Above all we're grown-ups who can weight the pros and cons on a case
by case basis and make their own decisions as appropriate. I'm glad
that Arch Linux has gotten so good that this is the worst issue you
can find, but that doesn't mean it is worth "fixing".
Furthermore, I refuse to be trolled
There are many little details about Arch that are left in the hands of
the maintainers, because setting a hard policy would involve far too
much pointless bikeshedding. You have found one of these.
There is no hard policy and maintainers can do whatever they feel is a
good best practice.
-Kyle
Thank you but I'm working on something a bit more comprehensive.
-Kyle