 already running, PID 0" error go away. It's replaced by anot…
33 error *sigh*, but that one is more descriptive at least.</p>
34
35 <p>Aside from that, this release contains a bunch of smaller…
36 still very nice, features and bug fixes, so please take a lo…
37 the changelog, and then take the new version for a spin!</p>
38
39 <p>Download it here:
40 <a href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.22/newsboat-2.22.ta…
41 <a href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.22/newsboat-2.22.ta…
42 <a href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.22/docs/newsboat.ht…
43 <a href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/CH…
44 </p>
45 ]]></summary>
46 </entry>
47
48 <entry>
49 <title>Newsboat 2.21 is out</title>
50 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.21/docs/newsboat.htm…
51 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.21/docs/newsboat.html</id>
52 <published>2020-09-20T21:00:00Z</published>
53 <updated>2020-09-20T21:00:00Z</updated>
54 <author>
55 <name>Alexander Batischev</name>
56 <email>[email protected]</email>
57 </author>
58 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
59 <p>Today is Newsboat’s third birthday, and it caught me by
60 surprise. Mainly because our GPG key stopped working (it exp…
61 but also because it doesn’t actually feel like three years…
62 me.</p>
63
64 <p>It feels way less than that. Three years is a lot of time…
65 I didn’t manage to grok all the corners of the codebase. I…
66 didn’t make any architectural changes (except for starting…
67 porting, perhaps — by the way, that effort has been going …
68 years now!). Even after three years of doing this, it feels …
69 I’m just getting started.</p>
70
71 <p>It also feels far longer than that. Multiple high-volume
72 contributors came and went, each marking an era of sorts. A …
73 of 78 people submitted pull requests, a few emailed patches.…
74 more reported bugs, discussed new features, described their
75 use-cases. I remember many of those interactions, and it fee…
76 surprising that we fit all of them into just three years.</p>
77
78 <p>Even just looking at 2.21’s changelog, I am taken aback…
79 amount of stuff that we managed to accomplish over the last …
80 months. And the changelog doesn’t even tell the whole stor…
81 also did quite a lot of refactoring.</p>
82
83 <p>It’s as good a time as any to say thank you. Thanks to …
84 users who run Newsboat, report bugs, and help us with debugg…
85 testing. Thanks to all the developers who fix and improve th…
86 and spend time addressing all my nitpicks during code review…
87 project wouldn’t be here without all of you! (That’s a c…
88 to say, but it is actually true: just look how many bugs
89 contributors fix, and notice that my commit activity is corr…
90 with other’s work).</p>
91
92 <p>Okay, enough of my rambling. Go get yourself a shiny new …
93 reader:
94 <a href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.21/newsboat-2.21.ta…
95 <a href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.21/newsboat-2.21.ta…
96 <a href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.21/docs/newsboat.ht…
97 <a href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/CH…
98 Oh, and do fetch an updated GPG key 4ED6CD61932B9EBE; I bump…
99 expiry date by a year.</p>
100 ]]></summary>
101 </entry>
102
103 <entry>
104 <title>Hotfix: Newsboat 2.20.1 fixes four regressions</title>
105 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.20.1/docs/newsboat.h…
106 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.20.1/docs/newsboat.html</id>
107 <published>2020-06-24T11:00:00Z</published>
108 <updated>2020-06-24T11:00:00Z</updated>
109 <author>
110 <name>Alexander Batischev</name>
111 <email>[email protected]</email>
112 </author>
113 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
114 <p>Newsboat 2.20 was our most broken release so far. It intr…
115 <i>four</i> regressions:</p>
116
117 <ol>
118 <li><code>make install</code> was broken on BSDs because we …
119 a GNU-only flag;</li>
120
121 <li>it unintentionally started requiring a space before the
122 semicolon in macros;</li>
123
124 <li>it could segfault upon startup under certain conditions;…
125
126 <li>in Spanish locale, feeds couldn't be sorted via <code>g<…
127 and <code>G</code> keys.</li>
128 </ol>
129
130 <p>These are all fixed by this release, so please upgrade.</…
131
132 <p>We added more tests now, so the first two bugs won't happ…
133 again. But the other two can only be caught by vigilant …
