On June 24, 2026 8:35:03 AM EDT, Campbell Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
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>On June 24, 2026 7:55:30 AM EDT, Andreas Reichel
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>Greetings.
>>
>>Please allow me to ask: how can I register as Co-Author at AUR now?
>>
>>Ataraxy has
>>built https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/aurscan-manticore-bin-release-git
>> for https://github.com/manticore-projects/aurscan and for maintaining
>>this automatically via Github CI, I would need to register at AUR as
>>Co-Author.
>>
>>What is the status quo and plan please?
>>
>>Than you already, best and cheers
>>Andreas
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>Hey Andreas,
>
>We are not sharing our plans for opening registration at this time.
>
>Additionally, it's troubling that you feel entitled to enabling automated
>maintenance of an AUR package that you didn't create when you have never
>maintained a package before (as evidenced by your lack of an account on the
>AUR), even more so due to your apparent development of an AUR-focused tool.
>
>Also: the package in question is a -git package, so it doesn't need to be
>updated with every commit. We also discourage updating any package via
>automated systems. I'm surprised you don't know this, but I suppose
>vibe-coding has indeed made slapdash project development much more accessible.
>
>Campbell
Addendum:
Apologies for my tone. I stand by the points I made, but I should have
explained them more neutrally.
Regarding registration: we're actively working on it, but there are still
internal questions about what that will look like and implementation of changes
takes time. We can't announce a date yet but we hope to be able to do so soon.
Campbell
