On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Aaron Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What we're trying to address here is not packages getting _into_ > community, but package _rot_ (ed: I *love* the term "package rot"). > That is, it's not the volume of packages going into community that's > the issue, it's the fact that none of them leave. A package that was > popular a month ago may not be popular today. > Thayer proposed adding flagging for packages that would indicate: a) > that it doesn't follow packaging standards and b) that it is "rotting" > or no longer useful. This would do a few things: clean up the repo, > keep TU motivation up, and still allow us to get new-fangled packages > in the community repo. >
And in the same spirit, it would be wonderful if the community repository was accessible at some point from the archlinux.org package search like it happens with archlinux.de, i am a long time fan of. Pierres and anyone else who have worked on have done a wonderful job. That was part of what i meant by "being official" in my previous mails. BTW Bardo's mail was excellent and right to the point. Greg
