[aur-general] Linux-mainline + related package cleanup

Duru Can Celasun dcelasun at gmail.com
Thu Feb 20 00:03:56 EST 2014


On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:11 AM, Felix Yan <felixonmars at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 21:39:02 WorMzy Tykashi wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I believe that the following packages should be removed:
>>
>> linux-mainline-ux31e [1] -- last updated in early 2012, orphaned, only
>> three votes.
>> broadcom-wl-mainline [2] -- last updated in late 2012, orphaned, zero
>> votes, source gone, and apparently doesn't build anyway.
>>
>> There's a third package which appears to be semi-active:
>> linux-mainline-dellxps [3], I've asked the maintainer whether the
>> package still has any point, as she/he has said that the
>> linux-mainline package works fine for them, so it may be worth keeping
>> an eye on the comments.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> WorMzy
>>
>> [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-mainline-ux31e/
>> [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/broadcom-wl-mainline/
>> [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-mainline-dellxps/
>
> Removed the first two, thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Felix Yan


Hi,

I'm the maintainer of linux-mainline-dellxps and I'm fine with
removing it. It stopped being useful long ago, hence the lack of
updates.

Cheers,
Can.


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