On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Thayer Williams <thayerw@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> wrote:
Jud wrote:
It seems nobody loves bluez - can it please be demoted to the AUR so the community can revive it, thanks.
Packages: bluez bluez-gnome obex-data-server openobex gnokii libbtctl
Obsolete: bluez-libs bluez-utils
Well, it is not quite that simple. From a simple scan the following packages depend on bluez:
gvfs kdebase-workshop totem totem-xine
From a look in the [community] repo, Giovanni (viodnull) maintains some bluez related packages. So, Giovanni, can you take this on?
Ugh! Totem requires bluetooth stuff!? Since it seems this is a technology that virtually none of the developers (nor many of the users) seem to want or use, maybe we should consider compiling the above applications with BT support disabled. I'm just spouting ideas here, I have no idea if the above actually can be compiled without support, but it seems a reasonable solution. Then we could safely shift it back to the community/AUR for maintenance...
How about we try this first: Would anyone mind if I posted a "job opening" for a bluez/bluetooth maintainer to the main site news? See if we can pull someone on board that has the desire to maintain bluetooth related packages?