On Wednesday 09 February 2011 00:32:17 Ng Oon-Ee wrote:
On Tue, 2011-02-08 at 17:57 +0100, Alexander Rødseth wrote:
I would like to add that for some AUR-users, the packages is what they would have to show for if they were to apply to become a TU. As far as I know, the AUR history is not recorded in any accessible way.
- Alexander (trontonic on AUR / xyproto on #archlinux)
This is a good point, but I'd assume the users in question would have their latest copy of the PKGBUILD on their machine if they wanted to use it in applying. Their name would also be on the PKGBUILD in [community] in any case.
Two very good points. In that case we should be very clear that if a package is moved up the repo ranking or otherwise adopted, that all contributors' names remain on there as a matter of policy (is it already?) I don't believe anyone has a right to remove a contributor's name unless they also remove the code they contributed. Given that it's unlikely that they know exactly what this is, the only case for this is a total rewrite. Pete.