The patch in question addresses an issue specific to Arch Linux: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/commit/d0ae72a2510f52ae4a9181d7c65f2c69636ca298.patch
So packages for Arch would be expected to apply it. Upstream would also not be expected to be in a rush to deploy a new release to cater to a single distro. Patching packages is a standard maintenance activity. When maintainers refuse to keep packages functional, those packages should be considered unmaintained. On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 12:03 PM <steffengrund...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The package is maintained and should not be orphaned: > > 1. Changing the dependency to qemu-desktop is not correct as not everybody > wants that. It’s been done by mistake before and caused a lot of annoyance > for users of this package. Everybody can install it if they need it and > satisfy the qemu requirement. > > 2. Patching the source code from the package is not correct. The package > installs the newest version (4.9.6) WITH any bugs in the upstream version. I > am aware that it’s fixed upstream but not yet released. They’ve been > contacted about this but for whatever reason they are choosing not to release > an update yet. > > I’ve responded to both of these requests so many times now, but everything is > updated and is awaiting an upstream release. > > On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 at 00:25, <not...@aur.archlinux.org> wrote: >> >> FabioLolix [1] filed an orphan request for quickemu [2]: >> >> Need to change the depends to qemu-desktop; reported on 2024-02-03 and >> 2024-04-18 >> >> VMs fails to run, existence of a fix made on 2024-11-14; a simple >> patch to apply >> >> Updated and improved pkgbuild made available on 2024-12-04 >> >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/quickemu#comment-1001106 >> https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/quickemu#comment-968138 >> >> [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/FabioLolix/ >> [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/quickemu/
