Please remove remove request for libelectron-electron-meta

gameslayer · 2025-09-21 06:40:26

Hi I just wanted to ask if you could please remove the remove request also have oech3 to stop harassing me or arbitrarily remove packages, this is the second time he has done this without looking into what the package does with him removing the request after I corrected him

I don't want to be rude or have sort sort of pointless argument but we shouldn't be just removing people packages for no reason, if you have any questions the you should ask the developers an let them sort out the packages fate and respectfully asking to have the request removed and my packages to be left alone as doing so will cause a lot of issues for not only me as the maintainer but for all the users using my software packages.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/libe … ctron-meta

Thank you.

Last edited by gameslayer (2025-09-21 06:41:55)

seth · 2025-09-21 07:15:58

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p2194915

But afaiu the package has circular dependencies and is dependency-equivalent w/ your libelectron package and it's only less than 30 LOC bash, hosted on the AUR.
I frankly don't understand why you'd link this into a separate package either.

gameslayer · 2025-09-21 07:20:11

Because libelectron is a package managing and versioning shared dependencies my apps use and libelectron-electron-meta manages electron versioning itself

That doesn't justifying just removing someones package for no reason because you disagree with how something is packaged, that's just destructive and childish, a gross misuse of power not to mention cause issues and remove all my hard work

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seth · 2025-09-21 07:25:50

Nothing has been removed yet? Has any AUR maintainer privately suggested pending action to you?
Have you addressed this on the AUR ML?

You can call for opinions on the matter but as pointed out, venting about this here is exactly this: venting. It will lead absolutely nowhere.

Also

Because libelectron is a package managing and versioning shared dependencies my apps use and libelectron-electron-meta manages electron versioning itself

does absolutely not explain why the electron script isn't simply part of the libelectron package. It's not possible to install one w/o the other anyway.

gameslayer · 2025-09-21 07:33:09

No but it's at risk of being removed and causing issues for 16 packages and a lot of users

No one's venting here, I am trying to make sure this doesn't happen

"Because libelectron is a package managing and versioning shared dependencies my apps use and libelectron-electron-meta manages electron versioning itself
does absolutely not explain why the electron script isn't simply part of the libelectron package. It's not possible to install one w/o the other anyway"

The script for libelectron install dependencies my electron apps use, the package tells you exactly what it does.

Again doesn't mean anyone's package should just be requested for removal for no reason, I'm sure you would also feel threatened or worried if you were at risk of having things removed for no reason..

seth · 2025-09-21 09:59:25

No one's venting here, I am trying to make sure this doesn't happen

And you've been told before that such efforts *in this forum* are completely futile.

Also such request would not be "removed" but either dismissed or acted upon.

The script for libelectron install dependencies my electron apps use, the package tells you exactly what it does.

I've problems to read any sense into this, but again: just putting the script into libelectron seems to be the suggested and reasonable approach.
You'll have to make the case why this *needs* to be two different packages and you need to make that case against the request on the ML. Not here.

gameslayer · 2025-09-22 04:42:40

I really didn't want to escalate it to the mail list as this is just silly when all this person has to do is remove the request but when I did email the list I got a reply saying

"Your message to the Aur-general mailing-list was rejected for the following
reasons:

The message is not from a list member"

I have emailed the admin of the mail list about the issue.

seth · 2025-09-22 07:54:16

You need to register the to the list.

Lone_Wolf · 2025-09-22 10:05:35

gameslayer wrote:

escalate it to the mail list as this is just silly when all this person has to do is remove the request

As far as I know aur requests are never removed, just accepted or rejected.
Whichever decision is made is posted on the aur requests ML, visible for anyone .
Can you think of a better way to keep the process transparant ?

A downside of the aur-requests ML is that not many people (except those who handle requests) follow it.
I for example have been maintaining aur packages for years but don't follow aur-request ML due to its heavy traffic.
I do follow aur general (also arch-general and arch-dev-publi) .

You're not escalating an issue, you're publishing it to a bigger audience using an appropriate channel.

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Please remove remove request for libelectron-electron-meta

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