On 22 February 2024 20:58:03 GMT+01:00, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
>MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for wxwidgets-light [2]:
>
>Unmaintained since 2023-07-31, and currently several point releases
>older than repo's wxwidgets (3.2.2.1 vs 3.2.4).
>
>But this is also apparently unused, as no one flagged it.
>
>And it's not beneficial to keep. This package is not compatible with
>repo's wxwidgets-gtk3. and therefore most downstream dependent builds
>cannot use it, e.g. due to its divergent naming of the relevant wx-
>config executable.
>
>But no one complained - again, an evidence of disuse.
>
>This also cannot be coinstalled e.g. with repo's veracrypt (which I
>use).
>
>It also builds and puts the headless wxbase into wxwidgets-common-
>light - another divergence from repo's corresponding package, which
>does no such thing.
>
>Even if configured properly, this build would still break many reverse
>dependencies - those that need multimedia capabilities - as it omits
>gstreamer support.
>
>Therefore I don't see any benefit in keeping this. Maybe one person
>(submitter) would disagree, but no one else has shown any indication
>that they would needs this build.
>
>Enough to keep repo's wxwidgets (and AUR's wxwidgets-git).
>
>[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/
>[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wxwidgets-light/


Even after the update right after my deletion request was submitted (3.2.2.1-5 →3.2.4-2), the gtk3 package is still not compatible with repo's counterpart.

And it still cannot be installed together with e.g. repo's veracrypt.

Useless to keep this partially broken partial duplicate.