[aur-general] How long to wait for package update?

Ike Devolder ike.devolder at gmail.com
Tue Jun 26 02:42:18 EDT 2012


Op dinsdag 26 juni 2012 02:21:30 schreef oliver:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 01:09:13AM +0100, Psychedelic Squid wrote:
> > On 26/06/2012 01:08, oliver wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >I just added a comment to
> > >
> > >   https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=31746
> > >
> > >It seems the package has not changed since two years,
> > >even it was flagged out of date.
> > >
> > >I now sent a link to the sources (the old place
> > >was not available anymore).
> > >
> > >How long should I wait until the maintainer updates the package?
> > >
> > >I would adapt the package if the maintainer will not
> > >update the package.
> > >
> > >I also did added the maintainer into Cc of this mail,
> > >hoping to get soon response.
> > >
> > >
> > >Ciao,
> > >
> > >    Oliver
> > 
> > Generally 2 weeks (from when you notified the maintainer) is
> > considered a fair amount of time.
> 
> OK, thanks.

The 2 weeks count the moment you have sent the maintainer a mail, not every 
maintainer is really following up the comments.

--Ike


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