[arch-general] [arch-dev-public] Breaking the unspoken rule: AUR helper in [community]

[Heiko Baums]

Am Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:38:34 +0800
schrieb Ray Rashif <schiv at archlinux.org>:

> We didn't even conclude a previous discussion [1] (if we did then it's
> all in the negative), and now there is one of those tools in the
> repositories? Honestly, I don't think this is fair practice as it
> undermines the initiatives of others before who did not get the green
> for stuff like this, and it ignores the importance of general
> consensus. Given that it is such a grey area, there should be an
> official discussion and possibly a vote. Now there is no reason why
> things like slurpy and other download/upload helpers shouldn't get in.
> 
> [1]
> http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2010-November/011887.html

It seems to have been moved from [community] to AUR again.

Heiko