The other problem is that a list of orphaned packages on the wiki would be subject to the same kind of problem: someone puts something there, then a year passes and the package isn't needed anymore but doesn't get removed because there are 8000 packages on that list. I think this wouldn't really solve much in the long term. +1 to Mr. Haren. -Andrei "Garoth" Thorp On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Ronald van Haren <pressh@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/6/09, Ashok Gautham <scriptdevil.arch@gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Imanol Celaya < ornitorrincos@archlinux-es.org> wrote:
doesn't the orphan search function in AUR do the same and automated?
That is exactly my point. Orphan search gives you even packages that have been orphaned because the packages are not needed any more. In fact such packages are the majority.
--- Ashok `ScriptDevil` Gautham
Instead of inventing a new way of sorting orphan packages it would be best to put the/'a lot of' effort in cleaning up the current list. Packages that should not be there should be removed.
Ronald