AUR Cleanup Day/2010

NOTE: TU's are currently working through the list. You can still add packages but please check the whole page first.

The AUR has a large number of obsolete packages which could use cleaning up. Examples of packages that may be cleaned up are:

• packages that have been renamed or replaced
• old and unmaintained developmental (cvs/svn/etc) packages

Post suggestions of packages on this pages. Trusted Users will get together and go though the list in a couple of weeks and confirm which packages should be removed. Please DO NOT REMOVE suggestions from the wiki page but add a comment on why it should be kept instead. TUs will not delete any useful package.

Package List

Add new packages here - check for the package in the sorted lists below before adding

• 9base-devel - Hasn't been update since 25/12/2005. I think its not needed.
• abraca-hg - Replaced by abraca-git
• advi - seems to be unmaintainable for the following reasons
  • The newest version 1.7.3 needs camlimages 3.0.0, which cannot be found on the net
  • camlimages' cvs-sources do not compile
  • package advi 1.6.0 has a patchfile of 102k size
  • package advi worked fine in former days but does does not compile anymore. It is a pity!
• alienarena2007 - Replaced by alienarena
• ampache-devel - Out of date since 08/19/07. It is also the stable branch, not development branch.
• audacious-mac - Included in audacious-plugins>=1.5.0
• audacious-xosd - Included in audacious-plugins>=1.5.0
• azrael - dead project, does not compile
• blender-svn-cloth - it was already merged to main svn trunk
• blender-svn-particles - merged to main svn trunk
• dx9wine - contains a patch not needed anymore
• e16-devel - Outdated, replaced by enlightenment in extra
• e16keyedit - Outdated, never updated since Tue, 05 Jul 2005
• ecamegapedal - Do not to compile.
• eclipse-kde - Dead
• eduke32 - Outdated, replaced by bin32-eduke32
  • although it is outdated, it is not replaced by bin32-eduke32, 'cause bin32-eduke32 is for Arch64 bit (this is 32bit package)
• epiphany-unofficial-extensions - Out of date
• fusesmb or fusesmb2 - duplicate (and both outdated, version 8.7 is available)
• fftw2single - part of fftw2 from [extra]
• freeplayer - Dead, 404 on source
• freeciv-beta-svn - Outdated svn beta for version 2.1, stable 2.1 version already in Extra. Replaced by freeciv-svn
• gaim-openq-2006 - Old plugin for gaim that has since been merged into pidgin source
• galaxymage - Webpage is gone.
• galeon - doesn't compile (not even the latest version)
• gimp-freetype - This plugin was developed for gimp 2.0 and is not needed according to the notes here.
• gimp-resynth or gimp-plugin-resynthesizer - duplicate (best to keep latter)
• gmpc*-svn - replaced by git
• gnuserv - Deprecated in emacs-22+
• guifications-gaim2 - Outdated beta version, a current version is in community.
• ii-hg - outdated, probably discontinued as the project website isn't available anymore (moved maybe?)
  • The project website is available at http://www.suckless.org/wiki/tools/irc/irc_it, so it's not dead. It only needs some changes to work again. --CuleX
• ion-modules - ion3 is not part of official repos anymore so i dont see why this should stay here. I hope AUR CleanUp involves [community].
  • The modules should be updated, but there's an ion3 package in the AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=16754 --CuleX
• ionice - part of util-linux-ng
• jabberd1* - jabberd v.2 is in extra
• jfduke3d - Is not updated by his author anymore, eduke32 was made to remplace it
• kanola - probably dead project, didn't went past the 0.0.1 release since 2006
• kdelibs-noarts - out-of-date, modified official package
• kdenlive 0.5_1-1 - out-of-date, doesn't compile
  • Latest stable version is 0.5, last updated in AUR on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 --Doc Angelo
  • It's not even out of date, nor duplicate of another package – 6xx
• kernel26thinkpad - obsolete, out of date since 2006
• lam 7.1.3-1 - Doesn't compile and is orphaned. The successor openmpi works.
• libdvbpsi 20041028-1 - Old, recent version in extra
• libqglviewer-latest - the same package as libqglviewer
• librtorrent - duplicate package, already in [community]
• linuxdcpp-cvs - Old, orphaned CVS version of a package in community
• linux-uvc-isight and linux-uvc-isight-svn - Outdated, linux-uvc-svn does the same thing
• lmms-cvs - Orphan, outdated, and project switched to svn.
• mencode - outdated, tells aur is its homepage
• mlame - just a small bash script, no project page, could be moved to the wiki maybe
• moaceyahoo - Dead project. Will post new one, someday.
• mouseemu - Project not updated since 2006; xautomation also allows mouse emulation.
• mozilla-firefox-es_es - included in firefox-i18n
• mplayer-w32codecs - duplicate package
  • I don't think it is. This packages has more codecs than the "codecs" package. It has more DLLs.
• mpd-pausemode - "Website" is orig. contributor's email addr.; orphaned by this contributor, so presumably no longer developed.
• mutt-cvs - mutt switched to mercurial a while back; way outdated anyway.
• nautilus-open-terminal-gianvito 0.9-1 - not needed anymore since original version update to 0.9
• netbeans-rubyide-hudson - useless since NetBeans supports this feature in 6.1
• netscape-navigator - Not supported upstream anymore making it vulnerable to security issues.
  • Can be used for web development – 6xx
  • For composer functionality, seamonkey does a better job.
• openarena - Obsolete, remplaced by openarena-bin
• openssh-snapshot - Not needed anymore
• org - Out of date; also, included in Emacs 22+
• perl-data-dumper - Included in core perl
• pidgin-xfire - Broke; Replaced by pidgin-gfire.
• python-gnuplot - Duplicate of gnuplot-py which was submitted almost 3 years before.
• rb_libtorrent-svn - not needed, strange download location
• rs_rtorrent - duplicate package, already in [community]
• rt61-cvs - This driver is included in linus's tree and is therefore obsolete
• slim_pam - just slim with extra configure option
• sonic-rainbow - dead project, does not compile
• stepmania-bin - orphan, replaced by stepmania
• swiftfox-pentium2 - obsolete for a long time.
• Super Mario War - The source is no longer hosted through svn. Could be easily updated though...
• supertux-svn - It won't compile since it uses cmake insted of jam ... it must be easy to update
• swiftfox-* 2.x optimized builds of various Mozilla products; several are orphaned and out-of-date. swiftfox3 available.
• swt-devel - I only created it to compile tuxguitar against it, but that's not needed. And it seems nobody is using it.
• tar-fixed - This bug is verified fixed in tar 1.20
• viki-svn - old, pkgbuild is broken
• wicd-svn - Outdated, wicd on repository extra is newer.
  • Does the project still use SVN? If so, then this package is useful. --Slash
  • Yes, definitely not a candidate. However, PKGBUILD needs updating. --schiv
• xf86-video-radeonhd-git - Seems to not be found : "error: 'xf86-video-radeonhd-git': not found in sync db" with yaourt
  • So file an yaourt bug; the files are there
• ximian-openoffice - Ximian port of OpenOffice 1.x. Users should use the more secure OpenOffice 2.x. Also Ximian openoffice is what is now known as ooo-build.
• pidgimpd-svn - This package is orphaned and it doesn't build. There is mpd support in musictracker.
• sylpheed-devel - Outdated for a long time. Remove or make orphnaned.

