I have now uploaded the package named "spotcommander". URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotcommander/
Would be nice if a TU could do what you suggested: "merge the old one ( spotcommander-xampp) into the new one (spotcommander) with a message redirecting users to install the new package". Regards, Ole Jon 2013/5/31 Xyne <x...@archlinux.ca> > Ole Jon Bjørkum wrote: > > >I request that the package "spotcommander-xampp" be removed from AUR. > > > >URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/spotcommander-xampp/ > > > >Reason: I am the developer of SpotCommander. The version in AUR is very > >outdated. I am planning to upload the latest version of SpotCommander to > >AUR, and to avoid confusion among users, I think the old package should be > >removed. The new version is better in every way, so there's no reason to > >keep it around. I have talked to the maintainer of the package and he > agree. > > I disagree. Once you have uploaded the new package (presumably under a > different name, as there would be no reason to delete the old package > otherwise, given that you could simply update it instead), a TU can merge > the > old one into the new one with a message redirecting users to install the > new > package. If we simply delete the package now, the transition will be more > difficult for existing users. > > Send another email when the new package is up. > > >SpotCommander can also be installed manually: > >https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SpotCommander. > >The package I am going to upload to AUR automates this process. > > I'm a bit confused by this statement. All PKGBUILDs "automate" the > creation of > packages. Combined with the previous statement, it sounds as though you > might > not know how PKGBUILDs work. They provide instructions for makepkg to > download > sources and build a Pacman package. Updating the package is usually as > simple > as updating the package version in the PKGBUILD to direct it to retrieve > and > build the latest sources. > > Incidentally, it is bad advice to suggest that users install a package > manually > on Arch Linux. PKGBUILDs are dead-simple to write and make it possible to > fully > manage the installed package with dependency resolution. Manual > installation > can lead to system clutter, file conflicts and other problems. > > Regards, > Xyne >