On Wednesday 3 November 2021 11:47:32 CET Vasi Vilvoiu via arch-general wrote:
That's unfair to your userbase. There's no way for people to contribute to core packages, period. Community packages require being a TU, which as far as I know is not an easy process to go through. The AUR does not accept "under any circumstances"[1] packages already in community/core.
I don't see how not having access to to the Arch Linux infrastructure stops you or anyone from collaborating on fixes using ones own resources. Whether you use a platform such as GitHub, GitLab straight up hosting the assets yourself all work. If I were an outsider to a project, and I am, and want to help, I would start by hosting my own diffs and doing so on a regular basis so that others can see how reliable I am, how transparent I am, and how willing I am to show my capacity to learning from others. The biggest single asset outsiders to a technical project bring is the ability to work with others. In this day of next-to-free hosting and cheap project management tooling solving your own problem with the so-called outdated packages is really accessible. The individuals clamoring for these really really really important and urgent updates could solve their own problem and patch their own systems within a week by actually working together and hosting their own patched updates. Regards, -- Samir Nassar