[arch-general] We want to help

[Allan McRae]

On 14/12/10 21:54, Tomás Acauan Schertel wrote:
> The Brazilian Arch Linux Community wants to help Arch Linux project,
> working on bug reports and feature requests.
> As first task, we plan to help conclude the development of AUR version 2.

That is a big goal!  But it just might be crazy enough to succeed. 
Especially if there is a group of you.

> We don't have lots of developers, but we really want to help. And
> maybe others join us on this effort.
>
> To accomplish this, we need to enlighten some points:
>
> 1 - where should we look for feature requests?
>   * bugs.archlinux.org?
>   * AUR2 wiki page?

Both I would guess...

> 2 - what code repository should we take as start point?
>   * git://gitorious.org/aur2/aur2.git -- the "central" repository with
> the stable branch
>   * git://github.com/sebnow/aur2.git -- Xilon's repository

This one is probably the best.

>   * git://ius.student.utwente.nl/aur2 -- Thralas's repository
>   * git://git.berlios.de/aur2 -- Djszapi's repository
>   * git://github.com/SpeedVin/aur2.git -- SpeedVin's AUR2 forked repo
> with some patches and translation's.

I'll add "AUR3" to the mix... - 
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=99839


> 3 - How Feature Requests / Bug Reports will be closed on flyspray?
>   * Maybe a TU can do the job.

You can request bug closures which will eventually get dealt with by a 
relevant person.

Allan