[aur-requests] [PRQ#26623] Deletion Request for python2-rpi.gpio

[Morten Linderud]

On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 02:34:24PM -0400, Eli Schwartz via aur-requests wrote:
> On 6/24/21 2:23 PM, Morten Linderud via aur-requests wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 02:06:46PM -0400, Alex Stelmachonak via aur-requests wrote:
> >> What is wrong if this package is ARM (and RPi) specific? AUR is available on
> >> ArchLinuxARM and used by many people (including me). I don't think "Specific
> >> for ARM hardware" is a valid reason to delete package.
> > 
> > Account has been suspended while I figure out why they are sending a fuckton of
> > requests while not checking if they should or not.
> 
> 
> Well uhhhhh funny story that:
> 
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PKGBUILD#arch
> 
> I know this is not listed in the rules of submission page, but it is in
> the general packaging guidelines, and it's not like we haven't been
> deleting packages in the past, for precisely this. The rationale being,
> the *Arch* User Repository is in theory supposed to be for packages
> which can be run on Arch.
> 
> It's the same reason we delete Manjaro-specific packages.

There is a difference between Manjaro, a derivative distribution, and someone
providing a port of our distribution adding PKGBUILDs to the AUR.

-- 
Morten Linderud
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