On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Xyne <xyne@archlinux.ca> wrote:
Deleted with the following message:
A single-line shell command is not worth its own package, let alone a project on git hub. Such commands are better off as aliases.
Seeing that was definitely a skypalming wtf moment.
Regards, Xyne
Please remove some other oneliners by that user: * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/owns-git/ * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/wordcount-git/notify/ * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/asciicam-git/ * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/current-network-git/
He has a few other packages that are "fewliners" e.g. * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dzen-clock-git/ * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/changed-files-git/ * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/export-chrome-bookmarks-git/ * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/random-git/ * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/noise-git/ * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/webcam-picture-git/ * https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/retry-git/
IMHO at least some of them should be removed too.
I have removed those packages and am CC'ing the former maintainer.
@Vanceza One-liners and trivial few-liners do not deserve their own packages. I think the best place for these would be a bashrc file, i.e. instead of hosting a separate git project for each trivial script, host a single project with all of them included as aliases (one-liners) or bash functions (few-liners) in a single file. Interested users could then clone the repo in their user directory, and source the file from their bashrc file (e.g. "source /path/to/git/repo/bashrc").
Updating would be as simple as cd'ing in the repo and running "git fetch...". It's actually even easier than updating packages from the AUR.
I do not doubt that your intention is good and I hope that my actions and remarks will not discourage you from further contributions.
Regards, Xyne
This convinced me to convert a simple one-liner Bash script I wrote into a Bash function+alias. I previously put the one-liner on GitHub and submitted a PKGBUILD for it. I have just deleted the GitHub repo, so please delete this package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/colorpwd-git/ Thanks, Jason