January 2024 - Aur-requests - lists.archlinux.org

[PRQ#52237] Deletion Request for anvill
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for anvill [2]: Upstream is broken abandonware. [a] Last release is from Feb 2021. [b] The only AUR consumer was mcsema, which is also broken and its repo is archived. (Submitted for deletion: PRQ#52236). Build execution is set to download its own vcpkg instead of using the AUR package for it, and is configured by default to collect telemetry to be sent to Microsoft, without the user's consent (which is illegal at least inside the EU). [a]: https://github.com/lifting-bits/anvill/issues [b]: https://github.com/lifting-bits/anvill/releases [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/anvill/

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[PRQ#52675] Deletion Request for podcasttune-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for podcasttune-git [2]: Broken application, discontinued since 2018. [a] Improper VCS package, lacking pkgver() function. Depends on AUR/meteor (Meteor.JS) which several-years abandoned PKGBUILD lacking available sources. [a]: https://github.com/Zimniros/PodcastTune [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/podcasttune-git/

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[PRQ#52733] Deletion Request for python-pystun3
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-pystun3 [2]: Refiling deferred, closed PRQ#46267 (14 Aug 2023). Upstream is abandonware; last release is from 2018. [a] Even the master branch code fails to work with Python 3.11+. There is a maintained, working successor fork called yapystun .[b] [a]: https://github.com/talkiq/pystun3/tags [b]: https://pypi.org/search/?q=yapystun [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-pystun3/

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[PRQ#50936] Deletion Request for ssf-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for ssf-git [2]: Insecure, discontinued network tunneling utility from 2018 (not maintained since that year). [a] Relies on EOL, insecure openssl 1.0. This should now be deleted from AUR. Users can find secure, reliable, maintained alternatives nowadays. [a]: https://github.com/securesocketfunneling/ssf [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ssf-git/

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[PRQ#50095] Deletion Request for kcm-tablet-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for kcm-tablet-git [2]: Broken third-party KDE5 config GUI addon. Upstream not developed since 2020. [a] Seems not useful to keep: won't be compatible at all with KDE Plasma 6, coming in a few months. [a]: https://gitlab.com/zanny/kcm-tablet [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/kcm-tablet-git/

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[PRQ#52149] Merge Request for esd-oss
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a request to merge esd-oss [2] into esound [3]: 'esd-oss' is an unmaintained, unneeded, long-broken variant/duplicate of 'esound'. The latter has slightly more features. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/esd-oss/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/esound/

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[PRQ#51971] Deletion Request for chemkit-builder-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for chemkit-builder-git [2]: Broken package. Also upstream maintenance discontinued since 2014. [a] [a]: https://github.com/kylelutz/chemkit-builder [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/chemkit-builder-git/

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[PRQ#51942] Deletion Request for roboptim-core-plugin-cminpack-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for roboptim-core-plugin- cminpack-git [2]: Broken, abandoned VCS package from 2015; upstream not maintained since 2016. [a] I don't think it's worth keeping on AUR. [a]: https://github.com/roboptim/roboptim-core-plugin-cminpack [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/roboptim-core-plugin-cminpack-git/

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[PRQ#51886] Deletion Request for scrivener
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for scrivener [2]: Broken foreign binary from 2015; with unbuildable legacy AUR dependencies (gstreamer0.10 et al). Upstream's latest releases support Windows and MacOS. One can run the Windows version on WINE. Free trial is available. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/scrivener/

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[PRQ#51746] Deletion Request for python-ofxtools
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-ofxtools [2]: Unused, abandoned, broken, outdated Python package from 2021 with wrong name. (This is a CLI application.) Better to delete. 0 votes/comments, and no downstream dependents. Users can install the latest version from PyPI. It's a very lightweight setup: the module has no required dependencies apart from Python itself. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-ofxtools/

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