[aur-requests] [PRQ#32975] Deletion Request for wine-stable-ubuntu

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Thu Mar 3 16:28:43 UTC 2022


MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for wine-stable-ubuntu [2]:

I suggest to delete this orphaned, outdated package. Seems no one is
volunteering to take it up.

It is wrong to have this package for several reasons:

* Should be suffixed with -bin, not with -ubuntu, as it's a binary
package.

* Ubuntu build is a wrong fit for Arch when it comes to foreign
builds. People should at least adapt fresh Fedora or OpenSUSE builds,
as they are relying on more up-to-date dependencies.

* Should someone venture to adopt this package, their recommended
course of action would be to use an aforementioned Fedora or OpenSUSE
build, but then that source would mismatch with the -ubuntu name
suffix of this package.

* In my experience, even Arch/multilib/wine-staging is quite stable
for day-to-day use, but there is also the Arch/multilib/wine package
which is very good.

* If someone has issues with the latest Arch wine, their best
workaround is a downgrade to the previous version.
If all else fails, their second best bet is to build AUR/wine-stable
or download the same from ChaoticAUR.

All in all, it's not useful at all for users to have a "wine-stable-
ubuntu" package in AUR.

[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/
[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wine-stable-ubuntu/


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