>I was not thanked, or even acknowledged, for maintaining them for however long >that I did >I don't even get a measly Contributor credit in the official packages
I only checked the PKGBUILDs for python-urllib3-future - it does not look like your PKGBUILD was used, but rather a new one was written for [extra] >I was not formally notified that these packages have been adopted into extra PMs should delete the package from AUR after adoption - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Package_Maintainer_guidelines#Moving_packages_from_the_AUR_to_extra Deleting the package notifies you about it(iirc). Lack of credit is due to your work not being used, and a Thank You message, which I agree is a nice thing to do, is not required. >Can we please remedy this with _some_ guidelines for Packagers who adopt >packages from the AUR? I think existing guidelines cover things well enough. What could improve though, is some tooling/automation/aurweb, as a quick check of the latest repo DBs vs AUR packages.gz shows that there's 32 packages that should be looked at, as they're either forgotten deletions or naming conflicts. Martin On Thu, Nov 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Greetings! > > A few packages that I've been maintaining for several months have been > adopted into extra. > > python-urllib3-future: created and maintained since a year ago > python-niquests: created and maintained since a year ago > python-wassima: created and maintained since a year ago > python-qh3: maintained since 6 months ago > > I'm glad they were deemed necessary and/or popular enough to go into > official repositories. Thank you Felix Yan for taking over these! > > --- > > What feels bad is the fact that: > > - I was not formally notified that these packages have been adopted into > extra > - I was not thanked, or even acknowledged, for maintaining them for > however long that I did > - I had to find out via a comment on and then an AUR package deletion of > python-urllib3-future by an unrelated AUR user (Thanks hcartiaux) > - I also had to go and find dependencies (the other 3 packages) by > myself to remove them from my workspace and file deletion requests for > them on the AUR > - I don't even get a measly Contributor credit in the official packages > - This is not the first time it has happened > > I'm not pointing fingers at any particular person in doing the work and > (not) making these decisions, but I do think this is a systemic failure > on Arch's part. Most of us are volunteers and we do what we do because > we love Arch and FOSS. We know it's often a thankless job, and that > users tend to take us for granted and even make demands of us, and yet > we keep at it. > > I believe keeping each other informed and credited is the least we can > do to support ourselves as a community, recognize each others' > contributions, and keep morale high. > > Can we please remedy this with _some_ guidelines for Packagers who adopt > packages from the AUR? > > -- > txtsd > https://ihavea.quest
