[Slackbuilds-users] Script submission technicality

Shahab Vahedi list+sbo at vahedi.org
Wed Jan 15 19:21:38 UTC 2025


B. Watson wrote:

> fsLeg wrote:

>> So does it mean that it's actually OK to submit updates, fixes and changes to existing SlackBuilds yourself if their maintainers don't do it in reasonable time? At what point would that be considered a takeover? Or is this just an oversight in the guidelines?
>
> It's not OK to update others' SlackBuilds. We don't have any technical
> measures in place to prevent it, we rely on people being honest.

Shoot! I have done couple of updates through the submission form with my own email address of course. They were for packages who haven't been updated in years. I had no intention of takeover.

Could I do it in GitLab with my user account? So it would immediately become clear that I'm not the author.


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Shahab


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