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

[aur-requests] [PRQ#35044] Deletion Request for ncpfs
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 18 Jun '22

18 Jun '22

rafaelff [1] filed a deletion request for ncpfs [2]: This software no longer works. - The proprietary Novell NetWare Server was last released in 2009 and every support ceased in 2017. - ncpfs support was removed from the Linux kernel in 4.17-rc4, as per `man filesystem`. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/rafaelff/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ncpfs/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#35042] Deletion Request for sonerezh
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18 Jun '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for sonerezh [2]: Long orphaned package. Doesn't work since php version 7.2 (dependency). Hasn't seen a stable tagged release since 2017. There is a VCS package for it on AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sonerezh-git It was suggested in a comment in 2018 that the 'stable' version cannot be used anymore and it is recommended to use the -git version. The git repo is also not updated since 2019, though there is a sligtly newer fork from 2020 so the -git package can be improved further by switching over to that (notified the maintainer of that package for them to decide). Meanwhile, I recommend to delete this package as it doesn't work since 2018 and there can be no reasonable expectation of a stable release. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/sonerezh/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34980] Deletion Request for jdk-devel-docs
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18 Jun '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for jdk-devel-docs [2]: Addon documents package for the defunct 'jdk-devel' package (Oracle Java 11 Development Kit preview version). Both packages are orphaned and source is behind Oracle paywall. Both 'jdk-devel' and 'jdk-devel-docs' names are confusingly too broad because of legacy reasons. These are not based on OpenJDK but on Oracle's version of JDK. I think it is not useful to keep this package. Oracle insider access subscribers can likely download / access the non-public documentation already, without this defunct package. Also the majority of the development is not done by Oracle behind closed doors, but by a collaborative open-source community (OpenJDK). Maybe that's the reason for the limited and diminished interest for this Oracle-based package during the last few years. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/jdk-devel-docs/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#34975] Deletion Request for jdk-devel
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18 Jun '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for jdk-devel [2]: Orphaned package, last updated in 2018. It was based on Oracle Java 11 Development Kit preview version. According to a comment in 2019, since that time Oracle requires login to access insider builds. There were no answers or newer comments since that time. As I remember, Oracle kept only a very small subset of mostly legacy corporate addon technologies behind closed doors, and they abandoned new closed feature development on Java. I think it's safe to delete this legacy package because it is defunct and there seems to be zero interest in it since 2019. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/jdk-devel/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#35028] Deletion Request for ttrv-git
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18 Jun '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for ttrv-git [2]: GitHub repo deleted (404). This was a fork of rtv (Reddit terminal viewer) discontinued in 2019. There is a continuation / revival fork of this application that is up-to-date and works: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tuir This package, in contrast was last updated in 2020. Now it is not needed anymore as it cannot be salvaged. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ttrv-git/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#35041] Deletion Request for perl-protocol-socketio
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18 Jun '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for perl-protocol-socketio [2]: Not needed anymore I guess, since its only dependent on CPAN is the abandoned PocketIO, for which the AUR package was abandoned and deleted, so now this is not used by any package. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/perl-protocol-socketio/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#35296] Merge Request for glide-bin
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18 Jun '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a request to merge glide-bin [2] into golang-glide- bin [3]: I wanted to initiate a rename but maintainer @tongpu cut my initiative short by submitting a deletion request before coming to any mutual agreement. This package, under the new name, is temporarily useful to keep, until two AUR packages are either migrated to new Go module management or are deleted. Also, my discussion in comments with @tongpu is, I think, would be beneficial for that interim period for others to see on the new golang-glide-bin page, because it sheds light to the background of the name change and the problem that prompted this kind of solution. You can of course choose to just delete the legacy and now-problematically named 'glide-bin', but I would welcome a merge instead to target package, to keep the information for whomever still needs to use this tool temporarily (until they can migrate away from it). [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/glide-bin/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/golang-glide-bin/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#35036] Deletion Request for perl-extutils-install
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18 Jun '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for perl-extutils-install [2]: This is an orphaned package from 2020 (v2.18) The exact same Perl package distribution is provided by Arch [core] perl. [perl] v5.36.0 provides perl-extutils-install=2.20 Nothing on AUR depends on this, which means that no AUR Perl module has declared it as explicit dependency. Which also means no package declared that they need this version (v2.18). Therefore it's safe to delete this package, as it is not in use. Arch [perl] can satisfy every package whose scripts call for the 'ExtUtils::Install' module. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/perl-extutils-install/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#35035] Deletion Request for perl-finance-yahoojpn-quote
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18 Jun '22

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for perl-finance-yahoojpn-quote [2]: Orphaned here, archived (BackPanned) on CPAN. Last updated in 2014, nothing depends on it either on aur or on CPAN. Unreliable since Perl 5.20 as per reported test results on CPAN. Safe to delete. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/perl-finance-yahoojpn-quote/

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[aur-requests] [PRQ#35034] Orphan Request for powershell
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18 Jun '22

carsme [1] filed an orphan request for powershell [2]: Has been out-of-date for almost three months. Will take over maintenance. I co-maintain the -bin version of this package. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/carsme/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/powershell/

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