Re: [aur-general] [Proposal] Cleaning up some Virtualbox packages on AUR
On 02/15/2010 05:08 PM, Panos Filip wrote: On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Panos Filip wrote: Hello to everyone :) There seem to some Virtualbox ( or virtualbox related) packages we don't really need: *1) aur/dkms-virtualbox 1.5.0-1 (Out of Date) (4) * *What is that exactly ?* *2) aur/vboxapi 3.1.2-1 (1)* SDK for VirtualBox (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *That one as well ?* *3)aur/virtualbox_bin-1 1.6.6-1 (18)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *4)aur/virtualbox_bin-2 2.2.4-1 (24)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *3 and 4 --> do some people really need older and unsupported (with less features or buggier) releases for Virtualbox ?* *5) aur/virtualbox_bin-3_0 3.0.12-1 (18)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *What about that ? --> Like 3 and 4, but different PKGBUILD for version 3.0 and different for 3.1 ?* *6)aur/virtualbox_bin 3.1.2-2 [installed] (2101)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *We do want this one, it's OK* *7)aur/virtualbox_bin_beta 3.0.0_BETA2-1 (Out of Date) (37)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *OK, check this one ...hmm* *8)aur/virtualbox_bin_unstable 3.1.4_BETA2-1 (0)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *We have one beta and one unstable (a.k.a beta) ? * *9)aur/virtualbox-legacy_bin 1.5.6-5 (4)* Powerful x86 virtualization - binary version (non GPL - free for personal use and evaluation) *Another one like 3 , 4 and 5 !* *10)aur/virtualbox-sun 3.1.2.56127-6 (45)* A general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware (Binary Edition, Personal Use) *What's the difference with 6 ? * Regards, Panos Filip Bumping the thread, since we do need some cleaning up, IMHO. i've deleted unstable build some time ago but the other: virtualbox_bin-3_0 should stay at 3.0.x version but who did updated didn't understand this thing. virtualbox_bin should follow the latest version of virtualbox virtualbox_bin_beta should follow only beta but same as first, the current maintainer didn't get it. virtualbox-sun is basically _bin and changes should merge to _bin and then we can delete it. i could delete the older ones if the modules doesn't compile anymore but i think we should let them there and try to fix the builds above. The one that are out of date should be updated or somebody should claim them. -- Ionut
Re: [aur-general] [Proposal] Cleaning up some Virtualbox packages on AUR
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 3:14 AM, Panos Filip wrote: > Hello to everyone :) > > There seem to some Virtualbox ( or virtualbox related) packages we don't > really need: > > *1) aur/dkms-virtualbox 1.5.0-1 (Out of Date) (4) * > > *What is that exactly ?* > > *2) aur/vboxapi 3.1.2-1 (1)* > SDK for VirtualBox (Personal Use Binaries Edition) > > *That one as well ?* > > *3)aur/virtualbox_bin-1 1.6.6-1 (18)* > Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) > *4)aur/virtualbox_bin-2 2.2.4-1 (24)* > Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) > > *3 and 4 --> do some people really need older and unsupported (with less > features or buggier) releases for Virtualbox ?* > > > *5) aur/virtualbox_bin-3_0 3.0.12-1 (18)* > Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) > > *What about that ? --> Like 3 and 4, but different PKGBUILD for version > 3.0 and different for 3.1 ?* > > *6)aur/virtualbox_bin 3.1.2-2 [installed] (2101)* > Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) > > *We do want this one, it's OK* > > *7)aur/virtualbox_bin_beta 3.0.0_BETA2-1 (Out of Date) (37)* > Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) > > *OK, check this one ...hmm* > > > *8)aur/virtualbox_bin_unstable 3.1.4_BETA2-1 (0)* > Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) > > *We have one beta and one unstable (a.k.a beta) ? * > > *9)aur/virtualbox-legacy_bin 1.5.6-5 (4)* > Powerful x86 virtualization - binary version (non GPL - free for > personal use and evaluation) > > *Another one like 3 , 4 and 5 !* > > *10)aur/virtualbox-sun 3.1.2.56127-6 (45)* > A general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware (Binary Edition, > Personal Use) > > *What's the difference with 6 ? * > > Regards, > > Panos Filip > Bumping the thread, since we do need some cleaning up, IMHO.
[aur-general] [Proposal] Cleaning up some Virtualbox packages on AUR
Hello to everyone :) There seem to some Virtualbox ( or virtualbox related) packages we don't really need: *1) aur/dkms-virtualbox 1.5.0-1 (Out of Date) (4) * *What is that exactly ?* *2) aur/vboxapi 3.1.2-1 (1)* SDK for VirtualBox (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *That one as well ?* *3)aur/virtualbox_bin-1 1.6.6-1 (18)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *4)aur/virtualbox_bin-2 2.2.4-1 (24)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *3 and 4 --> do some people really need older and unsupported (with less features or buggier) releases for Virtualbox ?* *5) aur/virtualbox_bin-3_0 3.0.12-1 (18)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *What about that ? --> Like 3 and 4, but different PKGBUILD for version 3.0 and different for 3.1 ?* *6)aur/virtualbox_bin 3.1.2-2 [installed] (2101)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *We do want this one, it's OK* *7)aur/virtualbox_bin_beta 3.0.0_BETA2-1 (Out of Date) (37)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *OK, check this one ...hmm* *8)aur/virtualbox_bin_unstable 3.1.4_BETA2-1 (0)* Powerful x86 virtualization (Personal Use Binaries Edition) *We have one beta and one unstable (a.k.a beta) ? * *9)aur/virtualbox-legacy_bin 1.5.6-5 (4)* Powerful x86 virtualization - binary version (non GPL - free for personal use and evaluation) *Another one like 3 , 4 and 5 !* *10)aur/virtualbox-sun 3.1.2.56127-6 (45)* A general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware (Binary Edition, Personal Use) *What's the difference with 6 ? * Regards, Panos Filip
