[aur-general] Deletion/merge request - xf86-video-sis671
Package xf86-video-sis671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34256) is outdated, broken and lacks some features that xf86-sis-m671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47620) have (support for 1366x768 resolution and others). Anyway it is just feature-lacking version of xf86-video-sisimedia in [community] and therefore should be removed and have it's votes merged into xf86-sis-m671 to preserve votes of sis761 chipset owners in AUR. -- My AUR packages - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=AlexanderR
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:12:52PM +1100, alexander.r@gmx.com wrote:
Package xf86-video-sis671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34256) is outdated, broken and lacks some features that xf86-sis-m671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47620) have (support for 1366x768 resolution and others). Anyway it is just feature-lacking version of xf86-video-sisimedia in [community] and therefore should be removed and have it's votes merged into xf86-sis-m671 to preserve votes of sis761 chipset owners in AUR. -- My AUR packages - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=AlexanderR ---end quoted text---
Am I ignored O_o ? Anyway sorry and please forget about previous message; better disown xf86-sis-m671 (it was said to be useless and marked as outdated long ago) and merge it into xf86-video-sis671, which I just updated. -- My AUR packages - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=AlexanderR
Op 17-03-12 05:44, alexander.r@gmx.com schreef:
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:12:52PM +1100, alexander.r@gmx.com wrote:
Package xf86-video-sis671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34256) is outdated, broken and lacks some features that xf86-sis-m671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47620) have (support for 1366x768 resolution and others). Anyway it is just feature-lacking version of xf86-video-sisimedia in [community] and therefore should be removed and have it's votes merged into xf86-sis-m671 to preserve votes of sis761 chipset owners in AUR. -- My AUR packages - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=AlexanderR ---end quoted text---
Am I ignored O_o ? Anyway sorry and please forget about previous message; better disown xf86-sis-m671 (it was said to be useless and marked as outdated long ago) and merge it into xf86-video-sis671, which I just updated.
no you are not ignored but you are not the maintainer of xf86-sis-m671 so if you get hellnest to confirm the merge here we can do that -- Ike
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 09:53:50AM +0100, Ike Devolder wrote:
Op 17-03-12 05:44, alexander.r@gmx.com schreef:
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:12:52PM +1100, alexander.r@gmx.com wrote:
Package xf86-video-sis671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34256) is outdated, broken and lacks some features that xf86-sis-m671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47620) have (support for 1366x768 resolution and others). Anyway it is just feature-lacking version of xf86-video-sisimedia in [community] and therefore should be removed and have it's votes merged into xf86-sis-m671 to preserve votes of sis761 chipset owners in AUR. -- My AUR packages - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=AlexanderR ---end quoted text---
Am I ignored O_o ? Anyway sorry and please forget about previous message; better disown xf86-sis-m671 (it was said to be useless and marked as outdated long ago) and merge it into xf86-video-sis671, which I just updated.
no you are not ignored
but you are not the maintainer of xf86-sis-m671 so if you get hellnest to confirm the merge here we can do that
-- Ike
---end quoted text--- I understand, but 1) according to package contents and github commit history, xf86-sis-m671 is just the same package with same upstream and different order of patches (is not package duplication against Arch rules?) 2) it is broken and it have been being broken (crash during video playback) since October 2011 - see comments. Now it does not even compile 3) it was marked as outdated with several comments on AUR page on October 20, 2011. Author does not show activity neither in his blog and github projects nor on AUR. Taking into account all listed, should I e-mail hellnest and ask him to update his package again? -- My AUR packages - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=AlexanderR
Sorry for breaking threads. I forwarded Ike's message to hellnest, since Ike didn't add him to cc in his mail. [1] cheers mar77i [1] http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2012-March/018168.html
Op 17-03-12 12:11, alexander.r@gmx.com schreef:
On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 09:53:50AM +0100, Ike Devolder wrote:
Op 17-03-12 05:44, alexander.r@gmx.com schreef:
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:12:52PM +1100, alexander.r@gmx.com wrote:
Package xf86-video-sis671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34256) is outdated, broken and lacks some features that xf86-sis-m671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47620) have (support for 1366x768 resolution and others). Anyway it is just feature-lacking version of xf86-video-sisimedia in [community] and therefore should be removed and have it's votes merged into xf86-sis-m671 to preserve votes of sis761 chipset owners in AUR. -- My AUR packages - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=AlexanderR ---end quoted text---
Am I ignored O_o ? Anyway sorry and please forget about previous message; better disown xf86-sis-m671 (it was said to be useless and marked as outdated long ago) and merge it into xf86-video-sis671, which I just updated.
no you are not ignored
but you are not the maintainer of xf86-sis-m671 so if you get hellnest to confirm the merge here we can do that
-- Ike
---end quoted text---
I understand, but 1) according to package contents and github commit history, xf86-sis-m671 is just the same package with same upstream and different order of patches (is not package duplication against Arch rules?) 2) it is broken and it have been being broken (crash during video playback) since October 2011 - see comments. Now it does not even compile 3) it was marked as outdated with several comments on AUR page on October 20, 2011. Author does not show activity neither in his blog and github projects nor on AUR.
Taking into account all listed, should I e-mail hellnest and ask him to update his package again?
deleted xf86-sis-m671 as for xf86-video-sis671[1] please file bug reports to have the package in extra updated [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34256 -- Ike
On 17 March 2012 05:44,
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:12:52PM +1100, alexander.r@gmx.com wrote:
Package xf86-video-sis671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34256) is outdated, broken and lacks some features that xf86-sis-m671 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47620) have (support for 1366x768 resolution and others). Anyway it is just feature-lacking version of xf86-video-sisimedia in [community] and therefore should be removed and have it's votes merged into xf86-sis-m671 to preserve votes of sis761 chipset owners in AUR. -- My AUR packages - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=AlexanderR ---end quoted text---
Am I ignored O_o ? Anyway sorry and please forget about previous message; better disown xf86-sis-m671 (it was said to be useless and marked as outdated long ago) and merge it into xf86-video-sis671, which I just updated. -- My AUR packages - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=AlexanderR
I've looked at both packages and I don't see a reason why they should be kept in AUR at all. The xf86-video-sis671 package looks almost identical to the xf86-video-sisimedia in [extra]. It even uses the same sources. If there's a problem with the xf86-video-sisimedia you should rather post a bug report (patches are welcome) instead of creating a new package in AUR. As far as it goes, xf86-sis-m671 seems to be based on the same sources. Also it uses a (dead) git repository so it's name is wrong too (it should have -git suffix). Lukas
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alexander.r＠gmx.com
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Ike Devolder
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Lukáš Jirkovský
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Martti Kühne