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FS#39230 - [pkgstats] Change cron to an optional dependency

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Savyasachee Jha (genghizkhan91) - Saturday, 08 March 2014, 14:41 GMT
Last edited by Pierre Schmitz (Pierre) - Saturday, 08 March 2014, 16:08 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To Pierre Schmitz (Pierre)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

Pkgstats depends on some kind of cron (viz. dcron, fcron) being present on the system. This is not really needed, as systemd implements timers. If possible, cron should be made an optional dependency. A post-install message via pacman should inform the user that it is his/her duty to make sure that this command is run periodically.

Steps to reproduce:

Install pkgstats from the official repos
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Closed by  Pierre Schmitz (Pierre)
Saturday, 08 March 2014, 16:08 GMT
Reason for closing:  Duplicate
Additional comments about closing:   FS#33238 

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