[PRQ#39934] Deletion Request for rofi-dmenu
Erus_Iluvatar [1] filed a deletion request for rofi-dmenu [2]: Same reason as opendoas- sudo[https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur- requests@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7J2SRRVYQQGMKJCJCGGQVFWAX7XD3FBK/], we don't need a whole package for a symlink. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/Erus_Iluvatar/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/rofi-dmenu/
Hi, Though creating an entire package for a single symlink does seem rather wasteful, there is one difference to `opendoas-sudo` -- `rofi` will behave differently if `argv[0] == "dmenu"`; furthermore, the value of this package isn't the symlink itself, it's the fact that this `provides=("dmenu")`, and therefore will appease packages that depend on `dmenu` when `rofi` is installed (which would, also, potentially override any symlink the user has made in their `$HOME`). I don't see the point of deleting a package that has seen some use in the community, but perhaps there's a bigger picture that I don't really see here. Thanks, Alex On 26/01/2023 07:55, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
Erus_Iluvatar [1] filed a deletion request for rofi-dmenu [2]:
Same reason as opendoas- sudo[https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur- requests@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7J2SRRVYQQGMKJCJCGGQVFWAX7XD3FBK/], we don't need a whole package for a symlink.
[1]https://aur.archlinux.org/account/Erus_Iluvatar/ [2]https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/rofi-dmenu/
Hi ! That's true, please disregard my request, I did not pay enough attention to this. Sorry for the unnecessary noise, Vladimir Le jeu. 26 janv. 2023 à 10:18, Alex Palaistras <alex@deuill.org> a écrit :
Hi,
Though creating an entire package for a single symlink does seem rather wasteful, there is one difference to `opendoas-sudo` -- `rofi` will behave differently if `argv[0] == "dmenu"`; furthermore, the value of this package isn't the symlink itself, it's the fact that this `provides=("dmenu")`, and therefore will appease packages that depend on `dmenu` when `rofi` is installed (which would, also, potentially override any symlink the user has made in their `$HOME`).
I don't see the point of deleting a package that has seen some use in the community, but perhaps there's a bigger picture that I don't really see here.
Thanks, Alex
On 26/01/2023 07:55, notify@aur.archlinux.org wrote:
Erus_Iluvatar [1] filed a deletion request for rofi-dmenu [2]:
Same reason as opendoas- sudo[https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur- requests@lists.archlinux.org/thread/7J2SRRVYQQGMKJCJCGGQVFWAX7XD3FBK/], we don't need a whole package for a symlink.
[1]https://aur.archlinux.org/account/Erus_Iluvatar/ [2]https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/rofi-dmenu/
Request #39934 has been Accepted by blakkheim [1]: Package just creates a symlink that will break some setups. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/blakkheim/
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Alex Palaistras
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notify@aur.archlinux.org
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Vladimir LAVALLADE