Hi all,
Sorry for not being aware of this list updating. I'm writing to request
PMs' merge approval, due to the fact that wechat-beta-bwrap is clearly
a duplicate package of wechat-uos-bwrap as discussed in
aur-general[a][b].
> This is not right, different from `wechat-uos-bwrap`, which expects
an
existing `wechat-uos` to provide uos licensing files,
`wechat-beta-bwrap` packs the license files by itself.
Well this is not true anymore. wechat-uos-bwrap, or wechat-uos-qt, the
new package name is providing the license itself within the package.
> And this provides `wechat-beta`, a leaked build that identified
itself
as a different program from the mainline `wechat` that `wechat-uos`
provides.
It is indeed a leaked version in the first place, but very quickly UOS
published it in their App Store.
> `wechat-beta` is a dedicated, non-mainline build that's created for
private testing of native QT stack, considered itself `wechat-beta`. It
shall live in its own namespace.
As of today, wechat-beta-bwrap is not using a beta version of WeChat.
> It is `-uos-bwrap` having a wrong name,
not `-beta-bwrap` being a duplicate.
Firstly, according to the AUR submission guidelines: Check the AUR if
the package already exists. If it is currently maintained, changes can
be submitted in a comment for the maintainer's attention. If it is
unmaintained or the maintainer is unresponsive, the package can be
adopted and updated as required. Do not create duplicate packages.
Secondly, naming difference does not affect the definition of a
duplicate package. -beta-bwrap still provides the same package as
-uos-bwrap. wechat-uos-bwrap has already been renamed to wechat-uos-qt
to clearly reflect its GUI toolkit.
> Additionally, as of writing, `wechat-beta-bwrap` has 21 votes, and
`wechat-uos-bwrap`has 11 votes, it is not right to merge from a highly
voted one a lowly voted one.
I DO NOT think a higher vote eliminates the fact that wechat-beta-bwrap
is a duplicated package of wechat-uos-bwrap. In my opinion, it is a
very disgusting way to hide the origin of wechat-beta-bwrap and
literally tells anyone packaging on the AUR that stealing votes can be
done.
[a]:
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-gene...@lists.archlinux.org/message/A2WERVT4OAER7MXCYLQZQE3PZIZVMGKM/
[b]:
https://lists.archlinux.org/archives/list/aur-gene...@lists.archlinux.org/message/QZGIEYDI3FQYQ6AGCCHQBQQHO3DKRY32/
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Sincerely,
Kimiblock
