On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:33:38 -0400 Eli Schwartz via aur-general <aur-general@archlinux.org> wrote:
> > PKGBUILDs are based around 1 build, not one source. > > Says who? I'll say that PKGBUILDs are based around "one logically > contiguous thing to desire to create"... How about the Pacman/makepkg developers? https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/38160 > > You call multiple PKGBUILDs abuse. I call copying the entire source and > > running > > two builds in a single PGKBUILD abuse. There is only one build function for > > a > > reason. > ... > > FUD aside, the prevailing opinion by Developers, Trusted Users, and AUR > contributors is against you. > As Levente said, it is not very sensible to maintain and bump pkgvers > for multiple PKGBUILDs, then download and build them all separately one > by one. > > As a maintainer, it is a waste of effort, and as someone building both > packages, it is a waste of effort. So the minority opinion is automatically wrong now? The devs I've talked to will admit it's a hack, it just doesn't matter much in the repos so they think it's worth it. The AUR is different. I was just going to let this topic go until you started going after someone who was doing things right, even though it's slightly more work for them.