134 for now, so if you can, please build directly from Git a…
135 report everything that's broken.</p>
136
137 <p>Thanks for your patience with us even as we break somethi…
138 every other release!</p>
139
140 <p>Download <a
141 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.20.1/newsboat-2.20…
142 tarball</a> and <a
143 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.20.1/newsboat-2.20…
144 signature</a> from our site, <a
145 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.20.1/docs/newsboat…
146 the docs</a> there, and check out <a
147 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
148 changelog entry</a> over on GitHub.</p>
149 ]]></summary>
150 </entry>
151
152 <entry>
153 <title>Newsboat 2.20 is out</title>
154 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.20/docs/newsboat.htm…
155 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.20/docs/newsboat.html</id>
156 <published>2020-06-20T17:00:00Z</published>
157 <updated>2020-06-20T17:00:00Z</updated>
158 <author>
159 <name>Alexander Batischev</name>
160 <email>[email protected]</email>
161 </author>
162 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
163 <p>Hey everyone, hope you’re all doing well.</p>
164
165 <p>We didn’t set out to make it like that, but the new rel…
166 balanced in every way. There are as many visible changes as
167 behind-the-scenes refactorings, and the visible changes are …
168 evenly between bugfixes, improvements, and new features. I�…
169 to report that, despite the current world situation, Newsboa…
170 development chugs along as usual.</p>
171
172 <p>Download <a
173 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.20/newsboat-2.20.t…
174 tarball</a> and <a
175 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.20/newsboat-2.20.t…
176 signature</a> from our site, <a
177 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.20/docs/newsboat.h…
178 the docs</a> there, and check out <a
179 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
180 changelog entry</a> over on GitHub.</p>
181
182 <p>Please stay safe and watch out for each other, folks!</p>
183 ]]></summary>
184 </entry>
185
186 <entry>
187 <title>Newsboat 2.19 is out</title>
188 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.19/docs/newsboat.htm…
189 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.19/docs/newsboat.html</id>
190 <published>2020-03-22T20:00:00Z</published>
191 <updated>2020-03-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
192 <author>
193 <name>Alexander Batischev</name>
194 <email>[email protected]</email>
195 </author>
196 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
197 <p>Hope this release finds you in good health.</p>
198
199 <p>Over the last few months, we squashed a truckload of bugs…
200 that regard this release can even rival our debut 2.10. …
201 look through the changelog; I bet you’ll find somethin…
202 used to affect you ;)</p>
203
204 <p>Download <a
205 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.19/newsboat-2.19.t…
206 tarball</a> and <a
207 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.19/newsboat-2.19.t…
208 signature</a> from our site, <a
209 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.19/docs/newsboat.h…
210 the docs</a> there, and check out <a
211 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
212 changelog entry</a> over on GitHub.</p>
213
214 <p>Stay safe, folks, and don't forget to wash your hands!</p>
215 ]]></summary>
216 </entry>
217
218 <entry>
219 <title>Newsboat 2.18 is out</title>
220 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.18/docs/newsboat.htm…
221 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.18/docs/newsboat.html</id>
222 <published>2019-12-22T20:00:00Z</published>
223 <updated>2019-12-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
224 <author>
225 <name>Alexander Batischev</name>
226 <email>[email protected]</email>
227 </author>
228 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
229 <p>Your regularly scheduled Newsboat release is on the dot!<…
230
231 <p>Code-wise, this is a pretty uneventful one. Most of the w…
232 was related to upkeep — slight refactorings, fixes, t…
233 the infrastructure. But we did manage to squeeze a couple
234 bugfixes in there, too: <code>unbind-key -a</code> no lo…
235 breaks command line, and Newsboat no longer ignores brow…
236 exit code when marking article as read.</p>
237
238 <p>Perhaps the most user-visible change this time around is …
239 logo. That’s right: a user by the name of noobilanderi…
