On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Doug Newgard <[email protected]> wrote:
> ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2014 12:03:21 +0100 > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [aur-general] dockapps.windowmaker.org website is down > > > > There is a problem with dockapps.windowmaker.org for some months now. > > Consequently some dockapps are broken now since the download url does not > > exist. Bidulock suggests we include the source tarball into the package > for > > the time being. I know this is against the policy in the AUR, how should > we > > proceed then? The programs themselves work perfectly, we use them on a > > daily basis. Of course in the meanwhile we try to contact upstream. > > > > > > On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 10:29 AM, Brian F. G. Bidulock > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Attached is a src package that gets around the dockapps.windowmaker.org > >> problem. > >> > > There are dozens of file hosting sites on the internet, the AUR is not one > of them. > > Mirror the files on any one of them. So you guys will strictly advise against including the sources into the package? Because that seems more logical to me, but I understand that the AUR server has limited resources.
