On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 09:45:08 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Tue, 4 Jul 2017 14:00:50 +0800, Oon-Ee Ng via aur-general wrote: >>You could suggest it on the package's AUR page. > >Hi, > >yes, I could ask to do it for dependent packages such as >https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xombrero/ even while I'm not using >it. > >I could ask to do it for https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/qtwebkit/ , >https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/webkitgtk/ / >https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/webkitgtk2 even while I'm not using >those packages. > >Some maintainers simply are responsible without somebody mentioning it, >e.g. https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/claws-mail-git/, btw. the only >related PKGBUILD I'm using myself. > >Another package maintainer disabld webkit usage, after I informed >about the issue and after I get in contact with upstream, who also will >fix the issue, https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/guitarix-git/ . I'm >not using this package, but install guitarix2 from official >repositories. > >>By sending it to the ML, it looks like you're trying to discuss or >>push for a general decision. > >Actually there could be PKGBUILDs where I'm not aware of the issue, so >I can't add a comment, that's why I ask on this list. It should not be >enforced by a rule, but maintainers of PKGBUILDs should become a sense >of responsibility, so I mentioned it on this list. > >Regards, >Ralf >
PS: Maybe Claws from git still builds using with webkit, if it#s installed, but it's not a dependency. -- Vote for apulse! echo $(w3m https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/apulse |grep 'Votes: ') Votes: 82 Updated: Tue Jul 4 09:48:53 CEST 2017