On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Felix Yan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
Thanks, I saw it's a very simple PKGBUILD but I wanted to ask before I submit a list of not-dead-yet packages for removal :-P
