On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Jason St. John <jstj...@purdue.edu> wrote: > This is an extension of the rename request for virtinst-current --> > virtinst[1]. Based on some further research by djpohly, it was > discovered that virt-manager-0.10.0-1 began providing virt-install[2]. > > djpohly offered that it might be useful to keep virtinst around > because of all the dependencies that virt-manager pulls in. I thought > about this for a bit and posted the following comment on the > virtinst-current AUR page: > > "Are there many cases where virt-install would be needed without all > of the extra dependencies on, e.g., some of the graphical > tools/utilities? Just headless VM servers? virt-manager also installs > the programs virt-clone, virt-convert, and virt-image, which seem > quite useful even on headless VM servers. > > Unless virt-manager gets split into GUI and non-GUI packages, I don't > see the value in keeping [the virtinst-current] package around. And > even if [virt-manager] does get split into GUI and non-GUI packages, > the non-GUI package would include virt-install anyway. So either way, > I think this package can be safely deleted." > > As such, I am requesting that virtinst-current[3] be deleted. > > [1] > https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2013-December/026311.html > [2] > https://projects.archlinux.org/svntogit/community.git/commit/trunk?h=packages/virt-manager&id=5493fd016372532c5e90556e6ad5399b7e625a84 > [3] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/virtinst-current/ > > Thanks, > Jason
It seems like this was missed. Can a TU please handle this? virtinst-current needs to be deleted. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/virtinst-current/ Jason