[aur-general] Clarification for Deletion request #30701

Xyne xyne at archlinux.org
Sat Dec 18 18:40:21 UTC 2021


>The -bin prefix is used for packages that package upstream binaries but the
>assumption is typically that the resulting package is functionally equivalent
>to the one built on Arch from source. That is why our policy is to delete -bin
>package variants of binary packages in the official repos.
>
>In this case, the upstream binaries are not functionally equivalent because
>they are statically compiled and thus avoid a bug. They should be allowed on
>the AUR, but the prefix should be something to indicate that it is not just a
>-bin variant of the official package. Perhaps -static-bin would be appropriate.
>
>The real solution is though is to fix the packages in the repos.

Sorry, I was in a rush. That should have been "statically linked", and "suffix".

Regards,
Xyne


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