Am Donnerstag, 13. Januar 2011, 19:55:58 schrieb Peter Lewis:
On Thursday 13 January 2011 18:00:12 Christoph wrote:
Slight OT, thanks for pointing out this package, I now have more font compatibility than previously =)
Indeed!
Even more OT, wouldn't it be kinda cool if there was a mailing list or something where people could post simply with news of new packages? I can't imagine it would be very high traffic, but it would be interesting to read in order to try new software out.
"AUR Home" tells me: Packages added or updated in the past 7 days: 2804
This makes an average of 400 per day, 16 per hour... In my opinion that's too many...
Well, that includes every package that's even just version bumped! I don't know, but I'd imagine that updates to existing packages make up the vast majority of the uploads to the AUR.
I had in mind a list with no automation, just a place where people could post notifications about a *new* package upload, not "foo is now at version 2.3". I don't think update notifications would be at all appropriate, unless they provide significant new functionality that might make someone look anew at a piece of software.
okay, then I misunderstood you. And since the list would be optional anyway, I have no objection. Should not be too difficult to implement, either: The list, and some announcements on the right places in the wiki and the forum(s) should suffice. Cheers, Christoph