On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 01:33:20 +0000 Jonathon Fernyhough via aur-general <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/01/2022 22:54, Xyne via aur-general wrote: > > I actually would be in favor of using the -bin suffix even for packages > > without a non-bin variant. > > I was under the impression that `-bin` was to be used for any > pre-compiled version (e.g. whether sourced from upstream or from deb or > RPM etc.)? It's not about the source of the binaries, it's about proprietary software that does not, and can never, have a non-bin version. For example, steam in Community would need to be steam-bin as it's just repackaging upstream binaries.
