[aur-general] [PRQ#11055] Deletion Request for dnscrypt-proxy-go | [PRQ#11056] Deletion Request for dnscrypt-proxy-go-git

[Jordan Glover]

On April 4, 2018 5:32 PM, Doug Newgard <scimmia at archlinux.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Apr 2018 11:23:34 -0400
> 
> Jordan Glover via aur-general aur-general at archlinux.org wrote:
> 
> > I'm sorry for the harsh words. If those requests were made AFTER update package
> > 
> > in repo there won't be this conversation. I found situation where killing other people
> > 
> > efforts to make things work, unacceptable without providing an alternative. Common
> > 
> > sense should prevail the rules.
> > 
> > Jordan
> 
> Common sense tells me that if we allow people to upload newer packages just
> 
> because the repo package is out of date, the AUR will be an even bigger mess
> 
> than it already is. Everyone will be uploading packages a few hours after
> 
> upstream releases updates, and of course they will just abandon them instead of
> 
> having them deleted. The rules are in place for a reason.
> 
> Doug

Please be specific. We aren't talking about hours and bumping package version.
Common sense can be used to know when taking action will make people worse-off.
The package was managed so efficiently that even upstream benefited from it.
Archlinux maintainer dosen't have to do anything else than copy-paste existing
PKGBUILD. All work and testing is already done.

​Jordan