[aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?

Karol Blazewicz

19 Dec 2013 19 Dec '13

9:11 a.m.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rstudio/ is something entirely different than every other 'rstudio' package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?&K=rstudio A few users suggested name change. Can we force the maintainer to change package name? Does the package have to be properly disowned and reuploaded with a different name?

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Rashif Ray Rahman

19 Dec 19 Dec

10:35 a.m.

New subject: [aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?

On 20 December 2013 01:11, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rstudio/ is something entirely different than every other 'rstudio' package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?&K=rstudio A few users suggested name change.

I was fooled for a second. I thought this was just another R Studio.

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Can we force the maintainer to change package name? Does the package have to be properly disowned and reuploaded with a different name?

Yeah, they have to conform to existing naming schemes. I say rename it to r-studio, though that doesn't really look that much more helpful. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

Karol Blazewicz

2:42 p.m.

New subject: [aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?

On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:

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On 20 December 2013 01:11, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rstudio/ is something entirely different than every other 'rstudio' package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?&K=rstudio A few users suggested name change.

I was fooled for a second. I thought this was just another R Studio.

I'm guilty of not reading the package description too: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1361971#p1361971

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Can we force the maintainer to change package name? Does the package have to be properly disowned and reuploaded with a different name?

Yeah, they have to conform to existing naming schemes. I say rename it to r-studio, though that doesn't really look that much more helpful.

I can e-mail the maintainer and we can wait the customary 2 weeks, but what exactly should I tell him? He did provide a description, so maybe uploading an r-studio package using the PKGBUILD provided by gbc921 would be enough?

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Rashif Ray Rahman

20 Dec 20 Dec

5:24 a.m.

New subject: [aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?

On 20 December 2013 06:42, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:

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On 20 December 2013 01:11, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rstudio/ is something entirely different than every other 'rstudio' package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/?&K=rstudio A few users suggested name change.

I was fooled for a second. I thought this was just another R Studio.

I'm guilty of not reading the package description too: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1361971#p1361971

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Can we force the maintainer to change package name? Does the package have to be properly disowned and reuploaded with a different name?

Yeah, they have to conform to existing naming schemes. I say rename it to r-studio, though that doesn't really look that much more helpful.

I can e-mail the maintainer and we can wait the customary 2 weeks, but what exactly should I tell him? He did provide a description, so maybe uploading an r-studio package using the PKGBUILD provided by gbc921 would be enough?

Since there was no 'rstudio' at the time that user uploaded this one, there is no infringement of any rule or guideline per se. Just tell them to upload an 'r-studio' to mitigate the confusion that resulted from it. I don't think there is any need to merge unless there were relevant comments. It is up to the maintainer to update the PKGBUILD with the suggested changes. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

Lukas Jirkovsky

6:19 a.m.

New subject: [aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:

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Since there was no 'rstudio' at the time that user uploaded this one, there is no infringement of any rule or guideline per se. Just tell them to upload an 'r-studio' to mitigate the confusion that resulted from it. I don't think there is any need to merge unless there were relevant comments. It is up to the maintainer to update the PKGBUILD with the suggested changes.

The question is whether the maintainer is still active at all. Hist last action is 2012-08-27 and he has only two packages, both over the year old with one being flagged out of date since February. Lukas

Karol Blazewicz

6:41 a.m.

New subject: [aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Lukas Jirkovsky wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:

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Since there was no 'rstudio' at the time that user uploaded this one, there is no infringement of any rule or guideline per se. Just tell them to upload an 'r-studio' to mitigate the confusion that resulted from it. I don't think there is any need to merge unless there were relevant comments. It is up to the maintainer to update the PKGBUILD with the suggested changes.

The question is whether the maintainer is still active at all. Hist last action is 2012-08-27 and he has only two packages, both over the year old with one being flagged out of date since February.

Lukas

e-mail sent. If he doesn't respond in two weeks, maybe a TU can reupload and disown it, or remove it from the AUR altogether, whichever is deemed the correct action.

