On 9/16/19, fredbezies via aur-general <aur-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
Hello.
Note: posting in the right mailing list now. Oops!
I hope it is the right place to discuss about this issue. I noticed there is a lot of OpenRC related packages on AUR. I don't want to start a flamewar, I just want to know what is going on with these PKGBUILDs.
A quick search gave me 42 answers - some not related to this init system - 95% of them last updated between 2015 and 2018.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?O=0&K=openrc
Is there any interest of keeping these PKGBUILDs?
These packages all have maintainers and some of them have votes. So clearly there is.
There is an official Archlinux + OpenRC init system called Artix, providing a migration guide from Arch or Manjaro.
It is also listed in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch-based_distributions#Active
"Artix Linux *2016, previously Arch-OpenRC"
https://artixlinux.org/ https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Migration
By the way, it is written in the wiki that : "Warning: Arch Linux only has official support for systemd. When using OpenRC, please mention so in support requests."
Making it easier to use things that are not officially supported is one of the purposes of the AUR.
Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenRC
Is there any explanations for keeping them?
Yes. The submission guidelines [1] clearly permit this type of package. Note that the AUR also has dpkg, rpm and several packages for ARM.
Thanks for your answers.
-- Frederic Bezies fredbezies@gmail.com
[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_submission_guidelines#Rules_of_subm...