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

[aur-requests] [PRQ#34833] Deletion Request for xonotic-desktop
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 May '22

27 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for xonotic-desktop [2]: I think this package from 2016 is obsolete. This just installs Arch [community] xonotic and adds xonotic desktop files, and icons from the AUR/xonotic-git package. (Causing install failure because of conflicting packages.) But anyway, this package is not needed anymore, since [community] xonotic does contain all the icons and necessary desktop entries. Safe to delete this desktop/icon addon package. No impact. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/xonotic-desktop/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34842] Deletion Request for pdfscissors
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 May '22

27 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for pdfscissors [2]: This tool itself was last updated in 2011. Since that time, upstream URL is gone, source tarball got put behind loginwall and cannot be downloaded. I would suggest to delete this if not salvageable. There are dozens of working of PDF editing/cutting/modifying tools available nowadays. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pdfscissors/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34843] Deletion Request for python-envoy
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 May '22

27 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-envoy [2]: Deprecated since 2017. delegator.py is its successor. (AUR: python-delegator; though that should be named 'python-delegator.py' because 'delegator' and 'delegator.py' are two different projects on PyPI. I've written about this to the maintainer. Otherwise the package is fine.) This package is not needed I think. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-envoy/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34844] Deletion Request for vlmcsd-svn
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 May '22

27 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for vlmcsd-svn [2]: Unneeded legacy VCS package. Original SVN sources seems to be gone, package was switched to download source from a 7zip file (!). But that is gone too (404). The subversion sources have been reuploaded to GitHub. There are two packages tracking that fork on AUR: - vlmcsd - vlmcsd-git This package therefore is not worth keeping. Safe to delete. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/vlmcsd-svn/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34847] Deletion Request for shadow-capitals
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 May '22

27 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for shadow-capitals [2]: Minimally altered version of shadow v4.2.1 from 2016. Arch/core/shadow is at v4.11.1 (2022-02-02). Former owner orphaned it. It seems it is not needed by them or anyone else. There are no user votes. This has been outdated for half a decade but no one even flagged it as outdated. Safe to delete. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/shadow-capitals/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34852] Deletion Request for pynetfilter_conntrack
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 May '22

27 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for pynetfilter_conntrack [2]: Orphaned package for a Python 2 module. (Python 2 bindings for [core] libnetfilter_conntrack and userspace cli tool for the same.) The source was last updated in 2016 and supports only Python 2. This package's name is not ideal, should have been prefixed with 'python2-'. Nevertheless, there is nothing on AUR that would depend on this package, and currently it cannot be packaged because of an already deleted Python 2 based dependency. I don't think this package is needed anymore or worth keeping. The upstream Netfilter project does provide native userspace tools for the main library, in the form of the conntrack-tools package (available in [extra]). I think it's safe to say this Python 2 module from 2016 is deprecated and obsolete. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pynetfilter_conntrack/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34855] Deletion Request for cloud-utils-bzr
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 May '22

27 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for cloud-utils-bzr [2]: Orphaned, obsolete VCS package, last updated in 2015. This one is based on Python 2 but current versions need Python 3. Also the code repository has been migrated to GitHub. Launchpad is only used for hosting tarballs and the issue tracker. Therefore this abandoned package no longer serves its former purpose. Safe to delete. (Arch [community] has the stable version. If someone wants a -git package, they can easily create one based on the stable PKGBUILD.) [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/cloud-utils-bzr/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34857] Deletion Request for python2-pysftp
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 May '22

27 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python2-pysftp [2]: As this Python 2 based package is broken because of several missing Python 2 based dependencies in its dependency tree, maybe it would be better to delete this? Code has not been developed since 2016. And there is an AUR/python-pysftp package to be used with Python 3. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python2-pysftp/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34859] Deletion Request for cb-pipemenus
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 May '22

27 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for cb-pipemenus [2]: Orphaned script-based addon package for OpenBox. Source last updated 8 years ago, in 2014. These scripts were written for the CrunchBang ('cb') Debian-based distro, not for Arch Linux. CrunchBang has also been discontinued in 2015. After such a long time not being maintained, these OpenBox menu config scripts are likely to be dead in the water on current systems. Also it is providing such basic menus as print config or ssh config. These menus are most likely already provided by currently maintained packages for OpenBox. This package itself is already broken on AUR because of python2-paramiko's missing Python 2 based dependencies. As a long-orphaned package I think it's safe to say that it is not needed anymore and can be deleted. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/cb-pipemenus/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34878] Deletion Request for python-pycanberra-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 May '22

27 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-pycanberra-git [2]: Discontinued in 2013. Suggest deletion. There is a new, independent 'py-canberra' project (updated 2020): https://pypi.org/project/py-canberra/ There is no package for that currently, but prospective package name should keep the '-' as in 'python-py-canberra' to stay in sync with PyPI and to avoid confusion. This package for the obsolete pycanberra libray seems to be not needed, therefore safe to delete. Nothing depends on it. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-pycanberra-git/

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