[arch-general] definition of "orphan"

[Lars Gustäbel]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 04:24:49PM +0100, Matthias Bodenbinder wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, dem 11.03.2021 um 16:15 +0100 schrieb Lars Gustäbel:
> > I really don't know what you're trying to prove here. I would be
> > interested in
> > which words you would propose to distinguish between the two
> > contexts.
> 
> The pacman defintion is a local definition which only applies to an
> individual PC. If I have an orphan package on my PC, it is not
> neccessarily an orphan on your PC. 
> 
> The AUR definition of orphan is a global definition. Meaning, an orphan
> AUR package is orphan for everybody. I would distinguish this use case
> by calling it "abandoned" instead or oprhan.

Yes, "abandoned" is good indeed. Although, I would prefer to have orphan
packages on my system be called "unneeded" packages. It is much more precise in
my opinion.

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Lars Gustäbel
lars at gustaebel.de