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#1 2010-02-19 10:11:20
- ezzetabi
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Orphan packages in Extra?
Every time I update I see:
:: Starting full system upgrade...
warning: swi-prolog: local (5.8.2-1) is newer than extra (5.6.64-4)
So I was wondering if the maintainer could not update and if I could help: I discovered that the package is orphan...
Is it normal that a package in Extra is orphan?
Can it be adopted like the AUR?
Last edited by ezzetabi (2010-02-19 10:13:08)
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#2 2010-02-19 10:51:22
- wonder
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Re: Orphan packages in Extra?
the thing is that any other maintainer can update that but is not even mark out of date.
we have quite a lot of orphans and the reason is simple, the web interface had in the past some issues and it orphaned almost half of repository. since then packages haven't been adopted. We are working to a more proper implementation.
Send an email on arch-general with an up to date PKGBUILD and maybe somebody will update it.
Last edited by wonder (2010-02-19 10:55:17)
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