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

[aur-requests] [PRQ#32741] Deletion Request for python2-qrtools
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

carlosal1015 [1] filed a deletion request for python2-qrtools [2]: End of life for the project, no more updates https://launchpad.net/qr- tools/+announcement/28444 [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/carlosal1015/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python2-qrtools/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32683] Deletion Request for ruby-uber-s3
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for ruby-uber-s3 [2]: A third-party CLI client for Amazon S3, last released in 2012: https://rubygems.org/gems/uber-s3 Development abandoned, source GitHub repository archived (inactivated) by developer: https://github.com/pressly/uber-s3 AUR owner inactive since 2015-07-07. Unreliable, has unfixed issues reported as far back as 2011: https://github.com/pressly/uber-s3/issues Amazon AWS has public web API's so there is a plethora of tools that can be used with those services. Safe to delete, nothing depends on this in AUR. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ruby-uber-s3/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32674] Deletion Request for libao-jack
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for libao-jack [2]: Orphan package, LibAO source moved to GitLab, experimental Jack patches abandoned 7 years ago and got dropped during GitLab migration. They are not available anymore, only their abandoned feature request ticket: https://gitlab.xiph.org/xiph/libao/-/issues/2083 Seems these patches wouldn't be needed at all. LibAO clients apparently can use Jack via Alsa-Plugins, see: https://mpd.fandom.com/wiki/Configuration#JACK Therefore it's safe to delete this unbuildable package with lost patch sources. No impact, dependents can use and configure Arch/extra/libao. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/libao-jack/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32682] Deletion Request for pleaserun
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for pleaserun [2]: Abandoned package, owner inactive since 2015-07-07. Safe to delete as this is a non-working duplicate from 2015 of the following package that is currently maintained and correctly named: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ruby-pleaserun [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pleaserun/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32689] Deletion Request for gpdfx
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for gpdfx [2]: Project abandoned in 2011, its revival fork got abandoned in 2016, 6 years ago. Package owner disowned the package. There is no benefit in keeping this broken tool. There are plenty of up-to-date and working alternatives for editing/splitting PDF files. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/gpdfx/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32739] Deletion Request for virtualdub
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for virtualdub [2]: Orphaned package. Freeware Windows video editor application last updated in 2014. Package links to 32-bit binary. There are no user comments. I suggest this package can be deleted, no impact, nothing depends on it. There is a Linux-native clone which is provides the same baseline features and is continually being developed and improved: Avidemux: https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/avidemux-qt/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/avidemux-qt5-git https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/avidemux-qt6-git And of course there are several high quality alternatives for Linux now, both for casual video editing (Shotcut, Openshot, Pitivi, Handbrake) as well as professional workflows (KDEnlive, Flowblade). [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/virtualdub/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32734] Merge Request for spotify-tui-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

XavRan [1] filed a request to merge spotify-tui-git [2] into spotify- tui [3]: They both build from the same repo, but this one is old orphaned and dead. Maybe only deletion could be enough or a merge will be more appropriate [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/XavRan/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/spotify-tui-git/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/spotify-tui/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32747] Deletion Request for bombadil-bin
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

Svenstaro [1] filed a deletion request for bombadil-bin [2]: This is now in [community] as toml-bombadil. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/Svenstaro/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/bombadil-bin/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#32750] Deletion Request for oi Accepted
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

Request #32750 has been Accepted by xyproto [1]: [Autogenerated] Accepted deletion for oi. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/xyproto/

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Re: [aur-requests] [PRQ#32175] Deletion Request for dot-tools Accepted
by Felipe Contreras 23 Feb '22

23 Feb '22

Hello, On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 5:36 PM Muflone <muflone(a)archlinux.org> wrote: > > This tool is to help manage *everyone*'s dotfiles, not just mine. > > > > And as you can see in the README file: > > > > Tools for managing dotfiles using git. > > Currently the dot-setup script simply clones your dot-team git > repository into ~/.local/share/dot-files > > This is simply a personal dot files collection, not a tool to manage > your dot files. As I already explained: the dot-team repository does *NOT* contain my personal dotfiles. These are my dotfiles: https://github.com/felipec/dotfiles These are *NOT* my dotfiles: https://github.com/felipec/dot-team Yes, in v0.1 dot-setup clones the dot-team repository, which does *NOT* contain my personal dotfiles, but you do not need to use dot-setup, you can use dot-init instead. But in fact I just pushed v0.2 so now you can call dot-setup with *any* repository, here: dot-setup https://github.com/DoomHammer/dotfiles That works, and they are not the dot-team dotfiles, nor my personal dotfiles. Once again: you do not need to use dot-setup, you do not need to use dot-team. dot-tools can be used with *any* dotfiles, not just the ones in the dot-team repository. > The rest of the script are simple oneline bash scripts which calls git > commands Yes, they are simple, simple code is good in my book. dot-tools does essentially the same thing as yadm [1], except yadm does it in a convoluted way, and dot-tools does it in a simple way. I do not think complexity should be a requirement for AUR packages. makepkg itself is a very simple script, and that's a good thing. The important thing isn't if the software is complex, the important thing is if the software is *useful*. Do you think dot-tools isn't useful? If so, why? [1] https://yadm.io -- Felipe Contreras

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