TU Working Area

For editing by TUs only! The wiki has a history so do not think you can get away with ignoring this... --Allan

Packages to Remove

• 4c - source & home page not reachable, contributor informed on 28.4. no change since then --Dragonlord
• amavisdnew - duplicat package, orphaning and taking over the older one would be better (orphaning all dotnetfireball's packages??) --Dragonlord
• cdrtools-dvd - outdated and replaced --Dragonlord
• creapkg - source can't be reached --Dragonlord
• emacs-without-x - already gone --Dragonlord
• ethereal - available as wireshark in [extra] --Dragonlord
• firefox-ca - included in firefox-i18n --Allan
• firefox2-ca - firefox2 is depreciated. --Allan
• peerguardian - "no PeerGuardian for Linux" --Dragonlord
• wildfire - Replaced by openfire. --pressh

Packages to Keep

• amavisd-new - older release, better name, perhaps qwak can it take over. amavisdnew out of date anyway --Dragonlord
• boombox - if it can be patched (don't know how though) and PKGBUILD updated, I see no reason to delete it --Dragonlord
• cddb - compiles fine, just old --Dragonlord
• exult - if properly patched and PKGBUILD cleaned --Dragonlord
• flumotion - needs update only --Dragonlord
• fretsonfire, bin32-fretsonfire - bin32 prefix is recommendable for packages with lib32-* dependencies --Allan
• gnash-cvs - still uses CVS, needs just an update --Dragonlord
• java3d - needs just an update --Dragonlord
• pinkytagger - Outdated by two years. (comment by Dragonlord:Latest version 2.1-0 (October 21, 2007) needs new musicbrainz, which is out of date in [extra]) --pressh

Remove from Filesystem

This is a list of files on the AUR filesystem that have been created when poorly formed packages were uploaded. This is a secondary consideration.

/packages/0verkill-0.16.tar.gz/
/packages/2007.02.17-2/
/packages/abakus-0.91-1/
/packages/abakus-0.91.tar.gz/
/packages/abakus-0.91/
/packages/akgregator/
/packages/akregator/
/packages/akregator1.0.2/
/packages/akregator_1.0.2/
/packages/amsn-0.97ec1/
/packages/amsn-0.97rc1/
/packages/amsn-097rc1-1/
/packages/amsn-097rc1/
/packages/amsn-cvs/
/packages/amsn-svn_update/
/packages/amsn096/
/packages/amsn096rc1/
/packages/bashstyle-5.0
/packages/bashstyle-5.0rc1.tar.gz/
/packages/bashstyle-5.0rc1.tar.gz1/
/packages/bashstyle-5.0rc1/
/packages/bashstyle.tar.gz/
/packages/bashstyle-ng/
/packages/bashstyle1/
/packages/braero-svn
/packages/braser-cvs/
/packages/brasero-cvs/
/packages/brasero.svn/
/packages/brlcad-cvs/
/packages/ccd2iso-0.3/
/packages/cdcollect-0.6.0/
/packages/centerim-4.22.2/
/packages/centerim/
/packages/ploticus-test/
/packages/test-louipc/
/packages/test/
/packages/test_pkg/
/packages/yacas-1.1.17-2/
/packages/yacas-1.2.2/
/packages/yacas-1.17-2/
/packages/yacas-new/
/packages/yacasnew/
/packages/zzztest/
/packages/zzzztest/

Remove from Filesystem (AUR Bugs)

This is a list of files that need to be removed due to AUR bugs as they hinder proper submission and maintenance of packages.

AUR Bugs

• FS#8672 - http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/8672

/packages/isight-firmware-tools
/packages/perl-devel-stacktrace
/packages/psi-qt4
/packages/xcursor-industrial
/packages/zaptel

/packages/lib32-dbus is now in community - Allan