On 29 April 2024 21:59:28 GMT+02:00, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for ffmpeg-nocuda [2]:
Unbuildable duplicate build of Arch/extra/ffmpeg (though newer version.) This is the 2nd resubmit of this package after it was already deleted once. [a]
Maintainer @eggz does not properly test their pushed packages, and defiantly resubmits the ones that get deleted, even if for valid reasons.
Arch repo's ffmpeg also builds without cuda support, so there is no benefit in keeping a '-nocuda' pkg.
See other instances of defiance: - 3rd resubmit of the one-line modded pikaur-aurnews, disguised VCS package, [b] [c] - 2nd resubmit of the never-buildable mate-wayland-session-git. [d] [e]
[a]: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur- requests@lists.archlinux.org/thread/NVZTMTOTO3RELF75PW5MQ4HE4PEKBRIQ [b]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pikaur-aurnews [c]: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/search?q=pikaur- aurnews&mlist=aur-requests%40lists.archlinux.org&sort=date-desc [d]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mate-wayland-session-git [e]: https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/search?q=mate-wayland-session- git&mlist=aur-requests%40lists.archlinux.org&sort=date-desc
[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ffmpeg-nocuda/ Package submitter's account has been deleted (@eggz).
Safe to delete this broken, unneeded functional duplicate of Arch/extra/ffmpeg. @eggz has confessed the true intent of creating this package (in 2020) - that he was experiencing issues with the repo ffmpeg on his non-NVIDIA setup. [a] It is evidence of defiance of AUR submission guidelines that say no duplicate submission on AUR for bugs in repo packages. May I remark that I feel vindicated in the face of my last rejected deletion request for this package, even though it was still broken at the time and its duplication intent was obvious. [a]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ffmpeg-nocuda#comment-970136