[arch-dev-public] bugtracker vs package cleanup

[Aaron Griffin]

On 5/12/07, eliott <eliott at cactuswax.net> wrote:
> > "Dan McGee" <dpmcgee at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I've never liked AUR comments as a method of tracking bugs. Using a
> > bug tracker seems like the right way to do things, and I don't think
> > it would be too big of a problem to either refine the AUR project that
> > already exists or start a new one.
>
> I agree with Dan.
>
> Further, I think that since it largely seems that the TUs have historically
> been the pool from which several devs were brought in from, that it makes
> sense to have those folks using many of the same tools. This has a dual
> benefit of reducing the tools that are used (focusing), and getting potential
> new devs more familiar with the existing tools (training).

Another benefit is making the TUs seem less like "second class
citizens" as someone else said.  TUs are critical to Arch in it's
current state.