I can't set people as maintainers. I'll force disown the package and if they adopt it again I'll suspend the account with a warning.
-- Morten Linderud PGP: 9C02FF419FECBE16 On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 03:21:37PM +0200, Sonny Piers wrote: > My requested was accepted but David re-took ownership 1 minute after being > disowned. > > Foxboron, could you set yochananmarqos > <https://aur.archlinux.org/account/yochananmarqos> as owner for tangram > <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tangram/> so that we can all move on? > > Thank you. > > On lun., mai 24 2021 at 16:32:01 +0200, Sonny Piers <so...@fastmail.net> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > David is unresponsive, can a trusted AUR user have a look at this > > request please? > > > > tdlr: I created the tangram aur package for my app > > <https://github.com/sonnyp/tangram> , I orphaned the package in the hope > > that someone would take over, David took the name for his own > > application. Printed magazine still refer to yay -S tangram to install > > my app on Arch. > > I would like for tangram to point back to my app which is currently > > under tangram-web on aur. > > > > Thank you > > > > > > On dim., mai 16 2021 at 16:28:34 +0200, Sonny Piers <so...@fastmail.net> > > wrote: > > > Hello David, > > > > > > I don't know but I would appreciate if there was no need to bring > > > that up considering the issue I mentioned in my email. > > > > > > > > Unfortunately this is causing issues as instructions to install > > > > > Tangram through AUR still exists in the wild, including in printed > > > > > paper magazine such as Linux magazine, for example > > > > > https://www.linux <https://www.linux/>- > > > > > magazine.com/Issues/2020/235/Tangram "yay -S tangram". > > > > > > Would renaming your Tangram be such an issue? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > On dim., mai 16 2021 at 09:01:05 -0400, David Yamnitsky > > > <da...@yamnitsky.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Sonny, I am sorry for not responding to your email sooner. > > > > > > > > What is the AUR’s policy regarding replacing software on > > > > orphaned packages? Is that disallowed? > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > > On May 16, 2021, at 6:21 AM, not...@aur.archlinux.org > > > > > <mailto:not...@aur.archlinux.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > sonny [1] filed an orphan request for tangram [2]: > > > > > > > > > > The current maintainer of the package has replaced the > > > > > package with > > > > > his own software. > > > > > > > > > > It is causing issues as instructions to install tangram from AUR > > > > > exists in the wild - including in paper magazine. > > > > > > > > > > We would like this package to be orphaned so that the > > > > > maintainer of > > > > > tangram-web can reinstate the original purpose of this aur > > > > > package. > > > > > > > > > > I got in touch with them with the following email but received no > > > > > answer so far. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hello David, > > > > > > > > > > My name is Sonny, I'm the author of Tangram > > > > > <https://github.com/sonnyp/tangram> and the original > > > > > submitter to the > > > > > AUR package <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tangram/> . > > > > > > > > > > I stopped using Arch Linux and hoped that someone would step in to > > > > > maintain the AUR package. Someone has but couldn't use the tangram > > > > > package anymore so they published it under tangram-web > > > > > <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tangram-web/> > > > > > > > > > > Unfortunately this is causing issues as instructions to install > > > > > Tangram through AUR still exists in the wild, including in printed > > > > > paper magazine such as Linux magazine, for example > > > > > https://www.linux <https://www.linux/>- > > > > > magazine.com/Issues/2020/235/Tangram "yay -S tangram". > > > > > > > > > > I would be really grateful if you would publish your > > > > > application on > > > > > aur under a different name and allow the maintainer of > > > > > tangram-web to > > > > > take over ownership of tangram . > > > > > > > > > > Cheers! > > > > > > > > > > [1] <https://aur.archlinux.org/account/sonny/> > > > > > [2] <https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/tangram/> >
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