[arch-dev-public] Package group between repositories

[Bartłomiej Piotrowski]

On 2018-01-04 13:02, Balló György via arch-dev-public wrote:
> Currently the 'xfce4-goodies' package group[1] is in split between [extra]
> and [community]. Most of its packages are in [extra], but 'ristretto' and
> 'xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin' are in [community].
> 
> My question is: is it okay, or should we avoid it by removing these two
> packages from the 'xfce4-goodies' group or moving them to [extra]?
> 
> [1] https://www.archlinux.org/groups/x86_64/xfce4-goodies/
> 
> --
> György Balló
> Trusted User
> 

Groups are just for convenience and members don't have to be in the same
repository. The latter also applies to regular dependencies these days
as it's more practical to have a dependency maintained by a TU than left
rotten in [extra]. At least that's my view on it.

BP