October 2023 - Aur-requests - lists.archlinux.org

[PRQ#46664] Deletion Request for python-word-cloud-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 Dec '23

27 Dec '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-word-cloud-git [2]: Abandoned VCS package from 2016. Broken since at least 2022-03, but no one noticed: 0 comments or votes. AUR has an up-to-date stable package for this: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-wordcloud [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-word-cloud-git/

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[PRQ#46759] Deletion Request for essential-pathway-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 Dec '23

27 Dec '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for essential-pathway-git [2]: Upstream development discontinued since 2017. [a] I don't think it is useful to keep this VCS package, which btw doesn't have a pkgver() function. [a]: https://github.com/realasking/essential-pathway [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/essential-pathway-git/

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[PRQ#49098] Deletion Request for wxpython2.8
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 Dec '23

27 Dec '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for wxpython2.8 [2]: This broken legacy Python2 package can be safely deleted, because two of its current AUR consumers have Python3 supporting updates, and 2 other reverse dependencies are discontinued since 8+ years ago and pending deletion. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wxpython2.8/

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[PRQ#46567] Deletion Request for mapslicer-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 Dec '23

27 Dec '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for mapslicer-git [2]: Broken, deprecated package. Upstream discontinued since 2016, [a] was developed against the very old GDAL 1.6 (current repo version is 3.7). Also it is based on Python2 and wxgtk2 2.8 - the latter is broken now, all variants of it on AUR fail to build with some cryptic error which so far several knowledgeable maintainers were not able to track down. I recommend deleting this defunct package. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/mapslicer-git/

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[PRQ#46587] Deletion Request for freqtweak
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 27 Dec '23

27 Dec '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for freqtweak [2]: Broken wxgtk2.8 based package from 2015; for the last release of this tool from 2009. [a] Last comment mentions there is an updated git version which works with newer wxgtk2: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/freqtweak-git So this old package is not needed or useful to keep anymore. [a]: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freqtweak/files/freqtweak/0.7.2/ [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/freqtweak/

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[PRQ#46724] Deletion Request for rsound-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 26 Dec '23

26 Dec '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for rsound-git [2]: This "simple PCM audio server and client" has not been developed since 2013. [a] I recommend deletion. There are currently maintained solutions for the same and similar purpose. Even PulseAudio and PipeWire support this use case, as well as GStreamer. [a]: https://github.com/Themaister/RSound [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/rsound-git/

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[PRQ#46611] Deletion Request for audacious2
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 26 Dec '23

26 Dec '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for audacious2 [2]: Unmaintained old Audacious 3.2 package from 2016. Repo carries the current Audacious 4.3.1, built with Qt5 atm. AUR also has the same version of audacious-gtk3. This package is built with gtk2, which the project still seems to support, but the package name here is misleading. It suggests as if this was for Audacious 2.x rather than its current 3.2. I recommend deletion. Last comment is from 2016. If still needed, an updated PKGBUILD could be submitted any time, but that should have the pkgname audacious-gtk2 to align with the other variant on AUR. This is not a GNOME project where it was customary to attach "2" at the end of the package name for gtk2 builds. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/audacious2/

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[PRQ#46612] Deletion Request for audacious2-plugins
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 26 Dec '23

26 Dec '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for audacious2-plugins [2]: Unmaintained old, broken Audacious 3.2 plugins package from 2015. Repo carries the current Audacious 4.3.1 and its plugins, built with Qt5 atm. AUR also has the same version of audacious-plugins-gtk3. This package is built with gtk2, which the project still seems to support, but the package name here is misleading. It suggests as if this was for Audacious 2.x rather than its current 3.2. There is a missing dependency since 2023-06, which the owner did not address. I recommend deletion. Last comment is from 2019, in which a user requested a dependency change to align with repo's jack2, but nothing happened. If still needed, an updated PKGBUILD could be submitted any time, but that should have the pkgname audacious-plugins-gtk2 to align with the other variant on AUR. This is not a GNOME project where it was customary to attach "2" at the end of the package name for gtk2 builds. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/audacious2-plugins/

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[PRQ#46630] Deletion Request for python-serpent-ai-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 26 Dec '23

26 Dec '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python-serpent-ai-git [2]: Broken, unmaintained VCS package from 2019. Development of this fork has discontinued since 2020, [a] and in its upstream repo as well - the latter is also archived. [b] Package is broken since at least 2022-03 but owner did not attend to it. So now it seems safe to recommend deletion. [a]: https://github.com/greyltc/SerpentAI [b]: https://github.com/SerpentAI/SerpentAI [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python-serpent-ai-git/

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[PRQ#46685] Deletion Request for pybliographer
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 26 Dec '23

26 Dec '23

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for pybliographer [2]: Broken package from 2016; flagged OOD since 2018. Based on Python3, but depends on the Python2 library wrongly called python-bibtex. Two other (gnome2 based) dependencies also fail to build. Safe to delete this package; there are functioning alternatives. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pybliographer/

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