On Sun, May 31, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Lukas Fleischer <lfleisc...@archlinux.org> wrote: > > The original thread is too cluttered already so I decided to submit the > second version in a separate thread. The only real change is that we > decided to not make aur.archlinux.org a read-only archive such that > users still get updates during the transition period (if AUR package > maintainers decide to update both aur.archlinux.org and > aur4.archlinux.org). > > Hello, > > This is an automated email to all AUR package maintainers. > > Starting from June 8th, 2015, the Arch User Repository is being migrated > to a Git-based platform. If you want to continue maintaining your AUR > packages, please submit them to aur4.archlinux.org before July 8th, > 2015. We reserved all packages you are currently maintaining on > aur.archlinux.org, such that nobody else can overwrite them. However, if > you choose not to resubmit your package, we will cancel that reservation > on July 8th. As of July 8th, you can submit packages that were not taken > care of by their maintainers. On August 8th, the archive at > aur.archlinux.org will be replaced by aur4.archlinux.org and the former > aur.archlinux.org source tarballs will be made available for reference. > > Keep in mind to submit any package updates made between June 8th and > August 8th to aur4.archlinux.org. Anything submitted to > aur.archlinux.org during that period of time will be lost. > > For instructions on the new package submission process, please consult > the Arch wiki [1]. If you encounter any bugs, please report them to the > aurweb bug tracker [2]. > > Happy packaging! > > [1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository#AUR_4 > [2] https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?project=2 > > We are going to notify all AUR package maintainers tomorrow. If you have > concerns, please raise them now. > > Regards, > Lukas
Not a major concern, but will it be possible to merge comments / votes / flags from the old AUR instance?