The patch in question addresses an issue specific to Arch Linux: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/commit/d0ae72a2510f52ae4a9181d7... So packages for Arch would be expected to apply it. Upstream would also not be expected to be in a rush to deploy a new release to cater to a single distro. Patching packages is a standard maintenance activity. When maintainers refuse to keep packages functional, those packages should be considered unmaintained. On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 12:03 PM <steffengrundsoe@gmail.com> wrote:
The package is maintained and should not be orphaned:
1. Changing the dependency to qemu-desktop is not correct as not everybody wants that. It’s been done by mistake before and caused a lot of annoyance for users of this package. Everybody can install it if they need it and satisfy the qemu requirement.
2. Patching the source code from the package is not correct. The package installs the newest version (4.9.6) WITH any bugs in the upstream version. I am aware that it’s fixed upstream but not yet released. They’ve been contacted about this but for whatever reason they are choosing not to release an update yet.
I’ve responded to both of these requests so many times now, but everything is updated and is awaiting an upstream release.
On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 at 00:25, <notify@aur.archlinux.org> wrote:
FabioLolix [1] filed an orphan request for quickemu [2]:
Need to change the depends to qemu-desktop; reported on 2024-02-03 and 2024-04-18
VMs fails to run, existence of a fix made on 2024-11-14; a simple patch to apply
Updated and improved pkgbuild made available on 2024-12-04
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/quickemu#comment-1001106 https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/quickemu#comment-968138
[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/FabioLolix/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/quickemu/