Please try contacting the maintainer first. Most packages which pull directly from a repository need less updating compared to official releases.
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Anton Shestakov <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to bring attention to the following packages: > > flashrom-dev - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=30391 > flashrom-svn - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23390 > flashrom-svn-new - http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=36865 > > They all build flashrom from the same svn repo. The second package was the > first one uploaded to AUR, but it have been last updated 25 Aug 2009 and > doesn't contain libftdi dependence. I think we should remove flashrom-dev and > flashrom-svn-new and keep flashrom-svn (it has more votes after all). > > I did not contact the maintainer of the second package, but judging by the > last date he updated his packages (25 Aug 2009), hopes that he will come and > update flashrom-svn aren't big at all. So I suggest orphaning the package as > well. > > Thanks in advance. > > P.S.: should we even keep a possibly unstable version of an utility that may > erase your BIOS is another question (: >
