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

[PRQ#62171] Deletion Request for linux-fake-background-webcam-opt-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for linux-fake-background- webcam-opt-git [2]: Abandoned and long-broken package from 2021. There is a more popular and better upstream-aligning PKGBUILD on AUR under the name 'fake-background-webcam-git'. [a] While the upstream repo name is 'Linux-Fake-Background-Webcam', I believe the latter package's submitter has chosen a better pkgname, because 'linux-*' pkgnames typically mean linux kernel variants, or (less frequently), linux kernel drivers/modules. Whereas this package does not depend on the linux kernel package at all, nor does it contain any kernel mods or drivers. Instead, it runs exclusively in userspace, and communicates with the kernel video drivers via the API's of the 'v4l2loopback-dkms' module. [a]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/fake-background-webcam-git [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/linux-fake-background-webcam-opt-git/

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[PRQ#62069] Deletion Request for openbox-xdgmenu
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for openbox-xdgmenu [2]: I have fixed the formerly problematic legacy dependency, gnome-menus2. But this abandoned EOL component from 2011 seems to be unneeded now. It was conceived around 2008 to make possible the porting of Ubuntu Unity's user menu items to OpenBox. It is totally unlikely nowadays that anyone would want to convert 15-20 year old Ubuntu user menu customizations to OpenBox. Therefore I think it is quite safe to drop this from AUR, for lacking user demand. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/openbox-xdgmenu/

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[PRQ#62063] Deletion Request for nodejs-v8
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for nodejs-v8 [2]: Abandoned, but also no longer needed by AUR/r-v8 [a], as the latter now uses AUR/libnode. [b] [a]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/r-v8 [b]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libnode [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/nodejs-v8/

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[PRQ#62044] Deletion Request for ballontranslator-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

micwoj92 [1] filed a deletion request for ballontranslator-git [2]: Installation doesn't work as upstream changed directory layout in repository. 0 votes and only 1 comment which mentions that it fails to build. Even dependencies for this are not packaged, in .install file it says to use "pip install" for deps that are not packaged yet. I doubt this package ever worked as even the first commit message is "first commit that may or may not work". [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/micwoj92/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ballontranslator-git/

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[PRQ#62427] Deletion Request for perl-package-generator
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for perl-package-generator [2]: Abandoned, defunct pkg from 2017. Upstream abandoned since 2013 and is an orphan on CPAN. [a] It does not seem to have reverse CPAN dependencies that are actively maintained since 2016. [b] Dependency chain cannot be built since maybe submission (2017), as its low-level depend 'perl-check-isa' from same year cannot be built due to lacking the declaration of a key requirement. Both this package and several of its dependencies were submitted in 2017 by same submitter, and have 1 votes, 0 comments and 0.000000 popularity. [a]: https://metacpan.org/dist/Package-Generator [b]: https://metacpan.org/dist/Package-Generator/requires [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/perl-package-generator/

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[PRQ#62433] Deletion Request for pagekite
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

micwoj92 [1] filed a deletion request for pagekite [2]: broken python2 package, missing dependency. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/micwoj92/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pagekite/

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[PRQ#62442] Deletion Request for nerolinux3
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for nerolinux3 [2]: Broken, discontinued, abandoned. No longer available for download (404 not found). [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/nerolinux3/

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[PRQ#62440] Deletion Request for wink
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for wink [2]: This discontinued proprietary binary from 2005 no longer works on Arch Linux, as reported in 2020 by user comment. Also legacy dependency pangox, from same year, been having build breakages since 2022, and is now no longer compilable on gcc 14. There are working alternatives for this use case (presentation creation software). [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wink/

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[PRQ#62438] Deletion Request for xlite-bin
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for xlite-bin [2]: This discontinued proprietary binary from 2005 no longer works on Arch Linux. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/xlite-bin/

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[PRQ#62457] Deletion Request for perl-tk-splash
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for perl-tk-splash [2]: Unused, broken Perl library. Upstream abandoned since 2014. Votes: 0; Popularity: 0.000000; Reverse dependencies: 0. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/perl-tk-splash/

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