On Wednesday 09 February 2011 00:32:17 Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 17:57 +0100, Alexander Rødseth wrote: > > I would like to add that for some AUR-users, the packages is what they > > would have to show for if they were to apply to become a TU. > > As far as I know, the AUR history is not recorded in any accessible way. > > > > - Alexander > > (trontonic on AUR / xyproto on #archlinux) > > This is a good point, but I'd assume the users in question would have > their latest copy of the PKGBUILD on their machine if they wanted to use > it in applying. Their name would also be on the PKGBUILD in [community] > in any case.
Two very good points. In that case we should be very clear that if a package is moved up the repo ranking or otherwise adopted, that all contributors' names remain on there as a matter of policy (is it already?) I don't believe anyone has a right to remove a contributor's name unless they also remove the code they contributed. Given that it's unlikely that they know exactly what this is, the only case for this is a total rewrite. Pete.
