My response;
Using caps for single words is not necessarily shouting, and I am sorry if
the fellow took it that way.
^^ It can also mean emphasis... !!
More to the point:
- I was not aware it was expected that I respond to problems that are
upstream, and cannot be fixed by myself.
- I cannot simply change it to a -git package, as that is a new package;
and the fellow complaining should know that.
- My offer to make a new -git package is still extant, as is my offer that
he can do so if he would like.
- "Orphaning" a package that cannot be updated to a new release because the
upstream author has NOT made available; seems to be a very odd request.
My suggestion:
- So, please consider simply removing the package, since it appears to be
so displeasing to keep this around.
- OR, please let me contact the upstream author and see IF he will consider
making a new release, either from his website OR from his git repo.
Best regards - Not_So_Anonymous
On Tue, Jun 13, 2023 at 12:56 PM <[email protected]> wrote:
> MarsSeed [1] filed an orphan request for rapidsvn [2]:
>
> Package is broken with C++17 standard level, and with wxwidgets3+
> dependency.
>
> These issues have been mentioned in comments in 2021 and 2022,
> respectively.
>
> But the package owner did not respond.
>
> And now after I suggested update commits from the project's git master
> branch, and flagged the package because the issues have been fixed in
> non-release-tagged git commits, maintainer just shouted angrily at me
> in private email.
>
> The project's last official release version was published in 2012.
>
> But since then, developer has continuously fixed the code with git
> commits, to make it compatible with newer libraries and fix bugs.
>
> I recommend to disown the package, so someone else who is willing to
> do what needs to be done could adopt it.
>
>
> A verbatim copy of owner's private email to me:
>
> "On 13 June 2023 20:13:10 GMT+02:00, [email protected] wrote:
> Out of date for rapidsvn is wrong IF that IS the latest
> release...which it appears to be !
>
> Perhaps YOU would like to make a "rapidsvn-git" package ?
>
> If NOT, then I will be happy to do so.
>
> Please advise on this PRIVATELY, as back and forth in the COMMENTS
> section of a aur package is discouraged whenever possible.
>
> TIA for your reply.
> "
>
> [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/MarsSeed/
> [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/rapidsvn/
