On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 21:00:32 +0100 Maxime Wack <[email protected]> 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… Now, that is outrageous. Stealing your package is already a very nasty thing to do, but not replying to your email is unforgivable! From today onwards we shall call him: Jelle, the Soulless. -- Cheers, Hilton
