> conflicts with what the guide says[1], doesn't it? > "If you are assuming the role of maintainer for an existing PKGBUILD" Based on what has been said in this thread, I don't think so. They did not take maintainership over an existing PKGBUILD, they wrote a new one from scratch, and disabled the AUR repo, as is custom when software already exists in official repos. Martin On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 5:10 PM Óscar García Amor <ogarcia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > El sáb, 19-10-2024 a las 12:15 +0000, Doug Newgard escribió: > > It doesn't look like they used your PKGBUILD at all, there's nothing > > there for you to be credited for. > > By the same rule of thumb if you adopt a package in the AUR and rewrite > the PKGBUILD you should not credit the previous maintainers. This > conflicts with what the guide says[1], doesn't it? > > I personally have adopted packages, completely rewritten PKGBUILD and > kept the names before me out of respect for their work. > > I guess in the end it depends on the individual and the kind of person > you are. > > Greetings. > > [1]: > https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines#Rules_of_submission > > -- > Óscar García Amor | ogarcia at moire.org | http://ogarcia.me
