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#1 2008-11-28 14:28:34
- Profjim
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OK to submit AUR packages which are subsets of other packages?
I've got three packages that I've been using for myself which are subsets of other packages.
* formail := taken from procmail
* slrnpull := taken from slrn
* libcurl := most of extra/curl, minus the curl binary. I imagine this won't be very popular, but I like it this way.
Is there any established custom on AUR regarding packages of this sort? Should I feel free to submit them? Or would the community rather I didn't?
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#2 2008-11-28 14:37:16
- Allan
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Re: OK to submit AUR packages which are subsets of other packages?
From http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR … NSUPPORTED
Check [core], [extra], [unstable], and [community] for the package. If it is inside any of those repositories in ANY form, DO NOT submit the package
so if a TU decided to delete it then I think it would be fair...
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#3 2008-11-28 15:34:18
- Profjim
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Re: OK to submit AUR packages which are subsets of other packages?
Thanks for your reply. I wasn't sure whether that language covered cases like this. Yes, "any" is emphasized. On the other hand, it's commonplace to see -svn or -git versions of packages in AUR when stable versions are in the repos. So what "in ANY form" means here isn't transparent.
I take your judgment to be, though, that it'd be inappropriate to submit these packages. Thanks: that's what I wanted to know.
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