How to create a package or asking for an update?

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I’ve seen that gscan2pdf is in version 2.13 but current AUR package is 2.12.6-2
https://archlinux.org/packages/community/any/gscan2pdf/

the pdftk error is probably corrected in the new version, but I don’t know how to inform maintainers there is an important update.
I would to find a workaround and patch myself the package on my host, but don’t know if it’s possible and easy (with .tar.xf file from gscan2pdf - Browse /gscan2pdf/2.13.0 at SourceForge.net)

Any help for a beginner like me is welcome! :slight_smile:

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That is Arch Linux, not AUR and the maintainer already got notified when someone flagged the package to be out of date

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You can always try to modify the PKGBUILD from svntogit-community/trunk/PKGBUILD at packages/gscan2pdf · archlinux/svntogit-community · GitHub and build locally as instructed on Creating packages - ArchWiki but are you sure you will also get the dependencies right without any experience?

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Yes, it is now and available in the Manjaro unstable branch. :wink: