[aur-general] Removal of x86_64-specific and opera flashplugin packages

[stefan-husmann at t-online.de]

-----Original Message-----
> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 11:08:31 +0100
> Subject: [aur-general] Removal of x86_64-specific and opera
> flashplugin packages
> From: Evangelos Foutras <foutrelis at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)"
> <aur-general at archlinux.org>

> Hello fellow TUs,
> 
> I have come across people who picked a flashplugin package from the
> AUR over the one in [extra]. I feel that x86_64 flashplugin packages
> should be removed from the AUR now that the official one supports both
> architectures. Furthermore, Opera seems to get along just fine with
> flashplugin from [extra] so we don't need Opera-specific packages
> either.
> 
> Packages in question are:
> 
> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18096 (flashplayer-opera64)
> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21601 (flashplugin-alpha-64)
> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17442
> (flashplugin-beta-opera)
> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=18695 (flashplugin-mozilla,
> maintainer believes this should stay because "the official plugin
> doesn't have mms.cfg" - not sure what this is :>)
> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14074 (flashplugin-opera)
> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=21607 (flashplugin-x86_64) 
> From the above, I'd say that the following can be safely deleted: 
> flashplayer-opera64
> flashplugin-alpha-64
> flashplugin-beta-opera
> flashplugin-opera
> flashplugin-x86_64
> 
> Any opinions on this? Do you think we should proceed with the removal
> of these packages in order to avoid confusion between them and
> flashplugin from [extra]?
> 
> 
Hello,
I would say delete them all.
Regards Stefan