[aur-general] [AUR] Orphan all old packages flagged as out-of-date

[Jelle van der Waa]

On 06/08/2011 06:27 AM, Thorsten Töpper wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:13:00 +1000
> Allan McRae<allan at archlinux.org>  wrote:
>> On 08/06/11 14:01, Thorsten Töpper wrote:
>>> On Wed, 8 Jun 2011 05:05:22 +0800
>>> Ray Rashif<schiv at archlinux.org>   wrote:
>>>> On 7 June 2011 18:14, Andrea Scarpino<andrea at archlinux.org>   wrote:
>>>>> Hi TUs,
>>>>> I'd like to orphan all packages in AUR flagged as out-of-date
>>>>> before February 2011 (for example, I think 3 months are enough).
>>>> I find 3 months are not enough (for a busy person). 6 is a nicer
>>>> number, i.e half a year, plenty of time for short bursts of free
>>>> time (for a busy person).
>>> I agree, 3 months is a too short span of time.
>>>
>> Seriously?  If someone can not find the time to update a package in 3
>> months, there will be other people who can do a better job.  If we
>> waited 6 months for updates, we might as well be using Ubunutu.
>>
> If it really bothers people they simply request an orphanage and that's
> it.
>
> +1 for the notification idea
>
I Like Allan idea, 3 months is enough, normally we mail someone and wait 
for 2 weeks. Wait 2 months, notify, after 3 months orphan.


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Jelle van der Waa