On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 8:02 PM, Nathan O <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Nathan O <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:36 AM, PyroPeter <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On 08/31/2010 08:17 AM, Nathan O wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:13 AM, Loui Chang<[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue 31 Aug 2010 00:48 -0500, Nathan O wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> What should I do about software that won't work, not due to the fact >>>>>> >>>>> about >>>>> >>>>>> how it is packaged, but badly coded? I am finding some packages of >>>>>> mine >>>>>> >>>>> that >>>>> >>>>>> won't compile or run and the author(programmer) doesn't seem to be >>>>>> active >>>>>> anymore >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Patch them if you want, orphan them if you don't. >>>>> >>>>> Some applications I can patch or use sed, but there are some packages >>>>> that, >>>>> >>>> in my opinion, would require somebody that knows programming in order to >>>> fix >>>> the issues. >>>> >>> Hi Nathan, >>> >>> If it's a useful software someone will fork and fix it properly. >>> Are you speaking about a particular software? >>> >>> Greetz, Peter Lustig >>> -- >>> freenode/pyropeter "12:50 - Ich drücke Return." >>> >> Currently I can't remember which ones. I will go through once I finish >> cleaning my current packages. Once I see the package name, I will remember >> which ones. >> >> Thanks >> > > Ok the current packages that gives me the problems, are: > > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11337 > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=10611 > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=14896 (contacted author) > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=7119 > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=11336 > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31159 > I contacted more authors than I noted above. The ones I contacted, I put it in a comments.
