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

[PRQ#43465] Deletion Request for python-iexfinance-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 20 Aug '23

20 Aug '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-iexfinance-git [2]: Orphaned dual Python2/Python3 VCS package, last updated in 2018. Broken: upstream no longer supports Python2. Safe to delete: no dependents, 1 vote, and only I commented a year ago about the broken python2 subpackage. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-iexfinance-git/

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[PRQ#43464] Deletion Request for python-pygame_sdl2-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 20 Aug '23

20 Aug '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-pygame_sdl2-git [2]: Abandoned pkg from 2015, one-time effort. Doesn't align with repo's name for the stable package: python-pygame-sdl2 (with dash, not underscore). Does not declare any of the needed provides or conflicts. It has only 1 vote, and 2 comments from 2023-05-05 by the same user about packaging issues. There was no response to that. I recommend deletion. It seems owner is not interested in attending to this package since 2015. A new VCS package can be created quickly from repo's PKGBUILD, if someone wants to maintain such on AUR. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-pygame_sdl2-git/

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[PRQ#43605] Deletion Request for advanced-rest-client-appimage
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Aug '23

19 Aug '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for advanced-rest-client- appimage [2]: Please don't upload AppImage binaries of Electron- (Chromium) based applications. These are hugely bloated and go against Arch's Electron application guidelines, namely that they should use and depend on one of the electron packages carried by Arch repo. I know that creating good quality packages is hard work, but that doesn't mean that it should be okay to spam the AUR with five hundred foreign binary packages which duplicate a lots of binary libraries and runtimes already existing in the Arch Linux operating system. This is not Windows, where bloat and duplication is the norm. Please learn and adhere to Linux principles. When there is source available, use primarily that to build and package an application. Or in case of Electron applications, you can choose to use the ASAR files with Arch repo's electron runtime, and create a -bin suffixed electron package. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/advanced-rest-client-appimage/

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[PRQ#44290] Deletion Request for cairo-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 19 Aug '23

19 Aug '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for cairo-git [2]: Abandoned VCS pkg from 2021 by MIA owner (@shoober420). With non-monotonic pkgver(). But it seems no one needs this anymore: the few comments are all from 2019 or earlier. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/cairo-git/

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[PRQ#45679] Merge Request for wxgtk30
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 18 Aug '23

18 Aug '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a request to merge wxgtk30 [2] into wxwidgets3.0 [3]: Rename to follow Arch repo's naming change of wxgtk* to wxwidgets-*. Maintainers have been notified on 2023-06-13. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wxgtk30/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wxwidgets3.0/

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[PRQ#43461] Deletion Request for emacs-nox-24bit
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 18 Aug '23

18 Aug '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for emacs-nox-24bit [2]: Abandoned pkg, one-time effort from 2017. Flagged OOD since 2020. 0 votes/comments. Better to delete. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/emacs-nox-24bit/

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[PRQ#43460] Deletion Request for erlang-nox-r17
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 18 Aug '23

18 Aug '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for erlang-nox-r17 [2]: Orphan package from 2015, not needed by any pkg, 1 vote, 0 comments. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/erlang-nox-r17/

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[PRQ#43459] Deletion Request for cppcheck-nox
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 18 Aug '23

18 Aug '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for cppcheck-nox [2]: Unneeded, modified duplicate of repo 'cppcheck'. Superfluous, as repo version also does not mandate the GUI, it is optional. And also package name is misguided: '-nox' was meant to convey "no X" (as in no X.org server), but cppcheck does not need X, its GUI needs Qt, which can work without X. Package is also outdated but no one noticed. Better to delete. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/cppcheck-nox/

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[PRQ#43455] Deletion Request for gtk-doc-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 18 Aug '23

18 Aug '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for gtk-doc-git [2]: Orphan VCS package from 2020. One-time effort. Has non-nonotonic pkgver(). Better to delete, there's no interest in maintaining it. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/gtk-doc-git/

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[PRQ#43453] Deletion Request for pypy-urwid
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 18 Aug '23

18 Aug '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for pypy-urwid [2]: Broken, abandoned dual python2+python3 based PyPy library. Last updated in 2020. Not needed by any package on AUR. I recommend deletion. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pypy-urwid/

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