On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 17:09:03 Karol Blazewicz wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Felix Yan <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wednesday, July 17, 2013 09:38:36 Edoardo Maria Elidoro wrote: > >> Hi everyone, > >> this package [1] is four years old, upstream developement has stopped > >> (around four years ago) and seems to not compile anymore. I request > >> its removal from AUR. > >> > >> [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/green/ > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Edoardo > > > > Removed, thanks. > > > > Regards, > > Felix Yan > > Can somebody please explain again, what does it mean "dead upstream"? > Since the sources are available, I thought we should keep it. > Is the policy "remove the broken package - if someone knows how to fix > this, they will upload a fixed package" or "let it be, maybe somebody > someday will post a patch"?
Given the PKGBUILD simply calls make and install the result, and the PKGBUILD itself doesn't follow guidelines, I don't see a problem just to remove it (and it's been 4 years). Anyway it's still there if you wanna have a look: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/gr/green/PKGBUILD Regards, Felix Yan
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