I don't think I flagged either package out of date but either way thanks for letting me know about old projects. I'm still a bit of a noob here :P I do have a question though. What if it's an old multiplayer only project? I nobody plays it, nobody will want to use it.
Gadget3000 On 29 August 2011 11:31, Heiko Baums <[email protected]> wrote: > Am Mon, 29 Aug 2011 12:28:50 +0200 > schrieb Heiko Baums <[email protected]>: > > > Am Mon, 29 Aug 2011 10:59:32 +0100 > > schrieb gadget3000 <[email protected]>: > > > > > clickosquare > > > (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=43425) - Dead project > > > since 2002. No maintainer and only 7 votes. > > > > Actually I'm not a TU and don't know this package, but I think as long > > as it works there's no need to remove it just because it's old and not > > developed anymore. > > > > If it's not developed anymore a maintainer is not necessary to be able > > to install it. > > > > Such a package could be removed if it doesn't work anymore or has > > security issues. > > And, btw., there's no need to flag it as out-of-date, if there's no new > upstream version. "Out-of-date" doesn't mean the package is old. > "Out-of-date" means there's a newer upstream version available. > > Heiko > >
