March 2024 - Aur-requests - lists.archlinux.org

[PRQ#54229] Deletion Request for python2-m2crypto
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for python2-m2crypto [2]: Dead-on-arrival, but also unneeded legacy package. Not compatible with the current openssl API (as evidenced by running the test suite [a], which this PKGBUILD conveniently omits.) [a]: https://pastebin.com/m9msD6Wn [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/python2-m2crypto/

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[PRQ#54228] Deletion Request for wireless-regdb-pentest
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for wireless-regdb-pentest [2]: Broken, abandoned variant from 2020 of Arch/core/wireless-regdb. Does not seem useful to keep as is. Pentesters can modify the regulatory database without this package. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wireless-regdb-pentest/

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[PRQ#54226] Deletion Request for ly-git-openrc
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for ly-git-openrc [2]: Problematic, but unneeded VCS package with wrong name, missing provides field and pkgver() function. The stable ly package is carried by extra repo, and there is a proper ly-git on AUR. This package was intended for a systemd-less Arch derivative, and is not useful on Arch Linux, due to the fact that it is virtually impossible nowadays to run Arch without systemd (hence the other distros). [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/ly-git-openrc/

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[PRQ#54152] Deletion Request for hexchat-javascript-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

a821 [1] filed a deletion request for hexchat-javascript-git [2]: This package is broken due to missing dependency js185 and broken sources (deprecated git:// protocol). I notified the maintainer/developer four months ago but he disowned it with the message "Disowning this package. It requires js185 which is no longer on the AUR so this is broken." The dependency js185 was dropped from the repos somewhere in 2017 [0], meaning this has been broken for over six years. Safe to delete. [0] https://archlinux.org/todo/remove-js185-from-the-repos/ [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/a821/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/hexchat-javascript-git/

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[PRQ#54094] Deletion Request for nut-multimedia-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for nut-multimedia-git [2]: There is no longer any application that would utilize this experimental media format library that is not developed for the last 4 years. It is also obsolete due to lack of real-world use. Its last AUR consumer was 'mplayer2-build-git' (PRQ#54087; EOL mplayer fork from 2013; cannot play any video now). Safe to delete this as well. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/nut-multimedia-git/

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[PRQ#54090] Deletion Request for vstream-client
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 15 Apr '24

15 Apr '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for vstream-client [2]: Cleanup of obsolete, unneeded library from 2007, after deleting the dead mplayer2-build-git from 2013. (PRQ#54087) [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/vstream-client/

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[PRQ#54103] Deletion Request for glibc-widevine
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for glibc-widevine [2]: Unneeded, currently broken old version (v2.35) duplicate of Arch/core/glibc (v2.39); not compatible with current Arch Linux. Actually this package is a disguised ARM/Aarch64-only build, because it mirrors ArchLinuxARM.org's glibc version. Please kindly delete this. If this build worked, installing this would break Arch Linux. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/glibc-widevine/

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[PRQ#53190] Deletion Request for linux-api-headers-git
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for linux-api-headers-git [2]: Unneeded non-VCS package. Arch core repo already carries a fixed-version build for linux-api- headers. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/linux-api-headers-git/

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[PRQ#54086] Deletion Request for wxwidgets-light
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for wxwidgets-light [2]: Unmaintained since 2023-07-31, and currently several point releases older than repo's wxwidgets (3.2.2.1 vs 3.2.4). But this is also apparently unused, as no one flagged it. And it's not beneficial to keep. This package is not compatible with repo's wxwidgets-gtk3. and therefore most downstream dependent builds cannot use it, e.g. due to its divergent naming of the relevant wx- config executable. But no one complained - again, an evidence of disuse. This also cannot be coinstalled e.g. with repo's veracrypt (which I use). It also builds and puts the headless wxbase into wxwidgets-common- light - another divergence from repo's corresponding package, which does no such thing. Even if configured properly, this build would still break many reverse dependencies - those that need multimedia capabilities - as it omits gstreamer support. Therefore I don't see any benefit in keeping this. Maybe one person (submitter) would disagree, but no one else has shown any indication that they would needs this build. Enough to keep repo's wxwidgets (and AUR's wxwidgets-git). [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wxwidgets-light/

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[PRQ#54062] Deletion Request for emacs-git-meow-king
by notify＠aur.archlinux.org 14 Apr '24

14 Apr '24

MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for emacs-git-meow-king [2]: Submitter's personal copy of AUR/emacs-git VCS build, with wrong name suffix and non-useful, made-up name qualifier, "-meow-king". [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/emacs-git-meow-king/

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