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

[PRQ#49093] Deletion Request for lib32-freetype2-v35
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 25 Mar '24

25 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for lib32-freetype2-v35 [2]: Unneeded, outdated (v2.13.0 from 2023-03) variant of multilib repo's lib32-freetype2 (v2.13.2 from 2023-09). The repo package also supports the legacy v35 font subpixel hinting. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/lib32-freetype2-v35/

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[PRQ#49888] Deletion Request for dh-strip-nondeterminism
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 25 Mar '24

25 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for dh-strip-nondeterminism [2]: Unnecessary, unmaintained, currently broken duplicate of extra/strip- nondeterminism. The purpose of this was to include the 'dh-strip-nondeterminism' Perl script from upstream, which the Arch package omits, because it is strongly coupled to Debian's debhelper build system, not carried or supported by Arch. But this AUR package is also defunct for its purpose: it does not declare it depends on debhelper. If really needed, an addon package could be created on AUR to be a companion to repo's strip-nondeterminism, carrying only the debhelper specific script. Such a package would best be named strip-nondeterminism-dh or strip- nondeterminism-debhelper, to indicate that it is an addon pkg to strip-nondeterminism. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/dh-strip-nondeterminism/

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[PRQ#49572] Deletion Request for zecwallet-lite
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for zecwallet-lite [2]: Discontinued since 2022, repo is now archived. [a] Package cannot be built. Users should already be aware, as there have been build problems a year ago already. Safe to delete. There are alternatives. [a]: https://github.com/adityapk00/zecwallet-lite [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/zecwallet-lite/

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[PRQ#49464] Deletion Request for chrpath-svn
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for chrpath-svn [2]: Upstream website and source repository doesn't exist anymore (address not found). Extra repo still carries the latest release version. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/chrpath-svn/

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[PRQ#49495] Deletion Request for kdesignerplugin-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for kdesignerplugin-git [2]: Discontinued. Upstream has deleted the master branch content. [a] KDE Plasma KF6 does not continue carrying this library. [a]: https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdesignerplugin [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/kdesignerplugin-git/

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[PRQ#49543] Deletion Request for openssl-static
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for openssl-static [2]: Unneeded, not very actively maintained duplicate of core/openssl. Currently outdated since September 2023. With this, it makes the Arch Linux installation that has this vulnerable to discovered and published attack vectors. Only AUR/x-minecraft-launcher depends on it. That package should either use core/openssl, or if really necessary, bundle in openssl in a static build, instead of forcing to have a duplicate of the repo package on AUR. Also, if a feature that is essential is missing from core/openssl, please file an Arch bug ticket. That's what AUR submission guidelines call for instead of modding and uploading repo PKGBUILDs to AUR. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/openssl-static/

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[PRQ#49571] Deletion Request for medis
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for medis [2]: Broken VCS package in disguise. Was meant for upstream's latest stable release, which is from 2019. Badly packaged: there's no pkgver() function. It also uses the EOL nodejs-lts-fermium (v14), but the latest npm, which does not work with the former. It seems no one noticed the problems with this, so most likely no one uses it anymore. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/medis/

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[PRQ#49480] Deletion Request for metacity2
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for metacity2 [2]: Unused, unneeded old gtk2 version of metacity from 11 years ago (2012), whose latest version is carried by extra repo. Metacity is already part of the GNOME project 'Flashback', providing classic Gtk2-like application look even when using newer toolkits like gtk3. Safe to delete this superfluous PKGBUILD. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/metacity2/

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[PRQ#49130] Deletion Request for i2p-dev
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for i2p-dev [2]: This package, last updated in 2021, has some issues (badly defined source). But instead of calling for a fix, I recommend deletion, on the basis that upstream does not create development snapshot/alpha/beta/nightly etc. releases, only stable ones. AUR has both an up-to-date i2p and i2p-bin package, whereas this one is several releases behind. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/i2p-dev/

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[PRQ#49199] Deletion Request for n-link
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 24 Mar '24

24 Mar '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for n-link [2]: Broken legacy package, disguised '-bin' build, upstream not developed since 2+ years. [a] [a]: https://github.com/lights0123/n-link [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/n-link/

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