Wouldn't this push more work towards the AUR maintainers though? What actually happens when someone requests a package is to be orphaned? Can the package maintainer "un-request" it by doing something?
I guess I just assumed (like the ML previously) that a bunch of people would get an email with the request in it - which nobody really wants to see! Definitely agree on the comment+checkbox idea being a bad one. As you said, everyone's problem would demand attention. Steven. On 5 July 2014 19:39, A Rojas <[email protected]> wrote: > Carl Schaefer wrote: > >> >> How about adding a "needs attention" checkbox when submitting a comment >> that, when checked, would email the maintainer and raise an "attention >> requested" flag on the package display page? The maintainer could check >> an "AR reset" checkbox when submitting his/her own comment, which would >> clear the flag. >> Carl >> > > This is calling for abuse. Almost everybody will consider their problem to > be worth of attention. Maintainers should be subscribed to be notified of > comments in their packages. If they're not, then they're not doing their job > properly and requesting orphaning is justified IMO. >
