When pkg finished installing zathura, it left a message telling me to install the zathura-pdf-poppler port in case I wanted to view PDFs. On my way to do it, I noticed that the suggested port was also available as a binary package. When I installed it, I learned through another pkg message that it wasn't being maintained anymore. Neither the port nor the binary package are being maintained.
Because there is an issue with the program that has been partially solved by replacing zathura-pdf-poppler with zathura-pdf-mupdf, and the later is still being maintained in FreeBSD, I can conclude that the poppler plugin has been abandoned because it's more advisable to use the mupdf plugin instead.
But, in any case, the actual problem that I had is with the messages. The first one was very misleading. I could have just installed the mupdf plugin if it said so, and carry on. How could I really help with this experience? Can I submit a new message myself for the zathura binary package installation? Is it enought if I just contact the zathura (not the poppler plugin) port maintainer?
-A FreeBSD newbie.
Because there is an issue with the program that has been partially solved by replacing zathura-pdf-poppler with zathura-pdf-mupdf, and the later is still being maintained in FreeBSD, I can conclude that the poppler plugin has been abandoned because it's more advisable to use the mupdf plugin instead.
But, in any case, the actual problem that I had is with the messages. The first one was very misleading. I could have just installed the mupdf plugin if it said so, and carry on. How could I really help with this experience? Can I submit a new message myself for the zathura binary package installation? Is it enought if I just contact the zathura (not the poppler plugin) port maintainer?
-A FreeBSD newbie.