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C7vxz8

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From: /home

Registered: 2009-11-27

Posts: 2

AUR Package Maintainer

Hi Everyone!

I got into Arch recently just after Ubuntu 9.10 was released and I'm lovin it! I want to give back to the community, but not being a programmer, my options are kinda limited... So i figure that maybe I can become a package maintainer in the AUR? But I don't know what I am supposed to do, so I'm kinda wary as I dont want to end up doing anything stupid >.>
So what exactly is required of a package maintainer? What will I have to do? I couldn't really find anything from google and the article in the wiki is... well... pointless
I'm enlisting in the USAF next year so I dont know how long i'll be able to do it for but I'm gonna try and give what I can while I can!
Thanks!

Runiq

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-10-29

Posts: 1,053

Re: AUR Package Maintainer

The maintainer keeps the package up-to-date and provides support for people who can't build the package for whatever reason. So basically, if I whine to you that your stuff doesn't work on my computer, you'll have to do what it takes to make it run. That's rarely a problem, though, because people give helpful comments and sometimes provide updated PKGBUILDS by themselves.

Also, when you don't have time for a package anymore, you can always orphan it (so it is without a maintainer again). It's not too much work if you have just one to maintain, so just go ahead.

Edit: Hm... After a rant like that, I should probably adopt a package as well...

Last edited by Runiq (2009-11-27 15:20:36)

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zowki

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From: Trapped in The Matrix

Registered: 2008-11-27

Posts: 582

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Re: AUR Package Maintainer

Hm... After a rant like that, I should probably adopt a package as well...

Indeed
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=50869

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fsckd

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Registered: 2009-06-15

Posts: 4,173

Re: AUR Package Maintainer

I find it interesting that my kernel's maintainer doesn't even use ArchLinux.

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Runiq

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-10-29

Posts: 1,053

Re: AUR Package Maintainer

Thanks Zowki, just what I needed.

Tried building ccp4 a while back, but couldn't get it to work - maybe I'll take a shot at it again.

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Daenyth

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From: Boston, MA

Registered: 2008-02-24

Posts: 1,244

Re: AUR Package Maintainer

You can also contribute by helping users on the forums, updating wiki articles, helping manage bugs, and so on.

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