On Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 at 9:33 PM, mar77i via arch-general <arch-general@lists.archlinux.org> wrote: > > Where can I post updated PKGBUILDs for review and addition to testing in > order to help?
Nowhere. Arch does not allow users to submit updates via the bug tracker. If they did, and actually accepted them, I think the outdated package problem wouldn't be quite as bad as it is now. As someone mentioned elsewhere, throwing more TUs at the problem probably won't fix it: They can only commit to the community repo, and many things in core / extra are seemingly abandoned. A broader problem is that the project has lost several long-time devs in the last couple years and the burden of dropping off their hundreds of packages seems to be too much for the current team. Politics is also a factor and some people are afraid to "step on others' toes" by updating their packages for them. I've maintained a lot of local package updates for security fixes where the maintainer went missing or ignored emails about it. Unfortunately this seems to be a requirement for anyone wanting an up-to-date Arch system these days.
