Automating cleanup of AUR

Caleb Maclennan caleb at alerque.com
Sat Dec 11 14:06:31 UTC 2021


On 2021-12-11 13:37, Xyne via aur-dev wrote:
> I suggest that any automatic removal of orphans after x months be 
> combined with
> 2 additional conditions: last download y months ago

I would agree with this rule, but it also shows why this idea is also 
unfeasible.
I can't think of any way you're going to be able to tell the difference 
between
bots "downloading" packages and actual users. It's possible that 
pkgstats.de
could be leveraged here, but even a zero number there may not be the 
final answer
that is needed.

Caleb


More information about the aur-dev mailing list