Op 17-03-12 12:11, [email protected] schreef: > On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 09:53:50AM +0100, Ike Devolder wrote: >> Op 17-03-12 05:44, [email protected] schreef: >>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 11:12:52PM +1100, [email protected] wrote: >>>> Package xf86-video-sis671 >>>> (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34256) is outdated, broken >>>> and lacks some features that xf86-sis-m671 >>>> (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=47620) have (support for >>>> 1366x768 resolution and others). Anyway it is just feature-lacking >>>> version of xf86-video-sisimedia in [community] and therefore should be >>>> removed and have it's votes merged into xf86-sis-m671 to preserve votes >>>> of sis761 chipset owners in AUR. >>>> -- >>>> My AUR packages - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?SeB=m&K=AlexanderR >>> ---end quoted text--- >>> >>> Am I ignored O_o ? Anyway sorry and please forget about previous message; >>> better >>> disown xf86-sis-m671 (it was said to be useless and marked as outdated long >>> ago) >>> and merge it into xf86-video-sis671, which I just updated. >> >> no you are not ignored >> >> but you are not the maintainer of xf86-sis-m671 >> so if you get hellnest to confirm the merge here we can do that >> >> -- >> Ike >> > > > ---end quoted text--- > > I understand, but > 1) according to package contents and github commit history, xf86-sis-m671 is > just the > same package with same upstream and different order of patches (is not package > duplication against Arch rules?) > 2) it is broken and it have been being broken (crash during video playback) > since > October 2011 - see comments. Now it does not even compile > 3) it was marked as outdated with several comments on AUR page on October 20, > 2011. > Author does not show activity neither in his blog and github projects nor on > AUR. > > Taking into account all listed, should I e-mail hellnest and ask him to > update his > package again?
deleted xf86-sis-m671 as for xf86-video-sis671[1] please file bug reports to have the package in extra updated [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34256 -- Ike
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