On Thu 02 Jul 2009 02:18 +0200, Xyne wrote:
nathan duane <ndowens04@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a suggestion, it would be nice to have a text editor for the AUR page so u could edit your PKGBUILDs without having to download then resubmit
I think that's an interesting idea and it should only need a few tweaks to the code that displays the PKGBUILDs already (wrap the output in a text area, add it to a form and then handle the POST data).
If we added this then changed the AUR so that any registered user could edit any orphaned package online, it might encourage drive-by updates. This would not present any new security concerns because any registered user can already adopt a package, edit it, upload it then disown it. On the other hand, not having to jump through those hoops might encourage people to update it on the spot.
I don't think it would be that difficult to set up locally, and then you can use whatever editor you please. I think we should leave it to the clever archers out there. :D