Hi,

I can't adopt the orphaned mysql-gui-tools package.
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9126

ali

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Ali H. Caliskan
<ali.h.caliskan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can't adopt the orphaned mysql-gui-tools package.
> http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9126
>
> ali
>

That is because it is a community package (not an unsupported one).
Perhaps one of the TUs can move it to unsupported.

Smartboy

Apparently there must be a shortage of TUs, since there are several orphaned
packages in AUR. I'm thinking of becoming a TU but I have only used Arch
Linux for two months.

Ali

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Smartboy <smartboyathome@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Ali H. Caliskan
> <ali.h.caliskan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I can't adopt the orphaned mysql-gui-tools package.
> > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9126
> >
> > ali
> >
>
> That is because it is a community package (not an unsupported one).
> Perhaps one of the TUs can move it to unsupported.
>
> Smartboy
>

Not entirely sure what you mean -- there are 22 community packages
that have been orphaned. That's not a tremendous amount. Are these the
packages you meant, or are you counting all orphaned packages on AUR?
There are 1286 of those, but they aren't the responsibilty of the TUs
to maintain unless they want to.

(Just to clarify.)

Regardless, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt Arch if you attempted to become
a TU. I'm not one, but I recommend that you read the information about
how to become one if you haven't:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TU_Person_Specification
http://dev.archlinux.org/~simo/TUbylaws.html (read section on TU
Addition at least)

Cheers,

-Andrei 'Garoth' Thorp

On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Ali H. Caliskan
<ali.h.caliskan@gmail.com> wrote:
> Apparently there must be a shortage of TUs, since there are several orphaned
> packages in AUR. I'm thinking of becoming a TU but I have only used Arch
> Linux for two months.
>
> Ali
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Smartboy <smartboyathome@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Ali H. Caliskan
>> <ali.h.caliskan@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I can't adopt the orphaned mysql-gui-tools package.
>> > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9126
>> >
>> > ali
>> >
>>
>> That is because it is a community package (not an unsupported one).
>> Perhaps one of the TUs can move it to unsupported.
>>
>> Smartboy
>>
>

Thanks for you clarification. What I mean is that I think TUs shouldn't
leave any orphaned backages at all. I've read TU specifications, and that's
why I'm trying my best way to serve the purpose of becoming TU.

Kind regards,
Ali

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Andrei Thorp <garoth@gmail.com> wrote:

> Not entirely sure what you mean -- there are 22 community packages
> that have been orphaned. That's not a tremendous amount. Are these the
> packages you meant, or are you counting all orphaned packages on AUR?
> There are 1286 of those, but they aren't the responsibilty of the TUs
> to maintain unless they want to.
>
> (Just to clarify.)
>
> Regardless, I'm sure it wouldn't hurt Arch if you attempted to become
> a TU. I'm not one, but I recommend that you read the information about
> how to become one if you haven't:
>
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/TU_Person_Specification
> http://dev.archlinux.org/~simo/TUbylaws.html<http://dev.archlinux.org/%7Esimo/TUbylaws.html>(read section on TU
> Addition at least)
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Andrei 'Garoth' Thorp
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Ali H. Caliskan
> <ali.h.caliskan@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Apparently there must be a shortage of TUs, since there are several
> orphaned
> > packages in AUR. I'm thinking of becoming a TU but I have only used Arch
> > Linux for two months.
> >
> > Ali
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 10:49 PM, Smartboy <smartboyathome@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Ali H. Caliskan
> >> <ali.h.caliskan@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > I can't adopt the orphaned mysql-gui-tools package.
> >> > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=9126
> >> >
> >> > ali
> >> >
> >>
> >> That is because it is a community package (not an unsupported one).
> >> Perhaps one of the TUs can move it to unsupported.
> >>
> >> Smartboy
> >>
> >
>

Ali H. Caliskan wrote:

What I mean is that I think TUs shouldn't leave any orphaned backages at all.


Well, you should see the number of orphans in the [extra] repo...
(~500). In an ideal world, there would be no orphans but we need to
weight up moving things to unsupported compared to having a slightly out
of date package.


Allan

I think it's a wise decision. I see many orphaned packages that I would
personally give time to maintain.

Ali

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:10 AM, Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> wrote:

> Ali H. Caliskan wrote:
>
>> What I mean is that I think TUs shouldn't leave any orphaned backages at
>> all.
>>
>
> Well, you should see the number of orphans in the [extra] repo... (~500).
> In an ideal world, there would be no orphans but we need to weight up
> moving things to unsupported compared to having a slightly out of date
> package.
>
> Allan
>
>
>
>