thanks everyone for letting me know these.
2012/3/27 郑文辉(Techlive Zheng) <techlivezh...@gmail.com>: > 2012/3/27 Tai-Lin Chu <tailin...@gmail.com>: >> @Alexander Rødseth >> that's "how it should work", but unfortunately none of these work well >> in reality. my reason of cloning is that "the time when these packages >> will update or fit your need is known". god knows when these packages >> will update; it could be weeks or months(or never). i either have to >> keep my own version of pkgbuild or change the pkgbuild every time i >> install. that's not efficient. >> >> @Det >> 1. i dont think my pkgbuild has any wrong dependency. i am really >> concerned about dependency, and carefully checked chromium build >> script. >> >> 2. i want to have "no-gconf" explicitly. many users are not aware that >> they have to install no-gconf first, then install chrome. >> >> 3. as i said, aur is meant to a mess if you want it to be actually >> useful. if your logic applies, then we should remove all "mplayer-*", >> "vlc-*" ..., because we already have mplayer, vlc in [extra]. these >> "families" of packages are just adding or removing some flags and >> dependencies(some are even incorrect). having "mutations" gives >> convenience for users. users dont care about mess really; they care >> about time as they dont want to manually edit pkgbuild. > No, no, I do care the the mess of the AUR.Sometimes to choose between > several similar packages is a pain, you have to download all of them > and enven compile them to know it.But if there is only one, even if it > was broken, then you can download it, trying to fix it, then post your > fix to the comments to let the maintainer and other users know. If the > maintainer does not response and then you really care about the > package, then you can request here to adopt it after two weeks instead > of create you own version in AUR with a different name.This is the How > Arch Linux Communnity works and how it grows to today.Even if you just > care about your own need, you can maintain you own PKGBUILD repo, > please do not pollute the public.The AUR is not to be messed.Think > about it, you create a duplicated package, you get satisfied with it, > but after a while, someone got come up and clean up you mess again > like this time. > > Arch Linux is not a linux distro mean to keep the user lazy and > foolish, the user need to get familiar with the pain the AUR PKGBUILD > bring, and learn it fix it, this is a growing up process.Making AUR > mess with lots of duplicated packages could not save the users time if > he has skills to fix something, it waste his time to make decision and > to send mail here to get duplicated deleted. > > Arch Linux is created by people who want to make life simple and tidy > and clean, not this kind of AUR messy could be accepted. > > Democracy is slow and no efficient, but it is the way to keep every > going longer, right?This is the thing we Chinese need to learn. >> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Alexander Rødseth <rods...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> "out-of-date for a long time" is handled by flagging packages, >>> e-mailing the maintainer, waiting and then requesting the package to >>> be deleted here, then it's deleted by TUs >>> "does not compile" is handled by commenting or contacting the >>> maintainer then possibly requesting the package to be deleted here, >>> then it's deleted by TUs >>> "orphaned for years" is handled by adopting and fixing the package, by >>> requesting the package to be deleted here or by random TUs >>> "has dead upstream" is handled by commenting or contacting the >>> maintainer then possibly requesting the package to be deleted here, >>> then it's deleted by TUs >>> "duplicate package" is handled by requesting the package to be deleted >>> here or by random TUs >>> >>> TUs handle cases as they appear on the mailing list, as they stumble >>> over problematic packages by them selves or in connection with the AUR >>> cleanup day (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Cleanup_Day). >>> >>> Your case is "duplicate package" and is handled as such. The other >>> cases are handled without needing to direct effort from "duplicate >>> package" cases. >>> >>> -- >>> Best regards, >>> Alexander Rødseth >>> Arch Linux Trusted User >>> (xyproto on IRC, trontonic on AUR)