[arch-general] Can we please have a co-maintainer ...

[Jordan Glover]

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [arch-general] Can we please have a co-maintainer ...
> Local Time: October 13, 2017 9:01 AM
> UTC Time: October 13, 2017 7:01 AM
> From: arch-general at archlinux.org
> To: arch-general at archlinux.org
> Leonidas Spyropoulos <artafinde at gmail.com>
>
> On 13/10/17, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 Oct 2017 01:02:54 +0200, Rob Til Freedmen wrote:
>> >... for these long outdated packages?
>> >
>> >https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort=-last_update&q=&maintainer=schiv&flagged=Flagged
>> >
>> >https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?sort=-last_update&q=&maintainer=speps&flagged=Flagged
>
> Hello,
>
> I can adopt few if they drop to AUR (of if I get sponsor to apply for a
> TU).
>
> Regards,
> Leonidas
>
> --
> Leonidas Spyropoulos
>
> A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is it such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
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Maybe there should be rule for automatic orphaning packages that are flagged for more than 6 months? With notification for maintainer couple of days before. After that if no one is interested in adopting them for some additional time they could be moved to AUR. Having long time outdated packages do more harm than not having them at all in repos as they can't be served in AUR and users have to deal with them on their own.

Jordan