On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 17:03, Grigorios Bouzakis<grbzks@gmail.com> wrote:
May i suggest something slightly relevant, but probably very radical? Disable comments on AUR completely.
I don't understand why this was even proposed. It seems rather obvious to me that this is not a wise idea: how is a package maintainer to know if someone opened a thread on his package on the bbs? Does every maintainer get his own personal forum? Same goes for the ml: imagine the whole AUR comments becoming e-mails... it would be chaotic to say the least. Forums and mailing lists are general-purpose instruments, and for this very nature they can't be very structured. They are also open to abuse. The AUR has a specialized function, and it does it well. Why split it into two? Keep the information where it belongs (on the package page) and keep a clean structure (don't put everything in one place without easy ways to filter). Where's the KISS philosophy? This is a BIG -1 from me. Corrado