> Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:36:17 +0300 > From: Ionu? B?ru <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [aur-general] TUs adopting packages from the AUR > To: "Discussion about the Arch User Repository (AUR)" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > On 08/14/2010 08:22 PM, Xyne wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:43:37 +0300 > > Ionu? B?ru wrote: > > > >> On 08/14/2010 02:38 PM, Stijn Segers wrote: > >>> Guys, > >>> > >>> When I saw this discussion about sage-mathematics I was just wondering > >>> what is customary when > >>> a TU wants to adopt packages that are not his and are maintained by > >>> someone in the AUR. > >>> > >>> I had a couple of those (remmina-plugins and freerdp) and from one day to > >>> another my packages > >>> were 'gone' from AUR. Only after that some TU sent me a message that he > >>> had taken my > >>> packages. There was nothing in the AUR ML about moving it. > >>> > >>> Is this how this is usually done? I know developers aren't great > >>> communicators, but it sure > >>> struck me as impolite, rude even. > >>> > >>> Thanks > >> > >> yes. this is how we handle it. eventually we have to do that since you > >> or any other contributors can't commit to community and we want all our > >> users to easy access their favorite applications. > >> > > > > Is that really how we're supposed to handle it? > > > > In my opinion, a TU should contact the current maintainer in advance to > > discuss moving a package to [community]. Simply taking the package is > > indeed impolite, regardless of the number of votes. > > > > if you read his email, you'll see that an email was sent. > > if the current maintainer doesn't want to be moved, you think that is a > democracy? :D > > is not > > I don't mind seeing packages moved into [community], much to the contrary. But as Xyne said, communication would be nice. If some TU were to ask me 'can I adopt this package and put it in [community]', why would I say no? Why would anyone, for that matter? :-)
I'd just like to be noticed before, and not after. Of course it's not a democracy, but communication isn't a synonym of democracy ;-).
