[aur-general] Using the bug tracker to patch outdated packages (was: TU Application - blakkheim)

[Claudia Pellegrino]

Hi Leonidas,

> What stops you from opening bug report and submitting patches for those
> now without being a TU? If these are in core/extras your options would
> be the same as you have now, right?

Wait, is this actually a thing?

As a non-TU, one thing that has deterred me from using the bug tracker
to submit patches for outdated packages is this warning:

> Do NOT report bugs when a package is just outdated, or it is in the AUR.
> Use the 'flag out of date' link on the package page, or the Mailing List.

followed by:

> REPEAT: Do NOT report bugs for outdated packages!

and similarly, on the wiki:

> Reasons for not being a bug
> […]
> A package which is not-up-to-date. Use the Flag Package Out-of-Date feature on Arch's packages website.

That’s a total of three warnings. Enough for me to decide to not take
chances. Your suggestion seems to contradict those warnings though.
What am I missing?


Regards
Claudia (aka Auerhuhn)