As a newcomer to packaging for the AUR, that was one of the things I thought "I wonder why they don't do that already" I'd read about some September cleanups (2011/2012 only?). Also, how about if orphaned for more than 3 months, then delete? There are some really outdated packages on there! On 25 May 2014 16:06, Nowaker 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However, this is an overhead when it's obvious a package is no longer maintained. For example, those marked out-of-date for more than 3 months, or those that have numbers of comments requesting update with no single response from the maintainer.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they don't upgrade the very one package that people are interested in - otherwise a package wouldn't have been marked out-of-date in the first place.

What do you think about auto-orhpaning packages that stay marked out-of-date for more than, say, 3 months?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.

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