From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brett Gilio Subject: Flagging packages Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:58:35 -0500 Message-ID: <87ftxbqc6s.fsf@posteo.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:48052) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gB1i4-0005r5-RQ for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:58:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gB1hy-0007hq-Fy for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:58:48 -0400 Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]:37518) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gB1hy-0007h2-4H for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:58:42 -0400 Received: from submission (posteo.de [89.146.220.130]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7410021172 for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:58:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 42WwYq4mjgz6tmB for ; Fri, 12 Oct 2018 19:58:39 +0200 (CEST) List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Guix-devel I was wondering if there has been any discussion on introducing a way to flag out-of-date packages either through the guix package website or using a guix package flag. I, personally, come from an Arch/Parabola background, and such a feature was usually a good way to alert the community of something corrective needing to be done. It could trigger a mailing list alert, which could then be claimed by a member willing to manage it and submit a patch. Thoughts? -- Brett M. Gilio Free Software Foundation, Member https://gnu.org/s/guix/ | https://emacs.org