[arch-general] bitcoin-qt out-of-date

[Chi Hsuan Yen]

On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:06 AM, Jeroen Mathon via arch-general <
arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:

> Some people have projects, or other things that take priority, if you have
> a problem then get the git version from the AUR
>
> On Thu, 1 Sep 2016, 18:01 Diego Viola via arch-general, <
> arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Doug Newgard <scimmia at archlinux.info>
> > wrote:
> > > On Thu, 1 Sep 2016 12:42:24 -0300
> > > Diego Viola via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> I flagged this package 10 days ago as out of date and I've been trying
> > >> to contact the maintainer about it, with no response.
> > >>
> > >> https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/bitcoin-qt/
> > >>
> > >> Is there any problem with updating this? Any reasons for the delay or
> > >> lack of response?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Diego
> > >
> > > Oh no, 10 days.
> > >
> > > Seriously?
> >
> > Other packages get updated much quicker, are you just going to put the
> > blame the users on this one too?
> >
> > Diego
> >
>

I have a similar question. If I have a working PKGBUILD for an out-dated
package, and I have tested all other packages that depends on it, can I
open "pull requests" to get the updated PKGBUILD into Arch Linux?

To be more specific, I'm talking about youtube-dl. I'm currently one of
youtube-dl maintainers, and I hope Arch users can always get the latest
version with pacman. Unfortunately, the package in [community] gets updates
slow in comparison with how youtube-dl releases new versions. AUR works,
while it's not an ideal solution, as VCS packages are not updated
automatically. (I guess there are some helpers for that, but still not
ideal for this case)

Best,

Yen Chi Hsuan