Ok thanks. Just for the record that was one of the things I fixed when I updated the package, but oh well.
Gadget3000 On 9 April 2013 14:27, Felix Yan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, April 09, 2013 14:23:12 gadget3000 wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm the previous maintainer of the xflux package ( > > https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/xflux/). > > Over the past 24 hours someone else has become the maintainer of the > > package but I'm confused as to how because I never gave up "ownership" of > > it. > > Before I go on I just want to clarify that I'm not so bothered about > > getting the package back so much as understanding how someone else now > > maintains the package without my knowledge (I only found out after doing > a > > system, update an seeing that that package got updated even though I > didn't > > update the version number). > > > > Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe the only way a maintainer can be > > forced to give up a package is if someone sends an email to the > maintainer, > > asking them to update the package and the maintainer does not respond > > (either by email or by updating the package). I received an email > yesterday > > (8th March) asking me to update the package, because it didn't build > since > > the makepkg update, and I updated the package. Even if I hadn't updated > it, > > it had been less than 24 hours since I even got the message so I don't > > understand why someone else has now taken over the package. > > > > So my question is does anyone know how I lost the package? > > > > Thanks, > > Gadget3000 > > FYI, > > https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2013-April/023068.html > > Felix Yan > Twitter: @felixonmars
