> > One other thing. The votes are meant for having a package moved to > [community] and not for having it kept in AUR. The minimum of required > votes are 10 as far as I know. So a package with 7 votes is not that > far away from that.
Ah, I thought it was 20 votes but with a bit of wiki searching that was apparently an old minimum. I usually quote the votes because "Votes are an indicator of package interest or usage." (Source: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Community#Minimum_Vote_Requirement). I guess the key word in that sentence is indicator! Do any pages of definitive rules/guidelines exist? Thanks, Gadget3000 On 29 August 2011 12:17, Heiko Baums <[email protected]> wrote: > Am Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:59:06 +0100 > schrieb gadget3000 <[email protected]>: > > > I don't think I flagged either package out of date but either way 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 I don't know who has flagged this package as out-of-date, but it was. > So I mentioned it. > > This button is abused quite often. Unfortunately there are some people > who regularly flag a package as out-of-date just because they think > there are bugs in the PKGBUILD and they are just waiting for a new > version of the PKGBUILD - so they misuse it as their personal bug > tracker - or in this case because they probably think that a package is > "too" old for their taste. > > > 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. > > I guess, if the servers aren't accessible anymore then this game can be > considered as unusable anymore. So I guess it won't work anymore > except if there's also a single player mode. > > One other thing. The votes are meant for having a package moved to > [community] and not for having it kept in AUR. The minimum of required > votes are 10 as far as I know. So a package with 7 votes is not that > far away from that. > > Heiko > >
