Making these specific pieces of software available to arch users is the purpose of AUR.
Judd basically decides what goes into extra/current, and what doesn't... so if Judd doesn't need smartmontools, and no one makes it obvious that they would like it in extra/current, then it's not going to be added. Which is why there's a voting system on AUR. On 7/28/05, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/28/05, Christer Solskogen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 10:45:29 -0500 > > Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Obviously this package can't be that important because: > > > a) I've honestly never heard of it and can't even bring myself to care > > > enough to click the link > > > > Just because you never heard of it does not make it un-interesting > > for Arch, does it? Arch is run by the community (and with the blessing > > of Judd) > > My point here is that, when things are important to people, you hear > talk. For instance, SCIM - I personally have no need for an input > method, as I'm a native english speaker... I don't need to type out > asian characters or anything like that. However, I *have* heard alot > of discussion about scim, and I know what it does. I can say that it > is fairly important because I've heard talk of it and know what it's > for (without ever having researched it at all - we'll call it viral > learning) > > > > b) No one has brought this up yet in all the history of Arch > > Well, that dont prove anything either. Just because it havent been up > > to discussion does not mean a lot of people want it(aur will show that) > > I mean, someone has to come up with an idea first, and this was the > > first time. > > No one said anything about "discussion" - you seem to be > misunderstanding something here. I didn't say "no one built this > package" or "no one suggested it to judd" - I simply said that no one > in all of the history of Arch has said "monitoring my hard drive > status is so important it must go in extra/current right away!" > > _______________________________________________ > arch mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch > -- Martin Lefebvre eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: https://sigterm.homeunix.com Registered Linux #349269 -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT dpu s:-- a- C+++ UL++++ P-- L++++ E--- W+++ N++ o-- K- w--- O- M-- V-- PS PE Y PGP-- t+++ 5- X R- tv++ b+ DI-- D+ G-- e h++ r++ y** ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
