Package Details: zpaq 7.15-2

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/zpaq.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: zpaq
Description: Programmable file compressor, library and utilities. Based on the PAQ compression algorithm
Upstream URL: http://mattmahoney.net/dc/zpaq.html
Licenses: custom, MIT
Submitter: Ereski
Maintainer: Ereski
Last Packager: Ereski
Votes: 59
Popularity: 0.162415
First Submitted: 2015-08-15 15:07 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2023-09-05 18:17 (UTC)

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FabioLolix commented on 2024-07-22 23:09 (UTC)

How are dependencies enumerated, and by whom (/what)? From depends and makedepends?

Packages of base-devel package don't have to be specifed in makedepends, they can be in depends if needed to run the program (I add stuff like glibc, gcc-libs to suppress the namcap warning; several Arch packagers does that too)

In makedepends only what is needed at build time (i.e. git, cmake, headers), some stuff can be both in makedepends and optdepends (for not mandatory optional features)

In checkdepends only what is needed in check() in the pkgbuild

fcorbelli commented on 2024-07-22 23:01 (UTC)

Beginner's question on Arch. How are dependencies enumerated, and by whom (/what)? From depends and makedepends?

Ereski commented on 2024-07-22 12:04 (UTC)

@xiota pod2man is part of perl, which is is part of the base-devel group. See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR#Prerequisites.

As for the URL, it will stay pointing to the official website. That GitHub repo is maintained by a third party.

fcorbelli commented on 2023-09-14 12:42 (UTC)

I don't see... I wish the world were that easy (aka: every distribution has its own practices, from debian to suse to fedora to various bsd etc. For "you" something can seems trivial, for others very, very forbidden, even taboo)

But as I understand you'd like to make this package switch to your fork? No at all. It is a way different software. It cannot be used, even theoretically, as a drop-in replacement

Short version: I will put my AUR for zpaqfranz, different from zpaq's. Or at least I will try

Ereski commented on 2023-09-14 12:34 (UTC)

@fcorbelli anyone can create AUR packages, see here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines. Since you literally are the creator of zpaqfranz I don't see how it could ever be "rude" for you to maintain your AUR package for zpaqfranz. Feel free to use the PKGBUILD here as a starting point.

But as I understand you'd like to make this package switch to your fork? Your phrasing is a bit confusing but if that is indeed the case then the answer is no.

fcorbelli commented on 2023-09-14 12:01 (UTC)

@FabioLolix I know, it's my thread, but the question is a little different. Making an "official" package (for pacman) seems very difficult, while one for AUR much simpler (materially they are identical, but on AUR there is self-production) So I was asking if it is considered rude in the arch community to appropriate a AUR PKGBUILD to make your own

FabioLolix commented on 2023-09-12 17:41 (UTC)

@fcorbelli pkgbuild for zpaqfranz was discussed here with you https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2029754#p2029754

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