[aur-general] Multiple requests

[Karol Blazewicz]

1. Question:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bacula/ is basically the same as
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bacula-mysql/ . They both are
orphans, but the latter is more up to date. Is it OK to merge bacula
with bacula-mysql or let them both be?


2. Deletion:
According to the comment, the package is obsolete. The source is gone too.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/biblatex-apa/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/claws-tnef-plugin/

According to the comment, the package is obsolete.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/breqn/

According to the comment, it's OK to remove it.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bogo/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/clingcon/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/covim-git/

The source is gone.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bin32-openjdk6/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bin32-pando/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bin32-prism/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bluemote-k700i/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/conky-google-reader/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/concordance/


3. Songbird stuff: http://blog.songbirdnest.com/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bin32-songbird-nightly/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/songbird-bin/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/songbird-nightly-bin/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/songbird-bin64/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/songbird-svn/

The last package has a comment that says the Nightingale project
maintains a mirror for songbird:
http://sourceforge.net/p/ngale/songbird-mirror/ci/master/tree/
Is it OK to remove songbird packages?


4. Merge:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bukkit/ with
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/craftbukkit/
bukkit's description says "You are probably looking for the
'craftbukkit' package." The PKGBUILD doesn't list a proper source ...

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/claws-mail-extra-plugins-cvs/ with
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/claws-mail-git/
Same maintainer, see comment for claws-mail-extra-plugins-cvs:
"Claws-mail moved to git, so please do not use this package but
install claws-mail-git:"

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cloud9-git/ with
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cloud9

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cockatrice/ with
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cockatrice-git/
Have a look at the comment on cockatrice about C&D from Hasbro
http://www.cockatrice.de/

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compcache/ with
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zramswap/
http://code.google.com/p/compcache/: "compcache-0.6.2 is marked
deprecated (so nothing available for download now). Please use the
version available in the mainline (drivers/staging/zram)."

(No idea if it makes sense, see comments)
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cross-arm-elf-binutils-sysroot/ ,
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cross-arm-elf-base/ and
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cross-arm-elf-newlib/ with
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/arm-elf-newlib/

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cross-arm-elf-gcc/ with
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/arm-elf-gcc/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cross-arm-elf-gdb/ with
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/arm-elf-gdb/

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/curator/ with
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/curator-hg/
See drcouzelis' comment on curator.


Hey, TUs, do you prefer shorter, bite-sized mails or longer ones?
Separate mails for merging, deleting and other stuff?
If a package has e.g. one vote and no important comments, do I still
have to suggest merging with a suitable package or is it OK to just
delete it? I have no idea which is faster and which is the proper way.