On 6 May 2011 21:13, keenerd <keenerd@gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/6/11, Ray Rashif <schiv@archlinux.org> wrote:
Let me just confirm this: it is the first of its kind, in that it "communicates" with the AUR. There is no other tool in the repos that makes a connection to the AUR, right?
Well that depends. Do you count community/arch-firefox-search, which does a full search of the AUR? (On an unrelated note, why is searching the AUR in a GUI officially supported but searching it from the CLI a mortal sin?)
Yes, I'd count that. Now, on the unrelated note: the search engine is for a web browser, and is in line with the AUR web interface. This interaction with the AUR is "indirect". That is why it is _not_ on a grey area. A tool searching from the CLI (with which one has "direct" access), is on a grey area. That is IMO; no consensus has been reached with regards to whether searching can be accepted/supported (officially) - only discussions.
Aurphan does not search the AUR, it organizes info about the AUR packages you already have installed. It does not imply AUR packages are supported, it asks you to volunteer support for them.
Yes, it initiates a connection to the AUR, that is all. I have nothing against this myself, so +1. -- GPG/PGP ID: 8AADBB10