>The -bin prefix is used for packages that package upstream binaries but the >assumption is typically that the resulting package is functionally equivalent >to the one built on Arch from source. That is why our policy is to delete -bin >package variants of binary packages in the official repos. > >In this case, the upstream binaries are not functionally equivalent because >they are statically compiled and thus avoid a bug. They should be allowed on >the AUR, but the prefix should be something to indicate that it is not just a >-bin variant of the official package. Perhaps -static-bin would be appropriate. > >The real solution is though is to fix the packages in the repos.
Sorry, I was in a rush. That should have been "statically linked", and "suffix". Regards, Xyne
