[aur-general] [PRQ#29045] Deletion Request for hugo-bin

[Brett Cornwall]

On 2021-11-06 16:05, B via aur-general wrote:
>grawlinson made a deletion request on this package after I updated it
>to v0.89.1, and they immediately approved their own request. The
>community package is flagged out-of-date and is at v0.88.1.
>
>First, this violates the AUR community guidelines that requests a user
>be contacted before a package is removed. Additionally, I find that
>they are making a request and then immediately approving their own
>request without any discussion to be concerning.

Indeed, that's not something that should happen! Thanks for bringing 
this to our attention.

>I do not think you should be deleting AUR packages, unless they are
>malicious. If they are not being maintained, then you should be
>contacting the users before deleting them. Otherwise, there is no harm
>in having an AUR and trusted package, as many times they be actually
>be different or the trusted package is the one not actively getting
>updated.

The AUR is not a democracy! There are standards and guidelines that 
clearly state that hugo-bin was not an acceptable package in the AUR 
[1]. So while the acceptance of their own request should not have 
happened, this package should not have existed in the first place.

Hope this helps.

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/AUR_submission_guidelines#Rules_of_submission
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