Thanks on that James
I don't intend to get into toxic areas, or complaining about it. I will
just use the sources from upstream then.
Will have a look at the archives re that, too, thanks
On 04/12/2021 11:44, James Crake-Merani via arch-general wrote:
On 21/12/04 10:17am, TG Servers via arch-general wrote:
Hello,
is there any particular reason why these 2 packages are outdated since
several months, or were they just not maintained?
I am asking because I would need some of the newer functionality and would
compile them from source otherwise.
But only if there are no known problems with them. The compiles from
upstream 21.09 work without any issues and I can't see of any problems, but
always better to just confirm
Thanks
Hi,
I recall a long discussion on this mailing list about outdated packages. This lead to a debate which, at some points in my opinion, got quite toxic. But the bottom line was that the arch devs haven't had the resources/volunteers to maintain all packages therefore I think your theory about them not being maintained is probably correct. If it works without any issues from your own build then I don't think you'll have anything to worry about.
If it interests you, you can always check the archives for the full discussion.
