On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:38:17PM -0500, Eli Schwartz wrote: > On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Michael Beasley <youvegotmoxie@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > I've taken some time to make updated PKGBUILDS and related scripts for a > > few packages > > that are marked as "Maintainer: Orphaned" and haven't been updated in a > > while. How would I go about > > submitting or getting these updated approved for testing and possibly > > applying for maintainership? > > > > The wiki explicitly states not to upload to the AUR if any version exists > > in the official package database, > > so I figured it would be best to ask before I get started off on the wrong > > foot. > > > > Thanks all, > > Michael Beasley > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v2 > > > > iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJVePrDAAoJEH1e/jLR/gR71LEH/3L6fi+iVqMeowf21XgNayDI > > F/eLaWsirWMPeXV8bxczXaQdsqoukc1+sZZ/Px18L4FGvnS/Br0RioWfi5r8kPo6 > > Nstt0QHsLOy5wxOmJ/272l2FLD1Vo/NIyI4XSFEec5+BIJO/+mYF/boKOHQ4G6jM > > jxHXFczvEin5R3hBPagolT4/7WAjcpdiMEt3z7QV501swy0JtPzq6u1nAnJaRewm > > s7E+kh4WekUKw2pbbJCbihG5u0BqLc1ilft+uwHKjtFwZBeP3XyFK/71dG6UQOJR > > Hugo3NfQbhUtDZo2zjOU+2jjWMVbTdso4HmNIEmXcFbHhVZMi/x3L68joztLlV0= > > =Itwf > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > If the package is in the repositories, just flag them as out of date. They > should get updated by the Arch maintainers. > If they are in the AUR, file an orphan request (unless they are already > orphaned), then adopt them from their page on the AUR. Once you are the > maintainer, you can then update them freely. > > -- Eli Schwartz Sounds great, I guess I'll send an email to the last packagers; some of them have flag dates from months ago. Thanks, Michael Beasley
