[aur-general] Is it OK to submit a package that is a dozen of one-line scripts?

Jesse McClure jmcclure at cns.umass.edu
Sun Oct 19 11:52:47 UTC 2014


On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 05:54:55AM +0200, Karol Blazewicz wrote:
> Is it OK to submit a package that is a dozen of one-line scripts, like
> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/b2b/ ->
> https://github.com/iorbitearth/b2b/tree/master/scripts ?

I'm not sure the length is the relevant issue.  A truly brilliant
simplification of a useful task into a one-liner might be very useful.
But these are just completely absurd.

> [wiki] should be explicit about it?

I'm not sure any edit is needed.  We already have:

"Make sure the package is useful."

from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR#Submitting_packages

-Jesse
AKA 'Trilby' on archlinux.org


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