On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Xyne <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Deleted with the following message: >>> >>>>A single-line shell command is not worth its own package, let alone a >>>>project on git hub. Such commands are better off as aliases. >>> >>> Seeing that was definitely a skypalming wtf moment. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Xyne >>> >>> >> >>Please remove some other oneliners by that user: >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/owns-git/ >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/wordcount-git/notify/ >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/asciicam-git/ >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/current-network-git/ >> >>He has a few other packages that are "fewliners" e.g. >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/dzen-clock-git/ >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/changed-files-git/ >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/export-chrome-bookmarks-git/ >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/random-git/ >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/noise-git/ >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/webcam-picture-git/ >>* https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/retry-git/ >> >>IMHO at least some of them should be removed too. > > > I have removed those packages and am CC'ing the former maintainer. > > @Vanceza > One-liners and trivial few-liners do not deserve their own packages. I think > the best place for these would be a bashrc file, i.e. instead of hosting a > separate git project for each trivial script, host a single project with all > of > them included as aliases (one-liners) or bash functions (few-liners) in a > single file. Interested users could then clone the repo in their user > directory, and source the file from their bashrc file (e.g. > "source /path/to/git/repo/bashrc"). > > Updating would be as simple as cd'ing in the repo and running "git fetch...". > It's actually even easier than updating packages from the AUR. > > I do not doubt that your intention is good and I hope that my actions and > remarks will not discourage you from further contributions. > > Regards, > Xyne
This convinced me to convert a simple one-liner Bash script I wrote into a Bash function+alias. I previously put the one-liner on GitHub and submitted a PKGBUILD for it. I have just deleted the GitHub repo, so please delete this package: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/colorpwd-git/ Thanks, Jason
