[aur-general] Need help updating nbd package
Hi, the nbd package at AUR, http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9691, has been out-of-date for quite a while. I have an updated PKGBUILD (attached below) and wonder whether there is a way to make that update happen even if the maintainer of that package has apparently lost interest. Take care, Peter
Don't use $startdir in ur PKGBUILDS and well u can try leaving a comment then email him, then if no answer after so long then u can ask TU to orphan the pkg so u could adopt it and upload it Peter Simons wrote:
Hi,
the nbd package at AUR, http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9691, has been out-of-date for quite a while. I have an updated PKGBUILD (attached below) and wonder whether there is a way to make that update happen even if the maintainer of that package has apparently lost interest.
Take care, Peter
Hello Peter! And you will be the maintainer, if i know well. And after all you can use namcap PKGBUILD && namcap *.pkg.tar.gz to check errors/warnings. Best Regards, Laszlo Papp
Hi Nathan,
Well u can try leaving a comment then email him, then if no answer after so long then u can ask TU to orphan the pkg so u could adopt it and upload it.
I did leave a message on AUR long ago and I also e-mailed the original author. Unfortunately, I got no response so far. So, I wonder how exactly do I "ask TU to orphan the package"? My assumption was that I could accomplish that by posting to this very list? Take care, Peter
Just make the subject like Please orphan PKGNAME and in the body explain that u tried to contact the author and no response, then they will probably orphan it for you :-) Peter Simons wrote:
Hi Nathan,
Well u can try leaving a comment then email him, then if no answer after so long then u can ask TU to orphan the pkg so u could adopt it and upload it.
I did leave a message on AUR long ago and I also e-mailed the original author. Unfortunately, I got no response so far. So, I wonder how exactly do I "ask TU to orphan the package"? My assumption was that I could accomplish that by posting to this very list?
Take care, Peter
Hello Peter! Just wait for a 'done' message, it won't last so much :) Best Regards, Laszlo Papp
Laszlo would you stop, he asked me, u keep replying to when i try to help, i know ur trying to impress the TU's but your annoying me and some other TUs Laszlo Papp wrote:
Hello Peter!
Just wait for a 'done' message, it won't last so much :)
Best Regards, Laszlo Papp
Laszlo would you stop, he asked me, u keep replying to when i try to help, i know ur trying to impress the TU's but your annoying me and some other TUs
I totally agree. He is annoying. I'm not a TU or even an 'active' community member, but I must point that his behaviour is strange. Hope he will get a chance to proof his candidate to a TU, but not now, as there are to many doubts, IMO, on him, and not with such methods. -- Dmitry Ostasevich
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 18:18, nathan owe.<ndowens04@gmail.com> wrote:
Laszlo would you stop, he asked me, u keep replying to when i try to help, i know ur trying to impress the TU's but your annoying me and some other TUs
While I think your message is well-intentioned, you should probably work on your wording a little bit.. Let's keep the ML on topic and civil please.
Yeah I have a habbit of using 'u' for 'you' and not using caps Daenyth Blank wrote:
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 18:18, nathan owe.<ndowens04@gmail.com> wrote:
Laszlo would you stop, he asked me, u keep replying to when i try to help, i know ur trying to impress the TU's but your annoying me and some other TUs
While I think your message is well-intentioned, you should probably work on your wording a little bit.. Let's keep the ML on topic and civil please.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 22:44, nathan owe.<ndowens04@gmail.com> wrote:
Yeah I have a habbit of using 'u' for 'you' and not using caps
I think you missed my point... I wasn't referring to your writing style, but what you were actually saying.
Peter Simons schrieb:
Hi,
the nbd package at AUR, http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9691, has been out-of-date for quite a while. I have an updated PKGBUILD (attached below) and wonder whether there is a way to make that update happen even if the maintainer of that package has apparently lost interest.
Take care, Peter
Hello, the maintainer of nbd is a wellknown person, who is probably busy with the upcoming new Arch Linux iso releases. Let us give him some time to answer. Regards Stefan
participants (6)
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Daenyth Blank
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Dmitry Ostasevich
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Laszlo Papp
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nathan owe.
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Peter Simons
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Stefan Husmann