On 03/08/2018 12:24 AM, Mikael Blomstrand wrote:
I'm pretty new to this mailing list. But I'm been thinking the same thing. Talked about it in a previous mail. https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2018-March/034001.html
I think it's a great idea. When searching by name, i think the rpc should at least also search by the "replaces" attribute too. Provides would be a separate query but it could also be the same.
That would have very little utility, as a package which replaces another package cannot satisfy a build dependency on it, whereas a provides is literally meant to ensure that that package is considered to be the same as the package it provides. It is semantically wrong, as that is simply not what a "replaces" keyword even means.... Its only conceivable use would be to enable AUR packages to automatically sync and replace existing packages, which would simply be incorrect. No thanks, let's stick to adding provides as an alias for the package they provide. -- Eli Schwartz Bug Wrangler and Trusted User