[aur-requests] [PRQ#33512] Deletion Request for firefox-beta-i18n

notify at aur.archlinux.org notify at aur.archlinux.org
Thu Mar 24 19:48:33 UTC 2022


MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for firefox-beta-i18n [2]:

Duplicates Arch/community/firefox-developer-edition-i18n.

Yes, Firefox Developer Edition is Firefox Beta,
with minimal differences:
* dark theme by default (can be changed)
* a few small extra buttons on toolbar
* a separate Firefox profile that doesn't overwrite
  that of the regular Firefox, so the two can be
  installed side-by-side.

This package is not properly maintained.
It has been updated on 2022-03-18 to v99.0b5-1,
but its mandatory dependency, firefox-beta>=99.0b5
has not seen an update since 2021-11-04.

Therefore this package is not currently installable.

It does not instill confidence when such a mismatch
is created, especially since this language pack has
the same maintainer as the main AUR/firefox-beta.

There are no user comments, only one from 2018.
It shows this AUR duplicate is not in high demand.

This package is not useful to be in AUR. I have already
submitted a deletion request for AUR/firefox-beta
because that one is even potentially harmful, it can
overwrite the user's default Firefox stable profile
(whereas Firefox Developer Edition is a beta that
leaves the user's default stable profile intact).

[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/
[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/firefox-beta-i18n/


More information about the aur-requests mailing list