On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 08:31:27 -0700 Brett Cornwall <ainola@archlinux.org> wrote:
On 2022-04-22 09:58, Doug Newgard via aur-general wrote:
Recently vi-vim-symlink and neovim-symlinks were deleted from the AUR. These are used by a lot of people to set up their systems, and a lot of people want to know why [1]. They do not violate any AUR rules and have been available in the AUR for a very long time, well over 6 years for neovim-symlinks (about the time neovim became a thing) and over a decade for vi-vim-symlink, but I can't date that one as it predates the current AUR system by a long ways.
This is more appropriately managed via the user shell's PATH/configuration. This is completely bogus. First off, PATH has nothing to do with anything here. Second, the shell's configuration doesn't work. Making aliases doesn't work when other programs call vi or vim. It doesn't even work for something
The reason given for this was: like `sudo vim`. This is not a substitute in any way.
Just because one TU doesn't find it personally useful or doesn't understand why someone would use a package doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. This is a similar situation to the -bin package issue, except there's not even a rule to misinterpret on this one. If you don't want to use a package, don't, but please don't force your views on everyone.
Hi, Doug!
Firstly, please consider that I was not the one to have accepted the request I made, so at least *two* TUs didn't find it useful ;).
Secondly, please remember that TUs exist to actually "force" our views onto everyone via quality control.
And where did you come up with this? Rules violations, sure, but forcing your personal preferences via "quality control", being completely subjective.
These packages fall into personal configuration territory with a rather heavy-handed approach.
So you're saying this falls under: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines#Rules_of_submissi...
Make sure the package you want to upload is useful. Will anyone else want to use this package? Is it extremely specialized? If more than a few people would find this package useful, it is appropriate for submission. The AUR and official repositories are intended for packages which install generally software and software-related content, including one or more of the following: executable(s); configuration file(s); online or offline documentation for specific software or the Arch Linux distribution as a whole; media intended to be used directly by software."
Note that this specifically says that configurations *are* allowed, as long as they are useful to others. The popularity that you dismiss prove that these packages qualify. As such, I think I'll be re-uploading unless you can show me where this violates the rules.