On Monday 14 July 2014 at 14:31:25, Attila Bukor wrote: > On 07/14/2014 01:11 PM, Xyne wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I think we need to add some guidelines to the request form to reduce the > > number of frivolous deletion requests. For example, someone requested a > > deletion of a package because "broken, crashes on dll load". > > > > The form should include a message such as "Technical issues for active > > projects should be reported in the comments section so that the maintainer > > can devise a solution and contact upstream if necessary. Deletion requests > > should only be made for discontinued projects." > > > > Opinions? > > > > Regards, > > Xyne > > > > When I switched to Arch from Ubuntu, I thought users would be less > stupid here. The problem with that message is that most of the users > would probably not read it and ignore it, though I think all request > types should be explained there. Also, there should be a way to request > orphan AND auto-adopt the package after the request has been approved. > > Regards, > r1pp3rj4ck >
With respect to auto-adopting... I think that a simple notification to the request creator upon request acceptance/rejection will be of more use. (This does not preclude auto-adopting.) Regards, -- Ivan Shapovalov / intelfx /
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