In aur you can upload a pkgbuild for an old, legacy version. if you have a package called foo, foo is expected to have the lastest version. But you can create a package called foo25 with the 2.5 version. maybe the 2.5 version has some feature missing on the latest. and maybe some people need it.
its very common, here a package like that: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=42550 even on the binary repos we have python with the latest and python2 with the 2.0 version (I think we even have a python25 for 2.5) > De: Edoardo Maria Elidoro <edoardo.elid...@gmail.com> > Asunto: Re: [aur-general] Removal request (nerolinux3) > A: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)" > <aur-general@archlinux.org> > Fecha: miércoles, 28 de diciembre de 2011, 13:18 > So, let me understand... > In AUR we should keep older version if they're from a > branch different than > the last one (like keeping Firefox 7 when version 8 is > released - just an > example)? > Or we're doing this just for commercial software? > > 2011/12/28 Seblu <se...@seblu.net> > > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Edoardo Maria > Elidoro > > <edoardo.elid...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > the package nerolinux3 (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30591) > > is > > > the orphan and out-of-date version of nerolinux > ( > > > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2153). > > > > > > I think it should be removed. > > > > > It's the last of the 3.x branch. Package is nammed > nerolinux3 (as its > > branch) and i don't know why was marked out-of-date. > > > > http://unix.oppserver.net/nero/ > > > > -- > > Sébastien Luttringer > > www.seblu.net > > > > > > -- > *If you stand for nothing you'll fall for anything.* > ArchLinux and Gnome Shell user // Linux and Free Software > believer // LugCR > member. > eduardo on wiki.archlinux.org // edoardo on > aur.archlinux.org // Eduardo > Elidoro on FB >
