[aur-general] Unexpected aur package removal.

[Yichao Yu]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Daniel Wallace
<danielwallace at gtmanfred.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 12:17:13AM -0400, Yichao Yu wrote:
>> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Daniel Wallace
>> <danielwallace at gtmanfred.com> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 11:25:58PM -0400, Yichao Yu wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> A TU "gtmanfred" have just decided to remove one of my package just
>> >> one minute after he commented on the package pointed out the missing
>> >> package() in the PKGBUILD without any further explaination.
>> >>
>> >> The package is python-django-git[0], which I have uploaded 2-3 days
>> >> ago[1] to replacing two old packages including one with 3 vote that I
>> >> uploaded last Nov.
>> >>
>> >> I have already re-upload the package[0] since I don't think anything
>> >> is wrong with the package (especially not for the package name, I can
>> >> fix it if anything else with the package is wrong). And I just want to
>> >> know if that was a delete by mistake or a missing package() somehow is
>> >> enough reason to remove a package within ~1min after notifying the
>> >> maintainer now?
>> >>
>> >> Yichao Yu
>> >>
>> >> [0] https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/python-django-git/
>> >> [1] https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/aur-general/2013-March/022494.html
>> >
>> > Please follow packageing guidelines, anything that touches $pkgdir
>> > should be inside the package() function.
>> >
>> > repackaging without a package() function has been deprecated
>> > https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2010-April/010620.html
>> >
>> > and PKGBUILDs without a package() function have been depricated
>> > https://patchwork.archlinux.org/patch/515/
>> > https://www.archlinux.org/todo/clean-up-pkgdir-usage/
>>
>> I agree, and I have already fixed it.
>>
>> BUT, that is NOT what I am asking!! What I am REALLY asking here is
>> why did you simply remove the package!!
>> You can leave a comment (which you did 1min before you go right to the
>> incorrect last step), flag it out-of-date, send me a email, or even
>> disown it and correct it yourself according to the AUR two-week policy
>> if I refuse to update. Is it what you think a TU should do to remove
>> (without waiting for the shortest reasonable response time or even
>> attempting to improve) all non-standard/old PKGBUILD on AUR.
>>
>> It is fine if you have just removed it by accident (although I will
>> probably suggest to move the remove button and the flag-out-of-date
>> button farther away for TU if that's the case), but if you were doing
>> that on purpose, what you did is totally non-constructive. This is
>> definitely NOT what a TU should do. Let me remind you what a TU should
>> do is "check PKGBUILDs for minor mistakes, suggest corrections and
>> improvements"[1], I am not sure which of the three does "removing
>> package right away" belong to.
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Trusted_User_Guidelines#The_TU_and_.5Bunsupported.5D
>>
>> >
>> > --
>> > Daniel Wallace
>> > Archlinux Trusted User (gtmanfred)
>> > Georgia Institute of Technology
>
> Also note that you didn't fix it until I replied to your inquiry about
> why it was deleted.  And instead of taking my advice to fix it, you
> decided it was correct and just uploaded it again.

No that's not true. I did uploaded it right away just because I keeped
all the source package I am maintaining and just want to keep the
useful and working package on AUR for anyone that may want it before
spending another ~2-5 mins to fix and test it.

If you want to know about the detail, I upload the first PKGBUILD
which is identical to the old one right after I received the mail
notification arround 20-30min after the deletion. Then I uploaded the
PKGBUILD that fixed the package() issue after testing it in about
5min. After sending out the email, I uploaded the third PKGBUILD which
happened to be right after your first reply to add a "provides"
version.

>
> --
> Daniel Wallace
> Archlinux Trusted User (gtmanfred)
> Georgia Institute of Technology