Am Donnerstag, 13. Januar 2011, 19:55:58 schrieb Peter Lewis: > On Thursday 13 January 2011 18:00:12 Christoph wrote: > > > > Slight OT, thanks for pointing out this package, I now have more font > > > > compatibility than previously =) > > > > > > Indeed! > > > > > > Even more OT, wouldn't it be kinda cool if there was a mailing list or > > > something where people could post simply with news of new packages? I > > > can't imagine it would be very high traffic, but it would be > > > interesting to read in order to try new software out. > > > > "AUR Home" tells me: > > Packages added or updated in the past 7 days: 2804 > > > > This makes an average of 400 per day, 16 per hour... > > In my opinion that's too many... > > Well, that includes every package that's even just version bumped! I don't > know, but I'd imagine that updates to existing packages make up the vast > majority of the uploads to the AUR. > > I had in mind a list with no automation, just a place where people could > post notifications about a *new* package upload, not "foo is now at > version 2.3". I don't think update notifications would be at all > appropriate, unless they provide significant new functionality that might > make someone look anew at a piece of software.
okay, then I misunderstood you. And since the list would be optional anyway, I have no objection. Should not be too difficult to implement, either: The list, and some announcements on the right places in the wiki and the forum(s) should suffice. Cheers, Christoph
