Re: [arch-general] definition of "orphan"

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 3:51 PM Matthias Bodenbinder via arch-general < arch-general@lists.archlinux.org> wrote:

It is simply confusing and not best practise to take a defintion from pacman (which was first in line from my point of view) and overwrite it with a new definition for the AUR. And then explain the users: "Well that is how it is. An orphan can be this or that in the Arch world. You just need to understand the context."

I dont get why someone wants to have it that way.

Because both meanings of "orphaned" existed before and outside of Arch and you're asking for us to invent new terms.