On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 07:11:23 +0000 (UTC) bob <bdjor71@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Great work, Michael! > From: Michael Beasley <youvegotmoxie@xxxxxxxxx> > To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 5:50 AM > Subject: Re: [arch-general] AUR, ABS and outdated/orphaned packages > > 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 > > > Become a TU, ???, PROFITS!
