[arch-general] One maintainer, 100+ outdated packages
Over a hundred packages with anthraxx listed as the maintainer have been flagged out of date: https://archlinux.org/packages/?sort=&q=&maintainer=anthraxx&flagged=Flagged Many open bug reports are assigned to him too: https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?dev=17958 (In the past, bug reports with the [security] tag were automatically co-assigned to him, even if he wasn't the maintainer. Nevertheless many of these are specifically assigned to him and valid, including currently missing security updates.) Everyone's a volunteer and people have lives. Got it. Now what can we do to fix this situation? Can there be a group effort to take over some of the packages and get them in shape again? Regular users like me can't commit to the repo, TUs can only work in the [community] repo, and developers are all busy doing their own maintainer work.
On Sat, May 08, 2021 at 04:43:10PM +0000, Christopher W. via arch-general wrote:
Everyone's a volunteer and people have lives. Got it. Now what can we do to fix this situation? Can there be a group effort to take over some of the packages and get them in shape again? Regular users like me can't commit to the repo, TUs can only work in the [community] repo, and developers are all busy doing their own maintainer work.
Give anthraxx some time. He is our busy supreme leader and head of arch linux. He might need some time to get everything in normal state again. Moreover he manages over 750 packages.. with 85 being flagged.. this is a little more than 10%. We have TUs with a worse statistic (including me). Not all delays mean that the maintainer is lazy. Some delays may occur due to dependencies, difficulties with upstream or missing tests. Did you consider signing up for testing packages? This would help a lot and make the whole process faster for everybody for us. Chris
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Christian Rebischke
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Christopher W.