240 with Inkscape and drew us <a
241 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/l…
242 logo</a>. This is now used everywhere: site’s favicon,…
243 avatar, and the Snap Store.</p>
244
245 <p>Download <a
246 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.18/newsboat-2.18.t…
247 tarball</a> and <a
248 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.18/newsboat-2.18.t…
249 signature</a> from our site, <a
250 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.18/docs/newsboat.h…
251 the docs</a> there, and check out <a
252 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
253 changelog entry</a> over on GitHub.</p>
254
255 <p>Merry Christmas, everyone, and a happy New Year!</p>
256 ]]></summary>
257 </entry>
258
259 <entry>
260 <title>Newsboat 2.17.1 fixes two critical bugs</title>
261 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.17.1/docs/newsboat.h…
262 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.17.1/docs/newsboat.html</id>
263 <published>2019-10-02T20:00:00Z</published>
264 <updated>2019-10-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
265 <author>
266 <name>Alexander Batischev</name>
267 <email>[email protected]</email>
268 </author>
269 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
270 <p>Within days of 2.17 release, we got reports of two regres…
271
272 <p>Users who set <code>max-items</code> (to limit the number…
273 articles that Newsboat stores) found that no feeds are u…
274 anymore. That was an unintended consequence of the “sl…
275 performance improvement” I mentioned in the previous e…
276 I thought Newsboat is doing useless work, when in fact t…
277 work was necessary for the <code>max-items</code> settin…
278 function properly. The “improvement” was partially
279 reverted to amend this.</p>
280
281 <p>The second, no less severe, regression prevented Newsboat…
282 loading configs that used <code>#</code> character for a…
283 but comments, e.g. as part of a regular expression for
284 <code>highlight-article</code>. This was a result of ano…
285 bugfix, where I failed to consider if the hash sign can …
286 in the middle of a config string. We couldn’t simply r…
287 this one, so I implemented yet another bugfix, that hope…
288 squashes both the original bug and the regression, while…
289 introducing any new ones.</p>
290
291 <p>Sorry about the mess. Please download the bugfix release …
292 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.17.1/newsboat-2.17…
293 tarball</a>, <a
294 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.17.1/newsboat-2.17…
295 signature</a>, and <a
296 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.17.1/docs/newsboat…
297 docs</a>. <a
298 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
299 changelog is on GitHub</a> as usual.</p>
300 ]]></summary>
301 </entry>
302
303 <entry>
304 <title>Newsboat 2.17 is out</title>
305 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.17/docs/newsboat.htm…
306 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.17/docs/newsboat.html</id>
307 <published>2019-09-22T20:00:00Z</published>
308 <updated>2019-09-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
309 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
310 <p>With this release, Newsboat gained a new feature: you can…
311 save <i>all</i> the articles in the feed to text files, …
312 invoking <code>save-all</code> operation (it’s not bou…
313 key by default). There’s also a few bug fixes, and even
314 a slight performance improvement.</p>
315
316 <p>The codebase is now 18.7% Rust (according to GitHub). I t…
317 picked most of the low-hanging fruit by now. I expect the
318 rewrite to progress more slowly from here on, as we need…
319 untangle dependencies between sub-systems.</p>
320
321 <p>Grab the release from our site—<a
322 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.17/newsboat-2.17.t…
323 tarball</a>, <a
324 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.17/newsboat-2.17.t…
325 signature</a>, and <a
326 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.17/docs/newsboat.h…
327 docs</a>, and <a
328 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
329 the changelog on GitHub</a>.</p>
330 ]]></summary>
331 </entry>
332
333 <entry>
334 <title>Hotfix: Newsboat 2.16.1 fixes the build on FreeBSD and i3…
335 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.16.1/docs/newsboat.h…
336 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.16.1/docs/newsboat.html</id>
