[aur-requests] [PRQ#25832] Orphan Request for tangram

[Morten Linderud]

I can't set people as maintainers.

I'll force disown the package and if they adopt it again I'll suspend the
account with a warning.

-- 
Morten Linderud
PGP: 9C02FF419FECBE16

On Sun, May 30, 2021 at 03:21:37PM +0200, Sonny Piers wrote:
> My requested was accepted but David re-took ownership 1 minute after being
> disowned.
> 
> Foxboron, could you set yochananmarqos
> <https://aur.archlinux.org/account/yochananmarqos> as owner for tangram
> <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tangram/> so that we can all move on?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> On lun., mai 24 2021 at 16:32:01 +0200, Sonny Piers <sonny at fastmail.net>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > David is unresponsive, can a trusted AUR user have a look at this
> > request please?
> > 
> > tdlr: I created the tangram aur package for my app
> > <https://github.com/sonnyp/tangram> , I orphaned the package in the hope
> > that someone would take over, David took the name for his own
> > application. Printed magazine still refer to yay -S tangram to install
> > my app on Arch.
> > I would like for tangram to point back to my app which is currently
> > under tangram-web on aur.
> > 
> > Thank you
> > 
> > 
> > On dim., mai 16 2021 at 16:28:34 +0200, Sonny Piers <sonny at fastmail.net>
> > wrote:
> > > Hello David,
> > > 
> > > I don't know but I would appreciate if there was no need to bring
> > > that up considering the issue I mentioned in my email.
> > > 
> > > > >  Unfortunately this is causing issues as instructions to install
> > > > >  Tangram through AUR still exists in the wild, including in printed
> > > > >  paper magazine such as Linux magazine, for example
> > > > > https://www.linux <https://www.linux/>-
> > > > >  magazine.com/Issues/2020/235/Tangram "yay -S tangram".
> > > 
> > > Would renaming your Tangram be such an issue?
> > > 
> > > Thanks.
> > > 
> > > On dim., mai 16 2021 at 09:01:05 -0400, David Yamnitsky
> > > <david at yamnitsky.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi Sonny, I am sorry for not responding to your email sooner.
> > > > 
> > > > What is the AUR’s policy regarding replacing software on
> > > > orphaned packages? Is that disallowed?
> > > > 
> > > > Sent from my iPhone
> > > > 
> > > > >  On May 16, 2021, at 6:21 AM, notify at aur.archlinux.org
> > > > > <mailto:notify at aur.archlinux.org> wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > >  sonny [1] filed an orphan request for tangram [2]:
> > > > > 
> > > > >  The current maintainer of the package has replaced the
> > > > > package with
> > > > >  his own software.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  It is causing issues as instructions to install tangram from AUR
> > > > >  exists in the wild - including in paper magazine.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  We would like this package to be orphaned so that the
> > > > > maintainer of
> > > > >  tangram-web can reinstate the original purpose of this aur
> > > > > package.
> > > > > 
> > > > >  I got in touch with them with the following email but received no
> > > > >  answer so far.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > >  Hello David,
> > > > > 
> > > > >  My name is Sonny, I'm the author of Tangram
> > > > >  <https://github.com/sonnyp/tangram> and the original
> > > > > submitter to the
> > > > >  AUR package <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tangram/> .
> > > > > 
> > > > >  I stopped using Arch Linux and hoped that someone would step in to
> > > > >  maintain the AUR package. Someone has but couldn't use the tangram
> > > > >  package anymore so they published it under tangram-web
> > > > >  <https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/tangram-web/>
> > > > > 
> > > > >  Unfortunately this is causing issues as instructions to install
> > > > >  Tangram through AUR still exists in the wild, including in printed
> > > > >  paper magazine such as Linux magazine, for example
> > > > > https://www.linux <https://www.linux/>-
> > > > >  magazine.com/Issues/2020/235/Tangram "yay -S tangram".
> > > > > 
> > > > >  I would be really grateful if you would publish your
> > > > > application on
> > > > >  aur under a different name and allow the maintainer of
> > > > > tangram-web to
> > > > >  take over ownership of tangram .
> > > > > 
> > > > >  Cheers!
> > > > > 
> > > > >  [1] <https://aur.archlinux.org/account/sonny/>
> > > > >  [2] <https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/tangram/>
> 

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