On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Paride Legovini <legovini@spiro.fisica.unipd.it> wrote:
I was willing to maintain a package in aur for Gnash, the GNU SWF player. I published it today, but it has been removed without any warning. Can I have en explanation for this?
I know the same package is already in extra/, but it's orphan and outdated.
p.
Hi, first of all, Thanks for contributing with the Arch Linux Project. Technically is prohibited duplicate packages, *even if yours is updated than one existent on repos*.. (I said technically because you can add the -{svn,git,cvs,bzr,etc} version of that package and is not a duplication at all). Unfortunately, you should wait for a while until a Dev decides to adopt and update it, I guess you can ask on this list if some dev can drop this package from extra and move it to unsupported, then you will be able to maintain it.. (but eventually this doesn't happen, being frankly) Aditionally you can add the PKGBUILD and maybe, some dev can update the package and maybe he will use your PKGBUILD or part of them.. So, the TU or Dev who deleted your package should (just for being nice) sent you an e-mail giving you details about why your your package was removed. Cheers! -- Angel Velásquez angvp @ irc.freenode.net Linux Counter: #359909