[aur-general] xf86-input-egalax package replacement and merging
Hi, I have recently taken up maintenance of the orphaned package xf86-input-egalax https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35045 This package will replace the package xf86-input-egalax-linux3 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=55050 to provide a more standard package name. Can someone please check the PKGBUILD in xf86-input-egalax to confirm I have written it correctly so when users with package xf86-input-egalax-linux3 next update, it will be replaced with xf86-input-egalax? Upon this confirmation, can we please merge xf86-input-egalax-linux3 into xf86-input-egalax? I also notice there are 2 other orphaned packages which provide the same functionality. They are both out of date, orphaned and no longer build. Can these be deleted please? touchkit: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18766 xf86-input-egalax-beta: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43641 There is a 3rd out of date package which no longer builds, but is not orphaned. It has not been updated since 23 June 2010. xf86-input-egalax-xorg18: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38300 Do I need to contact this maintainer first before requesting the package to be deleted? Thanks. Lachlan.
Hi, I have recently taken up maintenance of the orphaned package xf86-input-egalax https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35045 This package will replace the package xf86-input-egalax-linux3 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=55050 to provide a more standard package name. Can we please merge xf86-input-egalax-linux3 into xf86-input-egalax? I also notice there are 2 other orphaned packages which provide the same functionality. They are both out of date, orphaned and no longer build. Can these be deleted please? touchkit: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18766 xf86-input-egalax-beta: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43641 There is a 3rd out of date package which no longer builds, but is not orphaned. It has not been updated since 23 June 2010 xf86-input-egalax-xorg18: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38300 Do I need to contact this maintainer first before requesting the package to be deleted? Thanks. Lachlan.
On Thu, 10 May 2012 19:17:05 +1000
Padfoot
Hi,
I have recently taken up maintenance of the orphaned package xf86-input-egalax https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=35045
This package will replace the package xf86-input-egalax-linux3 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=55050 to provide a more standard package name.
Can someone please check the PKGBUILD in xf86-input-egalax to confirm I have written it correctly so when users with package xf86-input-egalax-linux3 next update, it will be replaced with xf86-input-egalax?
You should add conflicts=('xf86-input-egalax-linux3') for the transition. So xf86-input-egalax-linux3 will be automatically replaced by pacman when installing xf86-input-egalax.
Upon this confirmation, can we please merge xf86-input-egalax-linux3 into xf86-input-egalax?
done
I also notice there are 2 other orphaned packages which provide the same functionality. They are both out of date, orphaned and no longer build. Can these be deleted please?
touchkit: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18766 xf86-input-egalax-beta: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43641
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There is a 3rd out of date package which no longer builds, but is not orphaned. It has not been updated since 23 June 2010.
xf86-input-egalax-xorg18: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=38300
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