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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

On arch's user repository, packages can get marked as out of date, unmaintained, and sometimes removed entirely.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

i didnt know that, is the user notified somehow?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

When you run pacman or one of the aur helpers, it'll tell you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

thats actually awesome! would love to see it on more package managers!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

My AUR helper trizen tells me, yes.