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

[PRQ#48462] Deletion Request for torrent-file-editor-qt4-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 12 Feb '24

12 Feb '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for torrent-file-editor-qt4-git [2]: Defunct, broken, unneeded Qt4 package that is actually missing Qt4 from its dependency tree. Upstream supports Qt5 and Qt6. As of now, there are Qt5 based working packages for this code on AUR: - torrent-file-editor - torrent-file-editor-qt5-git [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/torrent-file-editor-qt4-git/

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[PRQ#48037] Deletion Request for arduino-avr-core-rc
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 12 Feb '24

12 Feb '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for arduino-avr-core-rc [2]: 3 years older rc package than the stable build available in extra repo. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/arduino-avr-core-rc/

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[PRQ#48035] Deletion Request for arduino-builder-rc
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 12 Feb '24

12 Feb '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for arduino-builder-rc [2]: 3 years older rc package than the stable build available in repo. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/arduino-builder-rc/

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[PRQ#48034] Deletion Request for arduino-cli-rc
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 12 Feb '24

12 Feb '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for arduino-cli-rc [2]: Abandoned, broken rc package from 2020; missing a dependency. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/arduino-cli-rc/

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[PRQ#49657] Deletion Request for ksysguard-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 11 Feb '24

11 Feb '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for ksysguard-git [2]: Project discontinued, upstream KDE Gitlab repo archived. [a] As of now, Arch repo still carries the last stable version for KDE Plasma 5. [a]: https://invent.kde.org/plasma/ksysguard [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ksysguard-git/

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[PRQ#47181] Deletion Request for lockdoor-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 11 Feb '24

11 Feb '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for lockdoor-git [2]: Bad niche package. Uses mkdir and rsync in package() function instead of the install command, so it does not set the access attributes correctly. And it installs the main application in /opt/sofiane - the latter is submitter's name and has nothing to do with the application. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/lockdoor-git/

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[PRQ#49016] Deletion Request for vocp
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 11 Feb '24

11 Feb '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for vocp [2]: Broken package from 2016; source and upstream webpage not found (404). [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/vocp/

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[PRQ#47564] Deletion Request for hamsket-bin
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 11 Feb '24

11 Feb '24

freaknils [1] filed a deletion request for hamsket-bin [2]: The project seems to be dead: https://github.com/TheGoddessInari/hamsket/issues/361 No commits for more than one year [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/freaknils/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/hamsket-bin/

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[PRQ#47561] Deletion Request for python-pillow-simd
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 11 Feb '24

11 Feb '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-pillow-simd [2]: This is an old duplicate of python-pillow, at version 9.2.0, whereas repo's pillow is on 10.0.1 atm. The fork project's README.md clearly states about their versioning scheme [a]: " Pillow-SIMD is »following« Pillow which means it is drop-in replacements for Pillow of the same version. For example, Pillow-SIMD 3.2.0.post3 is a drop-in replacement for Pillow 3.2.0, and Pillow-SIMD 3.3.3.post0 — for Pillow 3.3.3. " So as this AUR package is on 9.2.0 rather than 9.2.0.post[number], it is using a copy of upstream Pillow's 9.2.0 source. As one digs a little deeper, it becomes obvious that the fork project no longer produces their patched versions of upstream's latest releases. [b] In fact, the last pillow-simd release was: v9.0.0.post1 (Jan 4, 2022) (seen on the second page of the git tags list [c]). (Also on PyPI [d].) The fact that the fork project has newer (vanilla, upstream) tags and commits on GitHub than its Jan 2022 patched release is misleading. It just means they mechanically pulled in ("copied") commits and tags from the upstream pillow codebase, without maintaining their own fork. As of now the fork repo's imported codebase is also out-of-sync with upstream pillow: last pillow-simd imported tag is 9.5.0 (Apr 1, 2023), as opposed to python-pillow's 10.0.1 (Sep 15, 2023). In light of all the above facts, I posit that it is no longer useful to keep this fork package. Summary of the reasons: - old duplicate of python-pillow, - if reverted to pillow-simd 9.0.0.post1 (Jan 4, 2022), it would be even older, - not feature and API equivalent to pillow 10+, - so it potentially breaks packages that rely on pillow 10's changed or new API elements, - all in all this can no longer be a drop-in replacement of python- pilllow, - fork is essentially unmaintained since Jan 2022. [a]: https://github.com/uploadcare/pillow-simd#readme [b]: https://github.com/uploadcare/pillow-simd/tags [c]: https://github.com/uploadcare/pillow-simd/tags?after=9.1.0 [d]: https://pypi.org/project/pillow-simd/ [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-pillow-simd/

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[PRQ#47499] Deletion Request for python-pychromecast6
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 11 Feb '24

11 Feb '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-pychromecast6 [2]: Unneeded legacy package, and it conflicts with python-pychromecast, breaking many other packages. AUR/pulseaudio-dlna needs an update to support the newer chromecast module (notified the maintainer). [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-pychromecast6/

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