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

[aur-requests] [PRQ#34693] Deletion Request for nvhda-dkms-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 May '22

23 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for nvhda-dkms-git [2]: Orphaned VCS package, deprecated and discontinued project. Package disowned in 2020. This was a Linux kernel module to turn on HDMI audio on NVIDIA GPU hardware. The driver support for such audio output has been mainlined: added to Linux kernel 5.4. Therefore this DKMS module is obsolete, it cannot add further functionality to the kernel. Also it has stopped being developed in 2020 because of the above-mentioned redundancy. This package is not needed anymore. Safe to delete. (If some people have issues with HDMI audio on NVIDIA GPU's, it is either because of a misconfiguration or an upstream bug, but not because of something that this package could solve on Linux kernel 5.4 and up.) [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/nvhda-dkms-git/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34712] Deletion Request for archipel-central-agent-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 May '22

23 May '22

gameslayer [1] filed a deletion request for archipel-central-agent-git [2]: Dead project that hasn't been updated since 2015 [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/gameslayer/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/archipel-central-agent-git/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34713] Deletion Request for dcj
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 May '22

23 May '22

aborgna [1] filed a deletion request for dcj [2]: Google no longer provides this tool, the upstream url is now a 404. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/aborgna/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/dcj/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34731] Deletion Request for noisetorch
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 May '22

23 May '22

M-Mabrouk [1] filed a deletion request for noisetorch [2]: Tha package might have been compromised. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/M-Mabrouk/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/noisetorch/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34745] Deletion Request for perl-javascript-spidermonkey
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 May '22

23 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for perl-javascript-spidermonkey [2]: Abandoned package, last updated in 2015. This is a Perl module written for Mozilla Spidermonkey v1.5, released in 2000 for Firefox 1.0. Its developer enhanced it later for Spidermonkey 1.6, released in 2005 for Firefox 1.5. In 2018 (!) the developer added a patch for Spidermonkey 1.8.5, which is the JS engine released in 2011 for Firefox 4.0. There were no more enhancements since 2018. On MetaCPAN only two abandoned modules depend on this. (One discontinued in 2007, the other in 2014.) There are no consumers on AUR. I don't think it's worth keeping. No currently maintained project seems to use this ancient module. Safe to delete. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/perl-javascript-spidermonkey/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34749] Deletion Request for firefox-kde-opensuse-rpm
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 May '22

23 May '22

sipak [1] filed a deletion request for firefox-kde-opensuse-rpm [2]: Will no longer maintain, there is conflicts with arch base, and there are compiled and binary alternatives. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/sipak/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/firefox-kde-opensuse-rpm/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34743] Deletion Request for purevpn-networkmanager
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 May '22

23 May '22

ConorIA [1] filed a deletion request for purevpn-networkmanager [2]: This method no longer works due to changes in the VPN provider's policies. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/ConorIA/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/purevpn-networkmanager/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34755] Merge Request for ly-aur
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 May '22

23 May '22

yochananmarqos [1] filed a request to merge ly-aur [2] into ly-git [3]: Duplicate package [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/yochananmarqos/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ly-aur/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ly-git/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34766] Deletion Request for nvidia-module-all-drivers-meta
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 May '22

23 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for nvidia-module-all-drivers- meta [2]: This compatibility metapackage is not needed anymore. I have created it temporarily to help e.g. nvidia-exec and nvidia- tweaks AUR packages to find Nvidia kernel driver dependency even if a particular Nvidia driver package did not specify providing 'NVIDIA-MODULE'. Affected were some custom AUR Nvidia driver/dkms packages and some Manjaro repo packages. But as of now all affected AUR packages have added the necessary provides. Manjaro also has added that in every unstable and testing branch driver packages. (In Manjaro stable branch, these updates are expected to arrive by mid-June. Until then, the nvidia-dkms package already provides 'NVIDIA-MODULE' in the stable repo branch, so users do have a working solution for using the aforementioned AUR packages even before the other driver updates get released for them.) Safe to delete this metapackage. No loss of function expected. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/nvidia-module-all-drivers-meta/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34771] Deletion Request for virtualbox-modules-lts
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 May '22

23 May '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for virtualbox-modules-lts [2]: Oprhaned package, created in 2017, last updated in Feb 2021. Name and description a little vague, but it seems this was intended to build virtualbox-host-modules for the Arch linux-lts kernel. Already in 2017, it was indicated that its provides field is wrong, but it was not addressed. Also there are other reports of build failures from 2020 and 2021, none of which have been replied to. As of now this package is definitely not needed, as the Arch [community] repo does provide 'VIRTUALBOX-HOST-MODULES' in virtualbox-host-dkms package. That package expliciy declares: replaces= virtualbox-host-modules-lts. The package works with the linux-lts kernel if that is installed. Therefore this orphaned and broken AUR package is superfluous and not worth keeping. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/virtualbox-modules-lts/

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