February 2022 - Aur-requests - lists.archlinux.org

[aur-requests] [PRQ#32913] Deletion Request for redox-relibc
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

FabioLolix [1] filed a deletion request for redox-relibc [2]: Cleanup of Redox OS toolchain, all pkgbuilds have seen activity only on July 2018, abandoned, 0 votes, no comments [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/FabioLolix/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/redox-relibc/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32912] Deletion Request for python2-pytrie
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

carlosal1015 [1] filed a deletion request for python2-pytrie [2]: Upstream is now python3 only. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/carlosal1015/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python2-pytrie/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32911] Deletion Request for pycam
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for pycam [2]: Orphaned Python2 and GTK2 based package, last release is from 2019. Broken because of missing Python2-dependencies. There is a working alternative based on Python 3 and up-to-date dependencies: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pycam-git Unfortunately it's hard to predict if and when a new tagged release might happen, as this tool is not for the casual user but for at least serious hobbyists, technicians and designers utilizing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and CNC machining. In order to provide a better user experience on AUR, I strongly suggest to delete this orphaned package, as keeping it would only serve as a trap, wasting user time figuring out that yes, the last "stable" tagged release is indeed broken and cannot be made to work. On the other hand, this package should not be updated to an untagged git commit, because that's what the VCS-following pycam-git package is for. The latter -git package works very well, as the developer is now employing GitHub's CI testing services which means that every commit gets tested for errors. This leads to good general build quality, suitable for non-mission-critical production use. Deleting this old package also would help ease some unnecessary burden on AUR maintainers, as this old package depends on very outdated, 10-12 year old components, and some people might feel forced to try to revive those somehow, when in fact those broken dependencies are not at all needed for the new -git version of this application. Whenever there is a new stable version (which might or might not happen in the near future), someone can easily upload a new non-git package by copying the -git package's working PKGBUILD and adapting it to the non-git build. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pycam/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32910] Deletion Request for python2-openglcontext
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python2-openglcontext [2]: Duplicate of AUR/python-openglcontext. I suggest it's safe to delete this abandoned content. Because it's actually only documentation and examples for learning PyOpenGL, from 2014. Documentation is available online: http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/context/tutorials/index.html The supplementary example source code is not intended to be installed in system. Instead, it's recommended to be cloned from git repository or downloaded to user home from PyPI: https://github.com/mcfletch/pyopengl/blob/master/readme.rst#learning- pyopengl [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python2-openglcontext/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32909] Deletion Request for python-openglcontext
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-openglcontext [2]: Duplicate of AUR/python2-openglcontext. I suggest it's safe to delete this abandoned, orphaned package from 2014. Because it's actually only documentation and examples for learning PyOpenGL, from 2014. Documentation is available online: http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/context/tutorials/index.html The supplementary example source code is not intended to be installed in system. Instead, it's recommended to be cloned from git repository or downloaded to user home from PyPI: https://github.com/mcfletch/pyopengl/blob/master/readme.rst#learning- pyopengl [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-openglcontext/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32908] Deletion Request for python2-pythonpy
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

carlosal1015 [1] filed a deletion request for python2-pythonpy [2]: The project has been deleted. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/carlosal1015/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python2-pythonpy/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32905] Deletion Request for nvidiux
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for nvidiux [2]: Python 2 and Qt4 based tool last updated in 2018. GitHub repo inactivated (archived) by developer: https://github.com/RunGp/Nvidiux Quote: **nvidiux is no longer developed and not support any modern distribution with drop support of python2 Please use another tools Thanks to all for use nvidiux ** Cannot be built since 2020 because of dropped Python 2 based dependency. Keeping it is not worth the hassle. There are working alternatives for NVIDIA GPU fan/voltage/clocking support. Safe to delete, nothing depends on it. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/nvidiux/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32902] Deletion Request for webnovel-manager-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for webnovel-manager-git [2]: Source repo deleted by owner from GitHub (404; not even available as an archive or from any other hoster). Developer/owner discontinued it because it could no longer work with the website it was originally developed for. As source is unavailable, this package cannot be salvaged. Safe to delete. No dependents. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/webnovel-manager-git/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32899] Deletion Request for python-llvmlite
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

a821 [1] filed a deletion request for python-llvmlite [2]: Exists in community. Thanks for maintaining. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/a821/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-llvmlite/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32898] Deletion Request for kdeplasma-wallpaperswitch
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '22

19 Mar '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for kdeplasma-wallpaperswitch [2]: Orphaned package, project discontinued in 2019: https://github.com/martenjj/wallpaperswitch/blob/master/README.md "Unfortunately, due to recent changes in Plasma, WallpaperSwitch no longer works" due to "major architectural changes within Plasma". There is no point in keeping this package as it doesn't work (incompatible with KDE Plasma Desktop since 2019). Nothing in AUR depends on it. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/kdeplasma-wallpaperswitch/

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