Usually it's to wait considerably long. Then if it seems that contributor doesn't care about Arch anymore (I know it's strange, but it happens), ask TU's for orphaning his/her(I believe that there is some) packages.
2008/10/16 ben buckley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > hey all, > > i've whipped up PKGBUILDs to enable dri with the ati mach64 chipset. > i'd like to contribute them. > > thing is, there's already one there: > > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=17939 > > however, that PKGBUILD doesn't install the recompiled libdrm. i've > contacted the author, with no response. > > i don't want to tread on anyone's toes, but i would like to contribute > back to arch in some small way. > > what's the proper protocol here? > > thnx, > b > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iEYEARECAAYFAkj2vU8ACgkQl+rf7LmTT/i2KwCdG5cz9GueIqxATMim+rddy5UX > A/kAn2FwkMD4x5zwsS+jbx8lNOI7SWLm > =8akU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
