[aur-general] Removal request: "spotcommander-xampp"

[Ole Jon Bjørkum]

I have now uploaded the package named "spotcommander".

URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotcommander/

Would be nice if a TU could do what you suggested: "merge the old one (
spotcommander-xampp) into the new one (spotcommander) with a message
redirecting users to install the new package".

Regards,
Ole Jon

2013/5/31 Xyne <xyne at archlinux.ca>

> Ole Jon Bjørkum wrote:
>
> >I request that the package "spotcommander-xampp" be removed from AUR.
> >
> >URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotcommander-xampp/
> >
> >Reason: I am the developer of SpotCommander. The version in AUR is very
> >outdated. I am planning to upload the latest version of SpotCommander to
> >AUR, and to avoid confusion among users, I think the old package should be
> >removed. The new version is better in every way, so there's no reason to
> >keep it around. I have talked to the maintainer of the package and he
> agree.
>
> I disagree. Once you have uploaded the new package (presumably under a
> different name, as there would be no reason to delete the old package
> otherwise, given that you could simply update it instead), a TU can merge
> the
> old one into the new one with a message redirecting users to install the
> new
> package. If we simply delete the package now, the transition will be more
> difficult for existing users.
>
> Send another email when the new package is up.
>
> >SpotCommander can also be installed manually:
> >https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SpotCommander.
> >The package I am going to upload to AUR automates this process.
>
> I'm a bit confused by this statement. All PKGBUILDs "automate" the
> creation of
> packages. Combined with the previous statement, it sounds as though you
> might
> not know how PKGBUILDs work. They provide instructions for makepkg to
> download
> sources and build a Pacman package. Updating the package is usually as
> simple
> as updating the package version in the PKGBUILD to direct it to retrieve
> and
> build the latest sources.
>
> Incidentally, it is bad advice to suggest that users install a package
> manually
> on Arch Linux. PKGBUILDs are dead-simple to write and make it possible to
> fully
> manage the installed package with dependency resolution. Manual
> installation
> can lead to system clutter, file conflicts and other problems.
>
> Regards,
> Xyne
>