Ionut Biru wrote:
mate, you did something wrong, stop trying to find out excuses for your actions.
please do not delete builds like that anymore, leave comments about any issues with the build and give them time to accommodate with the changes
This. Obliterating votes and comments and forcing the user to recreate the package does not help anyone, and one minute is not enough to read a comment, address the issue and re-upload the package even if the maintainer is glued to the chair slamming F5. It discourages new users from continuing to contribute and it leaves a very bad impression of the TUs and Arch by extension. Bartłomiej Piotrowski wrote:
What's the point of your drama? It was perfectly correct to remove it (especially if it was new package). You reuploaded and fixed it. Everyone is happy, hurray!
Everyone is clearly not happy. If you honestly think that it's just "drama" when a user has a valid complaint about an overzealous TU then I think you need to reconsider your viewpoint. TUs are not beyond scrutiny. If anything we should be held to a higher standard than other users. As for my own anecdote, you will find many comments from me linking to updated PKGBUILDs that I kindly *recommend* to the maintainer. I wait a few weeks for a reply and then either post again or email the maintainer. I think it is the most effective way encourage users to adhere to packaging standards and adopt better PKGBUILD styles. Alexander Rødseth wrote:
tl;dr Ioni is always right
What alternate reality is this? :P