Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 27 days agoArch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Haltedwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down13cross-posted to: archlinux@lemmy.ml
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minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·27 days ago The vast majority of the AUR is package some random person added once then never bothered with ever again. Yes, that sucks. But I was thinking of exclusively this packages: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?submit=Orphans
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·27 days agoThe orphan package criteria is misleading. If you look at the infobox you’ll see that there are only 69 package “maintainers” for 100k+ packages.
minus-square𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·27 days agoTHIS is misleading, though. There are definitely more than just 69 users who uploaded packages to the AUR.
Yes, that sucks. But I was thinking of exclusively this packages: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?submit=Orphans
The orphan package criteria is misleading. If you look at the infobox you’ll see that there are only 69 package “maintainers” for 100k+ packages.
THIS is misleading, though.
There are definitely more than just 69 users who uploaded packages to the AUR.