[PRQ#43571] Deletion Request for vmdebootstrap
MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for vmdebootstrap [2]: This Python2 based debootstrap wrapper is deprecated since 2018 even on Debian. [a] Original author wrote in 2018 that there are better alternatives like vmdb2 and debos and FAI (Fully Automatic Installation). Upstream URL is gone as well. Better to delete this package. [a]: https://wiki.debian.org/vmdebootstrap [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/vmdebootstrap/
Request #43571 has been Accepted by muflone [1]: [Autogenerated] Accepted deletion for vmdebootstrap. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/muflone/
Hi, I used to maintain this package before it was removed. I don't think deleting this package from the AUR was the best way forward. While it is true that it has been deprecated on debian, and has been orphaned by the original authors for a while, it was still a useful tool and much simpler than the alternatives. I would like for the package to be undeleted, if possible. Sorry that I didn't respond to the thread earlier, I assumed that there would be more of a dialogue before the package would be actually deleted. Thanks, Andreas. On Aug 20 23, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
Request #43571 has been Accepted by muflone [1]:
[Autogenerated] Accepted deletion for vmdebootstrap.
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Andreas, I think you can use the following package for the same: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vmdebootstrap-pureos On 20 August 2023 14:36:00 GMT+02:00, Andreas Grapentin <andreas@grapentin.org> wrote:
Hi, I used to maintain this package before it was removed. I don't think deleting this package from the AUR was the best way forward.
While it is true that it has been deprecated on debian, and has been orphaned by the original authors for a while, it was still a useful tool and much simpler than the alternatives.
I would like for the package to be undeleted, if possible.
Sorry that I didn't respond to the thread earlier, I assumed that there would be more of a dialogue before the package would be actually deleted.
Thanks, Andreas.
On Aug 20 23, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
Request #43571 has been Accepted by muflone [1]:
[Autogenerated] Accepted deletion for vmdebootstrap.
(resending this to include Andreas' email address) Andreas, I think you can use the following package for the same: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vmdebootstrap-pureos On 20 August 2023 14:36:00 GMT+02:00, Andreas Grapentin <andreas@grapentin.org> wrote:
Hi, I used to maintain this package before it was removed. I don't think deleting this package from the AUR was the best way forward.
While it is true that it has been deprecated on debian, and has been orphaned by the original authors for a while, it was still a useful tool and much simpler than the alternatives.
I would like for the package to be undeleted, if possible.
Sorry that I didn't respond to the thread earlier, I assumed that there would be more of a dialogue before the package would be actually deleted.
Thanks, Andreas.
On Aug 20 23, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
Request #43571 has been Accepted by muflone [1]:
[Autogenerated] Accepted deletion for vmdebootstrap.
Andreas, you could also fork vmdebootsrap-pureos PKGBUILD to depend on repo's debootstrap instead of the AUR package 'debootstrap-pureos'. The current vmdebootsrap-pureos is patched to be Python3 compatible. You could recreate AUR/vmdebootsrap based on that pureos-targeted variant. On 20 August 2023 14:43:33 GMT+02:00, Marcell Meszaros <marcell.meszaros@runbox.eu> wrote:
(resending this to include Andreas' email address)
Andreas, I think you can use the following package for the same:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vmdebootstrap-pureos
On 20 August 2023 14:36:00 GMT+02:00, Andreas Grapentin <andreas@grapentin.org> wrote:
Hi, I used to maintain this package before it was removed. I don't think deleting this package from the AUR was the best way forward.
While it is true that it has been deprecated on debian, and has been orphaned by the original authors for a while, it was still a useful tool and much simpler than the alternatives.
I would like for the package to be undeleted, if possible.
Sorry that I didn't respond to the thread earlier, I assumed that there would be more of a dialogue before the package would be actually deleted.
Thanks, Andreas.
On Aug 20 23, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
Request #43571 has been Accepted by muflone [1]:
[Autogenerated] Accepted deletion for vmdebootstrap.
Marcell, thanks for the links, that looks great :) Best, Andreas On Aug 20 23, Marcell Meszaros wrote:
Andreas, you could also fork vmdebootsrap-pureos PKGBUILD to depend on repo's debootstrap instead of the AUR package 'debootstrap-pureos'.
The current vmdebootsrap-pureos is patched to be Python3 compatible.
You could recreate AUR/vmdebootsrap based on that pureos-targeted variant.
On 20 August 2023 14:43:33 GMT+02:00, Marcell Meszaros <marcell.meszaros@runbox.eu> wrote:
(resending this to include Andreas' email address)
Andreas, I think you can use the following package for the same:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vmdebootstrap-pureos
On 20 August 2023 14:36:00 GMT+02:00, Andreas Grapentin <andreas@grapentin.org> wrote:
Hi, I used to maintain this package before it was removed. I don't think deleting this package from the AUR was the best way forward.
While it is true that it has been deprecated on debian, and has been orphaned by the original authors for a while, it was still a useful tool and much simpler than the alternatives.
I would like for the package to be undeleted, if possible.
Sorry that I didn't respond to the thread earlier, I assumed that there would be more of a dialogue before the package would be actually deleted.
Thanks, Andreas.
On Aug 20 23, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
Request #43571 has been Accepted by muflone [1]:
[Autogenerated] Accepted deletion for vmdebootstrap.
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