On 22 February 2024 20:58:03 GMT+01:00, not...@aur.archlinux.org wrote: >MarsSeed [1] filed a deletion request for wxwidgets-light [2]: > >Unmaintained since 2023-07-31, and currently several point releases >older than repo's wxwidgets (3.2.2.1 vs 3.2.4). > >But this is also apparently unused, as no one flagged it. > >And it's not beneficial to keep. This package is not compatible with >repo's wxwidgets-gtk3. and therefore most downstream dependent builds >cannot use it, e.g. due to its divergent naming of the relevant wx- >config executable. > >But no one complained - again, an evidence of disuse. > >This also cannot be coinstalled e.g. with repo's veracrypt (which I >use). > >It also builds and puts the headless wxbase into wxwidgets-common- >light - another divergence from repo's corresponding package, which >does no such thing. > >Even if configured properly, this build would still break many reverse >dependencies - those that need multimedia capabilities - as it omits >gstreamer support. > >Therefore I don't see any benefit in keeping this. Maybe one person >(submitter) would disagree, but no one else has shown any indication >that they would needs this build. > >Enough to keep repo's wxwidgets (and AUR's wxwidgets-git). > >[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/ >[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/wxwidgets-light/
Even after the update right after my deletion request was submitted (3.2.2.1-5 →3.2.4-2), the gtk3 package is still not compatible with repo's counterpart. And it still cannot be installed together with e.g. repo's veracrypt. Useless to keep this partially broken partial duplicate.
