Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] RFC: Forbid dummy packages from AUR

2022-03-24 Thread Óscar García Amor via arch-general
El jue, 24 mar 2022 a las 12:54, Jonathon Fernyhough via arch-general () escribió: > > On 24/03/2022 07:39, Óscar García Amor via arch-general wrote: > > But why? > > > > I don't quite understand why this should be banned. > > It's essentially the equivalent of installing a package then -Rdd a >

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] RFC: Forbid dummy packages from AUR

2022-03-24 Thread Jonathon Fernyhough via arch-general
On 24/03/2022 07:39, Óscar García Amor via arch-general wrote: But why? > > I don't quite understand why this should be banned. It's essentially the equivalent of installing a package then -Rdd a dependency. Would that process be encouraged in other situations? as described in the RFC, has a

Re: [arch-general] [arch-dev-public] RFC: Forbid dummy packages from AUR

2022-03-24 Thread Óscar García Amor via arch-general
El jue, 24 mar 2022 a las 8:14, Allan McRae via arch-dev-public () escribió: > > On 24/3/22 11:07, Brett Cornwall via arch-dev-public wrote: > > Summary: Reject AUR packages that fulfill package dependencies without > > providing the files/binaries of the package in question. But why? I don't qui