337 <published>2019-06-26T20:00:00Z</published>
338 <updated>2019-06-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
339 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
340 <p>We don’t have continuous integration for FreeBSD and/or…
341 we were absolutely oblivious to the fact that Newsboat c…
342 be built on those for over a month now. Luckily for us, …
343 Kortkamp already figured out the fixes, which we release…
344 thanks, mate!</p>
345
346 <p>The very next thing I’m going to do is finally set up a…
347 FreeBSD, and see if i386 can be added to Travis pipeline…
348
349 <p>I’m sorry about the mess and the noise, folks. Won’t …
350 particular mistake again.</p>
351
352 <p>You can download the hotfix release here: <a
353 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.16.1/newsboat-2.16…
354 tarball</a>, <a
355 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.16.1/newsboat-2.16…
356 signature</a>, and <a
357 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.16.1/docs/newsboat…
358 docs</a>, and <a
359 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
360 changelog is on GitHub</a>.</p>
361 ]]></summary>
362 </entry>
363
364 <entry>
365 <title>Newsboat 2.16 is out</title>
366 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.16/docs/newsboat.htm…
367 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.16/docs/newsboat.html</id>
368 <published>2019-06-25T20:00:00Z</published>
369 <updated>2019-06-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
370 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
371 <p>Another quarter, another release! We fixed a couple of bu…
372 got a few user-contributed colorschemes and scripts.</p>
373
374 <p>But the bulk of the work is under the hood. Newsboat is n…
375 13.4% Rust (by GitHub's count), which is almost double c…
376 to the previous release. If we sustain the 6.5%-per-rele…
377 momentum, the rewrite will be done in three and a half
378 years—without any loss of functionality, but with a lo…
379 bugs fixed.</p>
380
381 <p>Download it from our site: <a
382 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.16/newsboat-2.16.t…
383 tarball</a>, <a
384 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.16/newsboat-2.16.t…
385 signature</a>, and <a
386 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.16/docs/newsboat.h…
387 docs</a>, and <a
388 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
389 changelog is on GitHub</a>.</p>
390 ]]></summary>
391 </entry>
392
393 <entry>
394 <title>Newsboat 2.15 is out</title>
395 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.15/docs/newsboat.htm…
396 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.15/docs/newsboat.html</id>
397 <published>2019-03-23T20:00:00Z</published>
398 <updated>2019-03-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
399 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
400 <p>It’s second-to-last weekend of March, so it’s time fo…
401 release. Please welcome Newsboat 2.15!</p>
402
403 <p>2.14.1 was released just over a month ago, and stole many…
404 features meant for 2.15. As a result, this release is qu…
405 slim. The only new features are a way to shuffle a feed,…
406 “delete all items” that now works in query feeds. Th…
407 the usual crop of bugfixes.</p>
408
409 <p>The Rust rewrite is progressing slowly but steadily. This
410 release could be bigger have I not chosen to hold off a …
411 chunk of code that hasn’t been field-tested yet. (Beli…
412 not, we <b>do</b> test some of the stuff before the
413 release). If GitHub is to be believed, 6.9% of our code …
414 in Rust.</p>
415
416 <p>Download the new release from our site: <a
417 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.15/newsboat-2.15.t…
418 tarball</a>, <a
419 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.15/newsboat-2.15.t…
420 signature</a>, and <a
421 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.15/docs/newsboat.h…
422 docs</a>, and <a
423 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
424 changelog is on GitHub</a>.</p>
425 ]]></summary>
426 </entry>
427
428 <entry>
429 <title>Newsboat 2.14.1 fails to build with Rust 1.25</title>
430 <link href="https://newsboat.org/index.html#20190211ftbrust125" …
431 <id>https://newsboat.org/index.html#20190211ftbrust125</id>
432 <published>2019-02-11T20:00:00Z</published>
433 <updated>2019-02-11T20:00:00Z</updated>
434 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
435 <p>Hey there,</p>
436
437 <p>Turns out Newsboat 2.14.1 fails to build with Rust 1.25.
