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@Mr.Smith1974 It's unclear in the Wiki. According to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=246117 and https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=268388 , to rename a package you submit it with the new name and request a merge.

@MarsSeed

And how to do this? I don't know how packages are renamed.

Please kindly rename this package to daggerfall-unity-bin.

The 'aur' designation is bogus: there's nothing AUR-specific in this game or this package.

Yes, 0.16.0 is a release candidate. BUT previous versions (including 0.15.4) were BETA versions.

"Release Candidate" means we are closer to the "finished" release and is a better stability rank than beta. The same way beta is a better stability rank than alpha.

Release > Release Candidate > Beta > Alpha

Thus, the fact that it's an RC should explicitly be a reason FOR upgrading, rather than staying on a superceded version.

(I should note that I install and manage my daggerfall unity personally and am not using this package, so your decision does not directly impact me.)

Editing comment to add the argument that not upgrading means fewer people are using a version relevant to current development and thus less useful or actionable testing and feedback for the release candidate phase. That may contribute to delaying the release of 1.0 and/or decreasing it's eventual quality.

The release notes for the latest release candidate explicitly say:

"Version 0.16.0 is intended to be a stable release for general play"

That version of the game is directly endorsed and recommended by the developers. Again, I'm struggling to understand your hesitation to maintain this package. For the time being, this package is out-of-date and should be flagged as such. Please update it.

As a maintainer, it is my responsibility to ensure that the packages I support are of the highest possible quality. And I cannot admit that a game that the developers themselves do not recommend for everyday use will be available to our users, which will lead to a poor gaming experience from this game. If you want to speed up this process, then write to the developers so that they hurry up. I don't want to be guilty because someone had a negative experience with the game and is completely disappointed in it.

I haven't read anything (including the latest release notes) that suggests that 1.0 will release any time soon, just that the "Release Candidate phase" is the last step to 1.0. Do we have any idea how many RC releases there will be before the 1.0 launch?

I personally don't understand the point of not updating the package. Wouldn't updating now and closely following releases make it easier to ensure the package works correctly for the 1.0 update, and could then potentially and quickly be moved to the official repos?

I will not update to Release Candidate. It’s better that we wait for the final version. I think it will be out soon.

This package is in a real need of being updated again.

I would like to add, in addition to the comment by @Tetrapyle, that 0.14.5 is marked as latest release and per the dev's words, "Version 0.14.5 is intended to be a stable beta for general play," just as they stated with the 0.13.5 release.

I appreciate your efforts and I hope that you consider this.