On Jan 2, 2008 5:51 PM, Simo Leone <simo@archlinux.org> wrote:
I admit that I probably made a mistake in even introducing the idea of recoding the AUR. I think introducing the idea was the best thing to do! After two months of trying to fiddle with the current AUR code I realised that it really isn't worth fixing. I assumed that development slowed because the devs came to that realisation.
I think the development manpower would be much better spent working on a completely new system, especially since we've given the interface a bit of a facelift. The only dev on current code I could see making sense are critical bug fixes. I see the next generation of AUR as a network app primarily accessible via CLI tools, but also accessible via other interfaces (web,gtk, etc). I have some other crazy ideas, that might be out of topic for now. Ha!
Another long-term issue is cleaning up the data. A lot of the users are dead, and packages uncared for. This is another great reason to start fresh. I say toss the old DB once the new system is ready.