On July 22, 2020 9:24:13 AM UTC, Ram Kumar via arch-general <arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote: >Dear all, >i am using i3 wm with Polybar as my status bar. i created the currently >installed packages list using pacman's hook command. >when i try to do fresh installation, i can get only the packages that >are >present in official Repos that doesnot include Polybar. >Then after installing Yay i can get Polybar from AUR. it is quite >inconvenience, and i dont know why Polybar is not added to official >packages, > >Polybar is quite popular as well as it has quite good features. > >is is possible to include Polybar to the official packages under extra >or >community? if not could u plz explain? > >Thanks in advance > >regards >Ramkumar
From the Arch Wiki AUR FAQ page: >How to get a PKGBUILD into the community repository? >Usually, at least 10 votes are required for something to move into community. >However, if a TU wants to support a package, it will often be found in the >repository. > >Reaching the required minimum of votes is not the only requirement, there has >to be a TU willing to maintain the package. TUs are not required to move a >package into the community repository even if it has thousands of votes. > >Usually when a very popular package stays in the AUR it is because: > > -Arch Linux already has another version of a package in the repositories > -Its license prohibits redistribution > -It helps retrieve user-submitted PKGBUILDs. AUR helpers are unsupported by > definition. >See also Rules for Packages Entering the community Repo. In other words, if no TUs are interested in maintaining it as a community package, then no amount of popularity will get it into community.
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