[arch-general] Is it possible to move Mumble to community repository?

[Lauri Niskanen]

2009/10/15 Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org>:
> Lauri Niskanen schrieb:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Mumble [1] is an open source, low-latency, high quality voice chat
>> software. It has a stable version package on AUR [2]. Would it be
>> possible to have Mumble in [community]?
>>
>> Mumble is very popular application and it doesn't have any license
>> issues [3]. It has 216 votes on AUR. Pkgstats reports 8.91 % usage
>> [4].
>>
>> Having Mumble in official repository would help users installing it
>> and keeping it up-to-date.
>>
>> [1] http://mumble.sourceforge.net/Main_Page
>> [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=10221
>> [3] It's licensed as BSD and GPL.
>> [4] http://www.archlinux.de/?page=PackageStatistics
>>
>> -- Ape <Lauri Niskanen>
>
> With 8,91% usage, this would also be a candidate for extra. You just need to
> find someone willing to maintain it - I use mumble occasionally, but not on
> Linux. I am interested in murmurd though, so I'll think about it.

I would be willing to maintain it myself. But was it so that the
maintainer in community or at least in extra must be a TU (or have a
special status of some kind)?

-- Ape <Lauri Niskanen>