[arch-general] How do AUR packages get new maintainers?

[Nathan Wayde]

On 22/09/10 18:44, David C. Rankin wrote:
> On 09/21/2010 09:07 PM, Mario Figueiredo wrote:
>>   On 21-09-2010 23:17, Matthew Gyurgyik wrote:
>>>   On 09/21/2010 04:53 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>>> Guys,
>>>>
>>>>      I've seen recent "Request to Ophan package XYZ" posts, and I've found some
>>>> fairly large AUR packages that are orphaned (like RPM5). But, how do AUR
>>>> packages get new maintainers? Does somebody monitor the orphans and then divvy
>>>> them out among those with write privileges in AUR or does somebody have to say
>>>> I'll take package X on?
>>>>
>>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR
>>>
>>> Really dude? You've been using arch for how long and still have these
>>> elementary questions?
>>> Think about you questions and try to find answer before you post to the list.
>>> Alternatively hire an arch tutor.
>>>
>>
>> And who on earth are you?
>>
>
> This is the whole problem that makes Arch so gd frustrating to work with. I ask
> a simple question and get nothing back but - dumbass RTFM. C'mon, WTF is a
> community mailing list for if not to ask questions about a distribution and how
> package assignment is handled.
>
> "Think before you type" works both ways. Yes, if there is an answer in the wiki
> that tells you what to do when you find orphaned packages in AUR - I should have
> found it. Regardless of whether it is there or whether it was overlooked, when
> somebody asks something on the list in an attempt to help Arch -- for God sake,
> don't kick them in the teeth.
>
> Common courtesy and civility goes a long way in life.
>

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