On Sat 14 Aug 2010 19:22 +0200, Xyne wrote: > On Sat, 14 Aug 2010 14:43:37 +0300 > Ionuț Bîru wrote: > > > On 08/14/2010 02:38 PM, Stijn Segers wrote: > > > Guys, > > > > > > When I saw this discussion about sage-mathematics I was just wondering > > > what is customary when a TU > > > wants to adopt packages that are not his and are maintained by someone in > > > the AUR. > > > > > > I had a couple of those (remmina-plugins and freerdp) and from one day to > > > another my packages were > > > 'gone' from AUR. Only after that some TU sent me a message that he had > > > taken my packages. There was > > > nothing in the AUR ML about moving it. > > > > > > Is this how this is usually done? I know developers aren't great > > > communicators, but it sure struck > > > me as impolite, rude even. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > yes. this is how we handle it. eventually we have to do that since you > > or any other contributors can't commit to community and we want all our > > users to easy access their favorite applications. > > > > Is that really how we're supposed to handle it? > > In my opinion, a TU should contact the current maintainer in advance to > discuss moving a package to [community]. Simply taking the package is > indeed impolite, regardless of the number of votes. > > Beside, the threshold (which I thought we had raised to 25 votes) is > just a guideline. It's not as though a package must be moved > immediately as soon as it has the minimum number of votes. Some packages > even end up with several times the minimum number yet remain in the AUR > indefinitely (which is a good thing, as an active and interested AUR > maintainer is better than a disinterested TU).
The rule is that a package in unsupported must have at least 10 votes before being moved into community without discussion. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines#Rules_for_Packages_Entering_the_.5Bcommunity.5D_Repo There was a big 'so-called' debate about this awhile ago that resulted in one TU quitting.
