On 29 April 2024 12:07:49 GMT+02:00, Marcell Meszaros <marcell.mesza...@runbox.eu> wrote: >On 29 April 2024 04:21:36 GMT+02:00, not...@aur.archlinux.org wrote: >>eh5 [1] filed a deletion request for pipewire-common-git [2]: >> >>No intention to keep maintaining. >> >>[1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/eh5/ >>[2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/pipewire-common-git/ > >+1 for deletion, as this is a duplicate of AUR/pipewire-git [a] with wrong, >misleading name. > >@eh5 chose the name qualifier "common", which is something that is typically >used by some split packages when there are some files needed by all main split >packages (e.g. in the Arch/extra pkgbase 'gnome-desktop', there are >subpackages 'gnome-desktop', 'gnome-desktop-4', 'gnome-desktop-common'). > >But pipewire-common-git is not part of the pipewire-git pkgbase, it builds the >main pipewire code, just like AUR/pipewire-git. > >@eh5 also chose not to collaborate with the active maintainer of >AUR/pipewire-git and instead chose to create a duplicate, which is not >something that is favored on AUR. > >Earlier I submitted a deletion request for this duplicate "common" package, >but the responding PM chose to reject that and to keep this package, citing >maintainer's statement that this is better. So I was contemplating filing a >deletion request for the broken but correctly named pipewire-git. With this >deletion request filed by the owner of pipewire-common-git, if accepted, >AUR/pipewire-git will become yet again the canonical VCS package for pipewire. > >Anyone wishing to test or use a VCS build of pipewire can check out >pipewire-git. It is currently in a neglected state and has been broken for >quite some time. It is also in misalignment with how extra/pipewire is >packaged. But its maintainer is very active when prompted, and is open to >feedback and collaboration. > >[a]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pipewire-git
As it turns out, AUR/pipewire-git is in much better shape than it was for years, as its maintainer has made a big modernization of that PKGBUILD two weeks ago, making it align well with repo's pipewire.
