Append latest commit link to package update notification
I have emailed this 10 days ago in aur-general and as there hasn't been a response to it, I wondered maybe aur-general mailing list is the wrong place to open this issue, therefore: Arch Linux Wiki has said explicitly that they don't have any responsibilities about what a package in AUR does and they also say that it's mandatory to read and understand PKGBUILD (or any other file or patch that a installation requires) before installing any package. But when a package gets updated and those who have enabled notifications want to update the package, they should (I would say everyone must) click on package page, view changes, and click on latest commit to see what has changed. So appending latest commit link "helps" and "encourages" people to check latest update and I don't think in any possible way has a downside except for a little more text to email which I assume it's OK. Best Regards, Amin Vakil
On April 30, 2020 10:52:34 AM EDT, Amin Vakil <info@aminvakil.com> wrote:
I have emailed this 10 days ago in aur-general and as there hasn't been a response to it, I wondered maybe aur-general mailing list is the wrong place to open this issue, therefore:
Arch Linux Wiki has said explicitly that they don't have any responsibilities about what a package in AUR does and they also say that it's mandatory to read and understand PKGBUILD (or any other file or patch that a installation requires) before installing any package.
But when a package gets updated and those who have enabled notifications want to update the package, they should (I would say everyone must) click on package page, view changes, and click on latest commit to see what has changed.
So appending latest commit link "helps" and "encourages" people to check latest update and I don't think in any possible way has a downside except for a little more text to email which I assume it's OK.
Best Regards, Amin Vakil
IIRC when I had suggested this feature previously, it had gotten a thumbs up, just requires someone take the time to write the code. -- Best, Daniel <https://danielcapella.com>
On Thu, 30 Apr 2020 at 15:26:08, Daniel M. Capella wrote:
So appending latest commit link "helps" and "encourages" people to check latest update and I don't think in any possible way has a downside except for a little more text to email which I assume it's OK. [...] IIRC when I had suggested this feature previously, it had gotten a thumbs up, just requires someone take the time to write the code.
Agreed. Note that adding a single commit may not be enough since multiple commits can be pushed at once. We should either include links to all new commits or add a link to a diff comprising all commits.
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Amin Vakil
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Daniel M. Capella
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Lukas Fleischer