On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Alessio Bolognino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Mon 2008-11-10 07:07, w9ya wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:03 AM, Allan McRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi TUs, > > > > > > Following this post on the forums ( > > > http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=447186), I would like to > remind > > > people that it is good etiquette to let the maintainer of a package in > the > > > AUR know when you are moving their package to [community]. Either a > direct > > > email, or a nice thank you for their work as an AUR comment. > > > > OR..... Be polite and ASK them if it is alright to do so. > > IMHO there is no need to *ask* users the permission to move a package in > [community]; users already know "their" packages can be moved in > an official repo, it seems to me only a waste of time (but I agree is a > good etiquette to notify the user). > > Moreover, I wonder what would you do if a user denied the permission to > move a package in an official repo... > > P.s. > Please don't top-post > > -- > Alessio (molok) Bolognino Well, good point. I was brief and perhaps too much so above. Basically on my initlal contact I would ask them if there was any reason they did NOT want the package moved into community (by me). Bob Finch
