On Sat, 2011-02-05 at 21:00 +0100, Maxime Wack wrote: > I had the same "problem" a few weeks ago, when the polipo package I was > maintaining was moved to [Community] without any notice. I got aware of > this when yaourt told me my version of polipo was not the same as in the > repos… imagine my surprise when I didn't find my package on AUR anymore. > Not that I particularly care about that package, or that I didn't want > it to be in [Community], in fact it's for the best, less work for me ! > But what I didn't like was that it was done without any comment or > notice. Don't get me wrong, I'm absolutely not implying that it was MY > precious package and that it felt like stealing, or that he had to wait > for my approval. It's just that talking about a community-driven > repository, the least you could expect from any user (and even more from > a *trusted* user) would be to communicate about what he's doing, so that > everything goes clear, acknowledged and understood. > After discovering this, I emailed Jelle van der Waa (who adopted the > package), on 01/21, writing : > > >Hello, I'm SataMaxx on AUR and was maintaining the polipo package. > >I've seen that you adopted and ported it to [Community] and be assured > that I really don't mind about this, however I think it would have been > nice to notify me, just as a matter of good communication practice. > > > >Thank you, have a nice day ! " > > And I didn't get any answer…
I apologize for taking your package without emailing or notifiying you and more I feel bad for not replying to your email. And now i am ashamed on the mailing list, I won't forget to mail the next time I adopt packages and move them to [community]. -- Jelle van der Waa
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