On Sun, 25 May 2014 17:06:21 +0200 Nowaker <enwukaer@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey,
Currently one has to contact the maintainer and wait 2 weeks before reaching a TU on the ML to take over the package. I think this is totally OK when the maintainer really maintains the package, e.g. has generally frequent updates, responds to the comments, etc.
However, this is an overhead when it's obvious a package is no longer maintained. For example, those marked out-of-date for more than 3 months, or those that have numbers of comments requesting update with no single response from the maintainer.
It includes a situation when a maintainer is otherwise active on AUR, e.g. they update their other packages. The fact is they don't upgrade the very one package that people are interested in - otherwise a package wouldn't have been marked out-of-date in the first place.
What do you think about auto-orhpaning packages that stay marked out-of-date for more than, say, 3 months? Done automatically by AUR, with no request on ML.
Hello, I totally agree with you. I have been, and still are, busy updating older Brother print/scan packages. It would save a lot of time and effort if this would be implemented. Besides if the maintainer of such packages is really serious he should enable notifications. Regards, libernux