October 2023 - Aur-requests - lists.archlinux.org

[PRQ#49094] Deletion Request for freetype2-v35
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for freetype2-v35 [2]: Unneeded, outdated (v2.13.0 from 2023-03) variant of extra repo's freetype2 (v2.13.2 from 2023-09). The repo package also supports the legacy v35 font subpixel hinting. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/freetype2-v35/

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[PRQ#49154] Deletion Request for hid-glorious-dkms
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

alwyn [1] filed a deletion request for hid-glorious-dkms [2]: Package is no longer relevant as the driver has been merged into kernel 5.7. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/alwyn/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/hid-glorious-dkms/

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[PRQ#49127] Deletion Request for git-etc
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for git-etc [2]: Unused Python2 package from 2017. Does not follow Arch Python package guidelines and PyPA guidelines, e.g. doesn't use setuptools, even though they call for such instead of relying stdlib's distutils. Also this is dependent on systemd, but it's not declared in PKGBUILD. I recommend deletion. There are working alternatives to "monitor changes in files". [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/git-etc/

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[PRQ#49120] Deletion Request for pikaur-aurnews
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for pikaur-aurnews [2]: Unspecified mod/duplicate of pikaur ("with the live aurnews eggzpatch", say pkgdesc). Deliberately a VCS package in disguise (without a pkgver function), which have been asked to be rectified by @haawda in a comment on 2022-11-28, but maintainer refused. [a] At this point it's obvious that maintainer created this package only for himself and does not care about anyone else. Not useful to keep. There's already the proper AUR/pikaur and pikaur-git. If there's any improvement idea, it could be submitted to upstream, who is the same person who maintains the just-mentioned AUR pikaur builds. [a]: https://archive.ph/tOWi2#comment-891634 [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pikaur-aurnews/

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[PRQ#49119] Deletion Request for ffmpeg-nocuda
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for ffmpeg-nocuda [2]: This package is a pointless duplicate of extra/ffmpeg, as the latter also does not support CUDA, and does not have "nvidias propriatary blobs" as the pkgdesc here implies. This is also incompetently maintained. As of now, it is on pkgver=6.1, which is not yet an existing ffmpeg release. It is actually a git VCS package, without a pkgver() function. The PKGBUILD still has now defunct remnants of a stable package: like an unused 'gitver' variable declaration. (Without a leading '_' underscore as per PKGBUILD guidelines.) This package has no legitimate basis to exist on AUR whatsoever. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ffmpeg-nocuda/

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[PRQ#49049] Deletion Request for auto-cpufreq-no-gnome-power
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

grawity [1] filed a deletion request for auto-cpufreq-no-gnome-power [2]: looks like it never got deleted when 1.8.1 out [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/grawity/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/auto-cpufreq-no-gnome-power/

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[PRQ#49926] Deletion Request for mermaid-cli-brave
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for mermaid-cli-brave [2]: Abandoned, outdated variant of AUR/mermaid-cli. 0 votes/comments. Safe to delete. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/mermaid-cli-brave/

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[PRQ#49954] Deletion Request for casa5-bin
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for casa5-bin [2]: Unneeded legacy version. Current stable release is v6.6, available from AUR. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/casa5-bin/

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[PRQ#49931] Deletion Request for gmat-bin
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 18 Mar '24

18 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for gmat-bin [2]: Unused, abandoned, OOD niche scientific package from 2020; still on the 2018 release version. 0 votes/comments, so it seems safe to delete. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/gmat-bin/

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[PRQ#49923] Deletion Request for mbelib-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 18 Mar '24

18 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for mbelib-git [2]: Upstream is essentially unmaintained since the last release in 2016. Only a few Debian packaging and cmake/ctest tinkering commits were added between 2017 and 2019. [a] So I propose to delete this VCS package, because it is practically the same as extra repo's mbelib. [a]: https://github.com/szechyjs/mbelib/compare/v1.3.0...master [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/mbelib-git/

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