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

[PRQ#53482] Deletion Request for libpurple-lurch-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for libpurple-lurch-git [2]: Broken VCS package, abandoned since 2019. Fails to build from source. Upstream not developed since 2 years ago. [a] The last working stable release is carried by Arch [extra] repo. [b] [a]: https://github.com/gkdr/lurch [b]: https://archlinux.org/packages/?q=libpurple-lurch [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/libpurple-lurch-git/

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[PRQ#53363] Merge Request for prometheus-apcupsd-exporter-bin
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a request to merge prometheus-apcupsd-exporter-bin [2] into prometheus-apcupsd-exporter [3]: The binary source of the -bin package is missing (404). The non-bin package in AUR repo is still maintained and is up-to-date. The bin package is from 2019 and was for a personal, unofficial build. Upstream does not seem to provide prebuilt binaries. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/prometheus-apcupsd-exporter-bin/ [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/prometheus-apcupsd-exporter/

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[PRQ#52875] Deletion Request for python-googletrans-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-googletrans-git [2]: Upstream discontinued since 3 years ago. [a] Package is broken with current version of its dependency, python- httpx. Not useful to keep this package. There's a maintained AUR/python- googletrans package that has been requested to be updated to a patched version to make it work. [a]: https://github.com/ssut/py-googletrans [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-googletrans-git/

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[PRQ#52565] Deletion Request for lib32-c-ares
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for lib32-c-ares [2]: Not actively maintained. No longer needed by any other build. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/lib32-c-ares/

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[PRQ#52305] Deletion Request for python-whereto
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-whereto [2]: Unneeded, broken OpenStack testing module; discontinued by upstream since 2017. [a] [a]: https://pypi.org/project/whereto/ [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-whereto/

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[PRQ#52236] Deletion Request for mcsema
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for mcsema [2]: Unneeded, broken package, discontinued by upstream. GitHub repo archived since 2022. [a] There are working and actively developed alternatives for the same use case. [a]: https://github.com/lifting-bits/mcsema [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/mcsema/

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[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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