[Slackbuilds-users] incomplete/bad READMEs/slack-descs. thorium.SlackBuild defeats purpose

[B. Watson]

On Fri, 25 Sep 2026, David Chmelik wrote:

>         It also seems to be by one of the people who's simply
> using line #1 of slack-desc (and not filling it out) rather than
> using projects' READMEs nor writing a helpful one at all.  I
> ask that a rule be made to include proper README, and fill out
> slack-desc accordingly.

Such a rule would be difficult to enforce, or even check for compliance.

Personally, I don't like the thorium README because it reads like an
advertisement. It just says "The fastest browser on Earth", and that's
it. If it's a based on Chromium, it could mention that, at least.

>         That being said, thorium.SlackBuild is more than two
> years old by apparently inactive maintainer, so likely will be
> considered orphaned if not already.  I would not recommend using
> that version (if security is an issue) rather than official fork
> the creator's source-code repository links to the guy temporarily
> helping him, though they've only made beta versions most this year.

It was already on the chopping block. Martin Rodriguez is on my
list of maintainers who appear inactive and haven't answered
emails.

Also, for his other remaining build (xcape), the upstream github
project has been deleted, and the DOWNLOAD is 404. More evidence that
he's not interested.

That said, it looks like xcape is still useful (based on the
description), so it would be nice if someone took it over.

Did you, by any chance, try to email Martin Rodriguez yourself?
If so, did you get an answer? If so, what did he say? If not, how long
ago did you last email him?