[Slackbuilds-users] Orphaning SlackBuild Scripts

[dimitar at nikov.net]

Hi,

On 2026-05-03 21:05, B. Watson wrote:
> On Sun, 3 May 2026, Ιωάννης wrote:
> 
>> I can take hw-probe if you agree

Yes, Ιωάννης, please do.
I have no objection who the next maintainer will be.
I could send you my latest slackbuild script with update to 1.6.6 and
patch for removing pacman invocation if you want. Please drop me a 
message
if you do.

>> I will use AppImage that has no requires and run fine in 
>> slackware-15.0
> 
> Please don't use an AppImage. hw-probe is written in Perl, and Perl
> isn't a "moving target". This is a tiny perl script with no support
> files needed at runtime.
> 
> If you do take hw-probe over, can I suggest adding some of its 
> documentation
> to the /usr/doc/hw-probe-$VERSION dir? LICENSE.md, README.md, NEWS.md, 
> and
> the 2 licenses in the LICENSES/ dir should be in the package IMO.
> 

Those were added to my latest submisison alongisde with the version 
update
and patcing the script to avoid running pacman.

> If you absolutely *insist* on using an AppImage, please submit it as a
> new build called hw-probe-bin.
> 
> Repackaging a binary should be a last resort, when it's the only way
> to get something to work on Slackware. That's not the case with 
> hw-probe.
> I updated it locally to the latest release (1.6.6) and it works fine.
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Cheers,
Dimitar