Ahoj,
I have read and have been told several times here in the forum that mixing Arch packages with Artix packages is not supported, this essentially beeing an argument turning down dependency issues that arise when using some Arch package(s) in Artix.
But now I read in the wiki (https://wiki.artixlinux.org/Main/Troubleshooting#Updating_icu.2Fncurses.2Fwhatever_breaks_a_ton_of_packages) that Artix still depends on Arch packages:
So, there is confusing/ contradicting information here.
What actually is the status, what is correct?
Regards!
[extra] is the Arch repo, not the Artix one. If you enable it, be ready for issues. Though, the devs suggest you to enable [gremlins] repo which is equivalent to Arch's Testing in order to avoid some possible problems.
I'm pretty sure that blurb from the wiki is obsolete. It's been there since 2019 at least. Arch repos are not officially supported. If a dependency problem can't be reproduced on a system that only uses Artix repos, then it's out of our control. We'll update our package at our usual pace and that's all anyone can reasonably ask for. It's as simple as that.
And the wiki -- which I regard as authorative documentation -- says that Artix still depends on Arch packages.
Since [gremlins] is regarded as unstable (since it is testing), this cannot be the official solution.
Thanks for clarification!
Can then anyone with authorative knowledge please fix the documentation?
Here I have another opinion:
When the official documentation contradicts and one needs maintainer-ingroup-knowledge to know what is fact, to the user it is
not as simple as that.
Regards and thanks for all the work you put into the project!
That wiki article was written by me at least 5 years ago and is obsolete, as
@corysanin has pointed out. Having people from the community pointing out inconsistencies or, better, fixing them themselves is how things go forward.
Article edited.
Except for that I do not have an account and do not see a registration form at the wiki (and, in this case, did not dare because I do know too less to feel safe to not write errorneous information or).
Great, thanks!