Em 12-08-2015 14:21, Justin Dray escreveu: > But by 'hidden' it also deletes all comments and votes, and stops > people being able to search for the package, see that it isn't > maintained and picking it up.
Well, the TU could have waited, I give you that. > Almost all of my packages have become mine by trying to install > something, finding it useful, and when it became an orphan, just > taking it over and fixing it up. This is how I ended up maintaining quite a few packages. But I didn't waited for them to become orphan, in most cases. > > If we wanted to delete packages we would have asked for deletion, not > orphaned it. What is the point of orphaning packages if they are just > going to get deleted anyway? Now this is were I fail to see the point. If you still wanted/needed the package, why orphan it? I'm perfectly happy with the way AUR works today. But, if you guys really want orphaned packages to stay around for some time, I suggest you guys implement it and send a diff. Perhaps something that prevents even a TU from deleting (hiding) a orphaned package that isn't orphan long enough, lets say, a couple of months. Cheers, Giancarlo Razzolini