438 That's the oldest Rust release we support; it was publis…
439 the end of March 2018. Rust 1.26 and newer work fine.</p>
440
441 <p>This is entirely my fault: I bumped our crates' versions …
442 updating the Cargo.lock. Rust 1.25 trusts the lock file …
443 and fails when it can't find the old crate versions spec…
444
445 <p>The problem has been fixed in the master branch. See
446 <a href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/commit/cba…
447 patch</a>. You can generate a more conservative version …
448 doesn't update third-party crates) with <code>cargo upda…
449 --package libnewsboat --package libnewsboat-ffi</code>.<…
450
451 <p>With just one compiler version affected, I don't feel thi…
452 important enough for another point release, so I won't be
453 issuing any.</p>
454
455 <p>If this inconveniences you in any way, I'd like to hear f…
456 you! I'm genuinely interested in how old a Rust compiler…
457 should support. I arrived at 1.25 lower bound in a total…
458 unsystematic way: picked what Debian stable had, then bu…
459 one version up because of some crate I added as a depend…
460 Please <a href="https://newsboat.org/">get in touch</a> …
461 you're using anything older than latest stable.</p>
462 ]]></summary>
463 </entry>
464
465 <entry>
466 <title>Newsboat 2.14.1 is out</title>
467 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.14.1/docs/newsboat.h…
468 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.14.1/docs/newsboat.html</id>
469 <published>2019-02-10T20:00:00Z</published>
470 <updated>2019-02-10T20:00:00Z</updated>
471 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
472 <p>The main purpose of this release is to fix a bug in 2.14 …
473 prevented Newsboat from updating The Old Reader feeds. T…
474 rest of 2.14.1 are less critical bug fixes, and a couple…
475 features.</p>
476 <p>Download it from our site: <a
477 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.14.1/newsboat-2.14…
478 tarball</a>, <a
479 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.14.1/newsboat-2.14…
480 signature</a>, and <a
481 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.14.1/docs/newsboat…
482 docs</a>, and <a
483 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
484 changelog is on GitHub</a>.</p>
485 ]]></summary>
486 </entry>
487
488 <entry>
489 <title>Newsboat 2.14 is out</title>
490 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.14/docs/newsboat.htm…
491 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.14/docs/newsboat.html</id>
492 <published>2018-12-29T20:00:00Z</published>
493 <updated>2018-12-29T20:00:00Z</updated>
494 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
495 <p>For users, this should be “yet another release”: we f…
496 bugs, added a few new settings, and that’s about it.</…
497 <p>For package maintainers, this is an exceptional release b…
498 it adds a new dependency—Rust. As was mentioned in ear…
499 release notes, please contact us via <a
500 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/issues">our i…
501 tracker</a>, <a
502 href="http://groups.google.com/group/newsboat">mailing l…
503 ([email protected]), or IRC channel (#newsboat on
504 Freenode) if you run into <i>any</i> problems with build…
505 and/or packaging Newsboat. We’d like to fix as many of…
506 problems as possible upstream, and just help you out if …
507 new to Rust.</p>
508 <p>As always, <a
509 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.14/newsboat-2.14.t…
510 tarball</a>, <a
511 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.14/newsboat-2.14.t…
512 signature</a>, and <a
513 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.14/docs/newsboat.h…
514 the docs</a> can be found on our server, and <a
515 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
516 changelog is on GitHub</a>.</p>
517 <p>Happy newsreading, everyone, and a happy New Year!</p>
518 ]]></summary>
519 </entry>
520
521 <entry>
522 <title>Newsboat 2.13 is out</title>
523 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.13/docs/newsboat.htm…
524 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.13/docs/newsboat.html</id>
525 <published>2018-09-22T20:00:00Z</published>
526 <updated>2018-09-22T20:00:00Z</updated>
527 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
528 <p>The 2.13 release is special in two ways.</p>
529
530 <p>First of all, it marks an anniversary: exactly a year ago…
531 forked from Newsbeuter to bring the program back into shape.…
532 partially succeeded: many bugs were fixed, a number of rough
533 corners were smoothed, and the atmosphere around the project
534 improved noticeably.</p>
535
536 <p>Second, this release is going to be the last purely-C++ o…
537 I explain in <a
538 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/issues/89">#89</a…
539 I believe that C++ is a death by a thousand cuts for this pr…
540 This discourages me from working on it. It’s as much a per…
541 problem as it is technical one, and I’m absolutely <i>not<…
