On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Grigorios Bouzakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >
when should start the votation period? A. -- Angel Velásquez angvp @ irc.freenode.net Linux Counter: #359909 Arch Linux Trusted User
