[Slackbuilds-users] Looking to drop my xvfb-run SlackBuild

[Bob Funk]

So the 'xvfb-run' source URL has gone and changed again so this will fail
to build unless it gets updated.

Can an admin mark 'xvfb-run' for removal for next SBo update this weekend?
No-one has reached out with interest in maintaining this package, and I
have no interest either.

Thanks,

Bob Funk

On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 4:24 PM Bob Funk <bobfunk11 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I maintain the 'xvfb-run' SlackBuild on slackbuilds.org. I no longer have
> any use for it and would like to drop maintaining it. If anyone wants it,
> feel free to take over. Otherwise if there's no interest after a while I'll
> request the admin to remove it.
>
> For some background/context if anyone wants:
> My 'mutter' and 'gnome-shell' slackbuilds used to depend on this package
> for running some tests. I've removed that dependency and no longer need the
> 'xvfb-run' package. The 'xvfb-run' package is a wrapper script for the Xvfb
> server. It gets packaged with xvfb server by other distros like
> debian/fedora/etc, but not in Slackware. This slackbuild is one I took over
> from the previous abondoner and just maintained it because I had it as a
> dependency. The annoying part about it is that it extracts the wrapper
> script from a debian xvfb server package, and the source url/package
> changes every other month or so when debian updates xvfb server. It really
> should get a stable host of that wrapper script on github or something, but
> I just don't have use for it anymore so I'd rather leave it for someone who
> cares and uses it.
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Bob
>
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