542 that I’m doing the right thing, but: I’m rewriting Newsb…
543 Rust.</p>
544
545 <p>In the short term, this means we will be introducing bugs
546 instead of fixing them, and features will be much harder to …
547 while we’re moving. Please bear with us!</p>
548
549 <p>Package maintainers will have to spend time figuring out …
550 package Newsboat now. I’m sorry about that. If you’re a …
551 and you run into <i>any</i> problems, please get in touch vi…
552 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/issues">the issue
553 tracker</a>, <a
554 href="http://groups.google.com/group/newsboat">mailing list<…
555 ([email protected]), or IRC (#newsboat on Freenode).…
556 to fix or forestall any problems upstream, so you don’t ha…
557 suffer as much.</p>
558
559 <p>Despite all this, I believe that long-term benefits outwe…
560 temporary discomfort. A rewrite should straighten out a few …
561 nastier corners of the codebase, and put us in a better posi…
562 actually evolve the project.</p>
563
564 <p>If you’re interested in helping out, please <a
565 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat">watch the projec…
566 GitHub</a>; soon, I will be opening issues about components …
567 can be rewritten. I can provide guidance around our codebase…
568 some general mentoring (I’m not ready to teach Rust, since…
569 still learning it myself, but I’ll share what I know). In …
570 you know a bit of Rust and can read C++, you’re qualified;…
571 come!</p>
572
573 <p>In the meantime, you’ll probably need a feed reader; yo…
574 one here: <a
575 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.13/newsboat-2.13.tar.x…
576 tarball</a>, <a
577 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.13/newsboat-2.13.tar.x…
578 signature</a>, and <a
579 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/CHANG…
580 changelog for 2.13 release</a>.</p>
581
582 <p>Thank you for using Newsboat, and happy newsreading!<br/>…
583 ]]></summary>
584 </entry>
585
586 <entry>
587 <title>Newsboat 2.12 is out</title>
588 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.12/docs/newsboat.htm…
589 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.12/docs/newsboat.html</id>
590 <published>2018-06-24T20:00:00Z</published>
591 <updated>2018-06-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
592 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
593 <p>Please welcome Newsboat 2.12! The bulk of the release is
594 bugfixes, mostly contributed by you guys—thank you! Th…
595 also a few little nice features, so do peruse <a
596 href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/C…
597 changelog</a>.</p>
598 <p>As always, you can find <a
599 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.12/newsboat-2.…
600 the tarball</a> and <a
601 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.12/newsboat-2.…
602 its signature</a>
603 on our server.</p>
604 <p>Happy newsreading, everyone!</p>
605 ]]></summary>
606 </entry>
607
608 <entry>
609 <title>Hotfix: Newsboat 2.11.1 fixes --version</title>
610 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.11.1/docs/newsboat.h…
611 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.11.1/docs/newsboat.html</id>
612 <published>2018-03-30T19:05:00Z</published>
613 <updated>2018-03-03T19:05:00Z</updated>
614 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
615 <p>The tarball for 2.11 contained an error that made
616 <code>newsboat --version</code> report a wrong version n…
617 This has been spotted by a few users and packagers, and …
618 fixed.</p>
619 <p>Other than that, 2.11.1 contains no functional changes.
620 <a
621 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.11.1/newsboat-2.11…
622 and <a
623 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.11.1/newsboat-2.11…
624 are in their usual places.
625 </p>
626 <p>Once again, sorry about all the noise and
627 messups,<br/>&mdash;Alex.</p>
628 ]]></summary>
629 </entry>
630
631 <entry>
632 <title>Newsboat 2.11 is out</title>
633 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.11/docs/newsboat.htm…
634 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.11/docs/newsboat.html</id>
635 <published>2018-03-25T20:00:00Z</published>
636 <updated>2018-03-25T20:20:00Z</updated>
637 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
638 <p>The new release is on the dot! Three-month cadence works …
639 so far, so I plan to stick to it.</p>
640 <p>This release contains <i>less</i> new stuff than the prev…
641 one, but I still decided to bump the minor version becau…
642 have new features. Should’ve done this with 2.10.2 too…
643 well—what’s done is done.</p>
644 <p>As usual, <a
645 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.11/newsboat-2.…
646 the tarball</a> and <a
647 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.11/newsboat-2.…
648 its signature</a>
649 can be found on our server, and
650 <a href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/maste…
651 the full changelog</a> is on GitHub.</p>
