Mind if I ask...

Does the "extra" repository have markedly different protocols around orphaning 
and adopting packages than the AUR does?


On August 7, 2026 7:32:42 AM MDT, kpcyrd <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 8/7/26 8:32 AM, itisi wrote:
>> On Thursday, 6 August 2026 18:23:16 CEST Bert Peters wrote:
>>   > To a large extent, this has already happened, and continues to happen.
>>> The remaining entries are simply not eligible for inclusion in the
>>> repoitories.
>> 
>> Hi there, i was wondering,
>> 
>> So currently users of Librewolf, Brave and Zen cannot upgrade these packages
>> from the AUR, and therefore are now using vulnerable web browsers with known
>> security related bugs.
>
>I've added librewolf to [extra] now.
>
>I believe reducing the amount of AUR packages people need is the most 
>effective way to deal with the inherent malware risk the AUR has.
>
>The librewolf AUR package had an epoch= set which I removed, so pacman won't 
>automatically pick this up and an explicit `pacman -S librewolf` is needed.
>
>Let me know if there's any problems besides that (e.g. by filing a bug in 
>gitlab).
>
>cheers,
>kpcyrd

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