El 13/05/18 a las 18:17, bill-auger escribió: > the parabola package 'unar' may not longer be necessary as it seems arch > has begun packaging the same program under the name 'unarchiver' so > there is now the same program available in two different repos under > different names - this is not critical but the current situation is very > confusing how it got to be this way - can anyone sort out how to handle this > > the 'unar' package is listed in the blacklist as replacing the 'unrar' > package - but those are not the same software - that would explain the > different name but that would not be considered to be a replacement but > a completely unrelated alternative - i would really like to see the > blacklist data be as informative and helpful as possible - this > particular example is more confusing than helpful - the blacklist > descriptions should all read something like: "the parabola version of > this program was liberated in the following ways ...." in which case the > parabola package lives in [libre] and usually has the same name as the > non-free package - or else it should read: "parabola did not liberate > this package but the following alternative is recommended instead ...." > with the alternative package having a different name and noted only in > the description but not in the metadata column #2 as the definitive > liberated replacement > > secondly, the PKGBUILD for 'unar' has it replacing the 'unarchiver' > which was presumably in the AUR when this was added - but that would not > explain the different name because it is exactly the same program - it > furthermore is not modified in any significant way from the upstream so > therefore does not belong in [libre] but instead in [PCR] > > > this is issue #1769 https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/1769 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.parabola.nu/mailman/listinfo/dev > since both unarchiver and unar provide the same binaries, then unar should be dropped
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