On Thursday, June 20, 2013 01:56:46 Karol Blazewicz wrote: > 1. Question: > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bacula/ is basically the same as > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bacula-mysql/ . They both are > orphans, but the latter is more up to date. Is it OK to merge bacula > with bacula-mysql or let them both be?
Given there're still 3 votes for mysql on AUR, I removed bacula and left bacula-mysql as is. > 2. Deletion: > According to the comment, the package is obsolete. The source is gone too. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/biblatex-apa/ > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/claws-tnef-plugin/ And both are very old packages (>3 year), removed. > According to the comment, the package is obsolete. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/breqn/ Removed. > According to the comment, it's OK to remove it. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bogo/ > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/clingcon/ > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/covim-git/ All removed. > The source is gone. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bin32-openjdk6/ Since it's still required by other packages, I just left it for now. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bin32-pando/ Very old (5 years) and upstream gone, removed. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bin32-prism/ Upstream dead, removed. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bluemote-k700i/ Very old (5 years) and upstream gone, removed. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/conky-google-reader/ Very old (> 3 years) and upstream gone, removed. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/concordance/ Very old (> 4 years) and upstream gone, removed. > 3. Songbird stuff: http://blog.songbirdnest.com/ > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bin32-songbird-nightly/ > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/songbird-bin/ > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/songbird-nightly-bin/ > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/songbird-bin64/ > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/songbird-svn/ > > The last package has a comment that says the Nightingale project > maintains a mirror for songbird: > http://sourceforge.net/p/ngale/songbird-mirror/ci/master/tree/ > Is it OK to remove songbird packages? As Nightingale is just a forked version, I don't feel the need - people could choose whatever they want on AUR. (And songbird-bin still has 341 votes which could be somewhat an evidence for popularity) > 4. Merge: > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bukkit/ with > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/craftbukkit/ > bukkit's description says "You are probably looking for the > 'craftbukkit' package." The PKGBUILD doesn't list a proper source ... Merged. And there are other obsolete packages in the dependency chain: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bukkit-general/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bukkit-healthy/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bukkit-minecart-mania-core/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bukkit-minecart-mania-autocart/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bukkit-minecart-mania-signs/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bukkit-minecart-mania-stations/ https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/bukkit-permissions/ All upstreams dead, removed. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/claws-mail-extra-plugins-cvs/ with > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/claws-mail-git/ > Same maintainer, see comment for claws-mail-extra-plugins-cvs: > "Claws-mail moved to git, so please do not use this package but > install claws-mail-git:" Merged. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cloud9-git/ with > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cloud9 Given the former is -git version and the latter is fetching git tags, I don't feel the need to merge the two - as they are both out-dated for now. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cockatrice/ with > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cockatrice-git/ > Have a look at the comment on cockatrice about C&D from Hasbro > http://www.cockatrice.de/ Merged. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/compcache/ with > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/zramswap/ > http://code.google.com/p/compcache/: "compcache-0.6.2 is marked > deprecated (so nothing available for download now). Please use the > version available in the mainline (drivers/staging/zram)." Merged. > (No idea if it makes sense, see comments) > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cross-arm-elf-binutils-sysroot/ , > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cross-arm-elf-base/ and Removed the two since they are obsoleted by repo packages. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cross-arm-elf-newlib/ with > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/arm-elf-newlib/ Merged this one. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cross-arm-elf-gcc/ with > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/arm-elf-gcc/ > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cross-arm-elf-gdb/ with > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/arm-elf-gdb/ Both merged. > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/curator/ with > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/curator-hg/ > See drcouzelis' comment on curator. Given the mercurial repo have at least a v3.0 tag, it's easy to update the curator package - so I didn't merge them. > Hey, TUs, do you prefer shorter, bite-sized mails or longer ones? > Separate mails for merging, deleting and other stuff? For me, I don't have a preference :) > If a package has e.g. one vote and no important comments, do I still > have to suggest merging with a suitable package or is it OK to just > delete it? I have no idea which is faster and which is the proper way. I think it's OK to just delete it. Regards, Felix Yan
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