Hi Martin,
On 24/07/2025 18:26, Martin Rys wrote:
> I've been maintaining a random assortment of things in the AUR, a lot of
> the times simply because I was using a package that the previous
> maintainer disowned, and I figured I might pick up the torch.
>
> Which brings me to why I want to become a PM - I would like to see some
> of the things I currently maintain in the official repositories, such as
> sc-controller** or Tauon**, and to help out with the maintenance in
> general.
while reviewing your application for Package Maintainer, I noticed that
several of your AUR PKGBUILDs contain a personal donation message in the
header, for example:
sc-controller
# Maintainer: Martin Rys <https://rys.rs/contact> | Toss a coin on
https://rys.rs/donate
sc-controller-git
# Co-Maintainer: Martin Rys <https://rys.rs/contact> | Toss a coin
on https://rys.rs/donate
jdownloader2
# Maintainer: Martin Rys <https://rys.rs/contact> | Toss a coin on
https://rys.rs/donate
While I appreciate the voluntary nature of AUR contributions, this
solicitation blurs the line between open community contribution and
self-promotion. Arch’s volunteer-driven ethos emphasises goodwill and
collaboration, in my opinion - not personal fundraising syndication
within build scripts.
Could you share your thoughts on this practice and whether you would be
willing to remove these lines not just from official PKGBUILDs but from
AUR PKGBUILDs also if you were to become a Package Maintainer?
Regards,
--
Leonidas Spyropoulos
PGP: 244740D17C7FD0EC