Karol Blazewicz

12 Jan 12 Jan

7:42 a.m.

New subject: [aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?

On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Lukas Jirkovsky wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:

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Since there was no 'rstudio' at the time that user uploaded this one, there is no infringement of any rule or guideline per se. Just tell them to upload an 'r-studio' to mitigate the confusion that resulted from it. I don't think there is any need to merge unless there were relevant comments. It is up to the maintainer to update the PKGBUILD with the suggested changes.

The question is whether the maintainer is still active at all. Hist last action is 2012-08-27 and he has only two packages, both over the year old with one being flagged out of date since February.

Lukas

e-mail sent. If he doesn't respond in two weeks, maybe a TU can reupload and disown it, or remove it from the AUR altogether, whichever is deemed the correct action.

The maintainer has taken no action and didn't respond to my e-mail.

Rashif Ray Rahman

8:52 a.m.

New subject: [aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?

On 12 January 2014 23:42, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Lukas Jirkovsky wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:

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Since there was no 'rstudio' at the time that user uploaded this one, there is no infringement of any rule or guideline per se. Just tell them to upload an 'r-studio' to mitigate the confusion that resulted from it. I don't think there is any need to merge unless there were relevant comments. It is up to the maintainer to update the PKGBUILD with the suggested changes.

The question is whether the maintainer is still active at all. Hist last action is 2012-08-27 and he has only two packages, both over the year old with one being flagged out of date since February.

Lukas

e-mail sent. If he doesn't respond in two weeks, maybe a TU can reupload and disown it, or remove it from the AUR altogether, whichever is deemed the correct action.

The maintainer has taken no action and didn't respond to my e-mail.

Deleted the package. I have it backed up, will keep for several weeks in case someone really wants it reuploaded. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

Rashif Ray Rahman

14 Jan 14 Jan

10:39 p.m.

New subject: [aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?

On 12 January 2014 23:42, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Lukas Jirkovsky wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:

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Since there was no 'rstudio' at the time that user uploaded this one, there is no infringement of any rule or guideline per se. Just tell them to upload an 'r-studio' to mitigate the confusion that resulted from it. I don't think there is any need to merge unless there were relevant comments. It is up to the maintainer to update the PKGBUILD with the suggested changes.

The question is whether the maintainer is still active at all. Hist last action is 2012-08-27 and he has only two packages, both over the year old with one being flagged out of date since February.

Lukas

e-mail sent. If he doesn't respond in two weeks, maybe a TU can reupload and disown it, or remove it from the AUR altogether, whichever is deemed the correct action.

The maintainer has taken no action and didn't respond to my e-mail.

Did your e-mail actually get through to that address? It's being returned here, and if we'd known this before we could've just gone ahead and done what we wanted. An non-existent e-mail address is close to meaning a non-existent user. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

Karol Blazewicz

15 Jan 15 Jan

11:36 p.m.

New subject: [aur-general] Can we force the maintainer to change package name?

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 7:39 AM, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:

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On 12 January 2014 23:42, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Karol Blazewicz wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Lukas Jirkovsky wrote:

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On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:

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Since there was no 'rstudio' at the time that user uploaded this one, there is no infringement of any rule or guideline per se. Just tell them to upload an 'r-studio' to mitigate the confusion that resulted from it. I don't think there is any need to merge unless there were relevant comments. It is up to the maintainer to update the PKGBUILD with the suggested changes.

The question is whether the maintainer is still active at all. Hist last action is 2012-08-27 and he has only two packages, both over the year old with one being flagged out of date since February.

Lukas

e-mail sent. If he doesn't respond in two weeks, maybe a TU can reupload and disown it, or remove it from the AUR altogether, whichever is deemed the correct action.

The maintainer has taken no action and didn't respond to my e-mail.

Did your e-mail actually get through to that address? It's being returned here, and if we'd known this before we could've just gone ahead and done what we wanted. An non-existent e-mail address is close to meaning a non-existent user.

-- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1

It wasn't returned. I e-mailed him and got no response, neither automated nor personal, no error, nothing.

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