652 <p>Happy newsreading!</p>
653 <p><b>Addendum</b>: I messed up during the release process a…
654 pushed a Git tag pointing to an earlier version. If you …
655 your Newsboat clone in the last 30 minutes, please do the
656 following:
657 <pre>
658 $ git tag --delete r2.11
659 $ git fetch origin tag r2.11
660 $ git rev-parse r2.11
661 </pre>
662 </p>
663
664 <p>That last command should return
665 971fe6a596d871073ff34c42854e2c9f50e683ba. Sorry about the
666 noise, folks!</p>
667 ]]></summary>
668 </entry>
669
670 <entry>
671 <title>Newsboat 2.10.2 is out</title>
672 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10.2/docs/newsboat.h…
673 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10.2/docs/newsboat.html</id>
674 <published>2017-12-25T19:00:00Z</published>
675 <updated>2017-12-25T19:00:00Z</updated>
676 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
677 <p>Mere three months after our previous release, I present t…
678 Newsboat 2.10.2! As you can tell, this is a minor releas…
679 but it still includes nice things like support for Inore…
680 correct wrapping for CJK languages, and a translation to…
681 <p>As usual, <a
682 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10.2/newsboat-…
683 the tarball</a> and <a
684 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10.2/newsboat-…
685 its signature</a>
686 can be found on our server, and
687 <a href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/maste…
688 the full changelog</a> is on GitHub.</p>
689 <p>Merry Christmas and happy New Year!</p>
690 ]]></summary>
691 </entry>
692
693 <entry>
694 <title>Hotfix: Newsboat 2.10.1 fixes XDG and documents migration…
695 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10.1/docs/newsboat.h…
696 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10.1/docs/newsboat.html</id>
697 <published>2017-09-22T21:00:00Z</published>
698 <updated>2017-09-22T21:00:00Z</updated>
699 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
700 <p>As Russian saying goes, “the first pancake is always lu…
701 Newsboat 2.10 was released rather hastily and was just a…
702 undertested and underbaked. Newsboat 2.10.1 amends this …
703 <ul><li>documentating automatic migration that was added…
704 2.10; and</li>
705 <li>fixing a bug where <code>$XDG_DATA_DIR/newsboat</cod…
706 wasn’t created for first-time users, resulting in …
707 lock failure.</li></ul></p>
708 <p>Please grab <a
709 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10.1/newsboat-…
710 tarball</a> (<a
711 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10.1/newsboat-…
712 and tell us what you think!</p>
713 <p>With my best regards,<br/>—Alex</p>
714 ]]></summary>
715 </entry>
716
717 <entry>
718 <title>Newsboat 2.10 is out</title>
719 <link href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10/docs/newsboat.htm…
720 <id>https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10/docs/newsboat.html</id>
721 <published>2017-09-20T20:00:00Z</published>
722 <updated>2017-09-20T20:00:00Z</updated>
723 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
724 <p>Yay, our first release is out! We’re continuing the New…
725 numbering, so this one is called 2.10. Grab <a
726 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10/newsboat-2.…
727 tarball</a> while it’s hot (and don’t forget to …
728 href="https://newsboat.org/releases/2.10/newsboat-2.…
729 signature</a>.)</p>
730 <p>Nikos Tsipinakis prodded me into implementing automatic
731 migration of Newsbeuter configuration, so if you don’t…
732 <code>include</code>s or scripts stored in your Newsbeut…
733 directory, switching should be hassle-free for you. If a…
734 problems <i>do</i> come up, don’t hesitate to contact …
735 IRC, mailing list or issue tracker.</p>
736 <p>Happy newsreading everyone,<br/>Alex</p>
737 ]]></summary>
738 </entry>
739
740 <entry>
741 <title>Thanks for subscribing!</title>
742 <link href="https://newsboat.org/index.html" />
743 <id>https://newsboat.org/index.html</id>
744 <published>2017-09-17T00:00:00Z</published>
745 <updated>2017-09-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
746 <summary type="html"><![CDATA[
747 <p>Thanks for subscribing to our newsfeed! If you’re using
748 Newsbeuter, consider switching to Newsboat right away&mda…
749 upgrade is simple enough:
750 <ul>
751 <li>move everything from ~/.newsbeuter/ to ~/.newsboa…
752 <li>move everything from ~/.config/newsbeuter/ to ~/.…
753 <li>move everything from ~/.local/share/newsbeuter/ t…
754 </ul>
755 If Newsbeuter directories don’t exist, just skip that st…
756 <p>If you’ve got any questions, write to us via
757 <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/newsboa…
758 list</a>, <a href="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/…
759 issue tracker</a>, or on IRC (#newsboat on Freenode;
760 <a href="https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=newsboat">we…
761 ]]></summary>
762 </entry>
763 </feed>
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