[aur-general] Naming issue of mysql-shell and (possibly) request for adoption
Hi all, I am writing about the naming issue that I noticed about the AUR package mysql-shell, i.e. I reckon it's better to rename it to mysql-shell-bin since MySQL Shell is an open-source project and the package actually downloads the prebuilt Ubuntu package. I tried reaching out to Raphaël, who is the current maintainer, via the website comments and flagged it out-of-date on 05 Aug but so far I've got no response. The maintainer's account seems to still be active (package openrefine, which is also owned by the maintainer, was updated on 01 Aug) but I'm not sure whether this particular package is still maintained. If not, I'm willing to adopt the package but instead of renaming it, I would actually like to maintain one that's built from source. However since it needs to be linked against V8 v6.7 (I've submitted an AUR pacakge [1] for this), it'll take a while to build and it could be an unexpected change for users I guess, so I wonder whether it's possible to: 1. rename mysql-shell to mysql-shell-bin 2. allow current mysql-shell users to upgrade to mysql-shell-bin by default like how 'replaces' works 3. ...and I can submit a new mysql-shell package Please shed some light on me. Thanks. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/v8-6.7-static/ -- Best Regards, Frederick Zhang Email: frederick888@tsundere.moe
Quoting Frederick Zhang via aur-general (2019-09-10 02:31:15)
1. rename mysql-shell to mysql-shell-bin 2. allow current mysql-shell users to upgrade to mysql-shell-bin by default like how 'replaces' works 3. ...and I can submit a new mysql-shell package
I suggest you file an adoption request, and if it's accepted, pin something in the comment section about the change. If people still want a -bin version, let them take care of that. -- Best, Daniel <https://danielcapella.com>
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Daniel M. Capella
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Frederick Zhang