[aur-general] Should we recommend removing comments from the AUR?

[Karol Blazewicz]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Joakim Hernberg <jhernberg at alchemy.lu> wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Dec 2014 11:43:05 +0100
> LoneVVolf <lonewolf at xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>> On 02-12-14 07:07, Nowaker wrote:
>> > A custom field in PKGBUILD that AUR will understand would really
>> > come in handy. Something like this:
>> > pkgissues='https://github.com/Nowaker/aur-packages/issues' <p>
>> > <input type="submit" value="Add Comment">    If you can't
>> > build the package, or the package is broken, please <a
>> > href="https://github.com/Nowaker/aur-packages/issues">report an
>> > issue</a> instead. </p>
>>
>> Not a bad idea, but it would require makepkg to support it.
>> Official repos have "bug reports" / "add a new bug" links on the
>> package page, so they don't need this option.
>>
>> How about a similar field on AUR package page ?
>> it should be empty by default, editable for maintainer
>
> I for one would really like to see a field on the AUR where I as
> buildscript maintainer can enter comments regarding the package, like X
> is broken right now, for y use workaround z, etc.
>
> --
>
>    Joakim

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