Update AUR README

Old README file is severely outdated, update with current information.

Signed-off-by: canyonknight <canyonknight@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lukas Fleischer <archlinux@cryptocrack.de>

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-This is the finalized draft of the project requirements for the
-new Arch package submittal process.  AUR (Arch User-community Repo).
-The sub-directories contain more specific implementation notes
-for each component of the project.
-
-
-Requirements:
--------------
-1) User accounts (users, TUs)
- - Create account. (email address required)
- - Update account (change password/email address)
- - Log in/out
-
-2) Search for packages (public)
- - needs knowledge of ALL pkgs (OfficalRepos/AUR/Unsupported).  This
-   should be easy enough if this site lives on the same machine as
-   the current package database (dragon?), or is allowed to query
-   the db.
- - Display official repo (current/extra) a package lives in.
-
-3) Manual voting (requires user acct)
- - reset/clear all votes (for starting over, this can be added later
-   if there is any demand for it)
-
-4) Package Management
- - A package can be submitted by anyone (as long as they create
-   an account with a valid email address on the web site).  From
-   there, a TU inspects the package and works with the submitter
-   to resolve any bugs/issues.  Once approved, the TU can place the
-   package in the AUR.  From there, if the package is popular enough
-   (or deemed necessary), a developer can move the package from the
-   AUR to extra/current/etc.  A developer can also downgrade a
-   package from extra/current/etc to the AUR.
- - The person that uploaded the new package can make changes to
-   it before it has been added to the AUR.
- - TUs need to be able to purge packages in "Unsupported" if the
-   package is no longer maintained and there is no interest in
-   keeping it.
- - Packages in the AUR/Unsupported need some sort of 'flag out of
-   date' support.
- - Interested users can download the package from "Unsupported"
-   and build/install it by hand.
- - Provide a separate installation of flyspray for tracking bugs
-   for packages living in the AUR.  All bugs should be resolved
-   in either flyspray (AUR/official) prior to a package being
-   promoted/demoted.
-
-5) Reports
- - package popularity by number of votes
-
-6) Wiki Docs (UID/GID db, provides db, irc nicks/names TUs/devs)
- - Move the appropriate dev wiki pages to the new system's
-   wiki area.  The devs will just need to consult the UID/GID
-   list from the new system site rather than our own wiki.
-
-7) Submitting 'new' packages by users.  Initially start with
-   a simple web upload page where users submit a tgz containing
-   the PKGBUILD, scriptlets, patches, etc.  The script will
-   unpack the tgz in an appropriate location and update the
-   backend database to 'register' the pacakge.
-
-8) TU package management
- - A TU adopts a package from "Unsupported" and that shows users
-   and other TUs that the package is being reviewed.
- - When the TU is ready to move the package to the AUR, they
-   use a custom utility/script that allows them to upload the
-   pkg.tar.gz (web uploads are inadequate for this process).
-   The upload utility/script has a server counterpart that
-   performs TU authentication and updates the database.
- - A cronjob on the server can handle the new AUR package,
-   update the database, and rebuild the AUR sync db, and send
-   email notices to the TU about errors if any occur.
- - The TUs should also be able to demote a package from the
-   AUR via the web interface.
- - TUs will use cvs/svn interface (just like devs) to pull
-   down the PKGBUILD tree.  This tree should reflect the same
-   layout as extra for easier package migration.  They make
-   changes to their local copy, test, and then commit.  They
-   use the xfer utility to upload the binary package to the
-   server.  No shell access is required.
-
-
-Automated Voting Tool (similar to ArchStats client)
-=====================
-
-Requirements:
--------------
-  1) Name of tool is 'pkgvote'
-
-  2) Requires registered account on web - email address not required
-
-  3) Casts 'yes' votes for all installed packages (except itself?)
-
-Implementation:
----------------
-  A statically compiled C program that gathers the list of installed
-  packages and casts the vote to the web site.  Very similar to the
-  way that ArchStats works now.  When making the HTTP Post, it adds
-  a custom HEADER that the PHP script(s) can detect to know that it
-  is receiving a vote from a 'pkgvote' client.  If the PHP script
-  does not see the special HEADER, it assumes it is a web browser
-  and gives the user HTML output.
-
-  Once installed, the user edits the config file and supplies their
-  username/password.  If no username/password exists in the config
-  file when it starts, it spits out an error message and exits.
-
+===================
+Arch User Repository (AUR)
+===================
+
+About:
+=====
+The Arch User Repository (AUR) is a framework for hosting a collection of
+packaging scripts that are created and submitted by the Arch community. The
+scripts contained in the repository (PKGBUILDS) can be built using the Arch
+building/packaging script (makepkg) and installed via the Arch pacman manager
+(pacman). The AUR project aims to provide the necessary web interface, database
+schema, and scripts for a multi-lingual community-driven repository.
+
+Functionality:
+=========
+-Users may submit source packages that contain a PKGBUILD
+-User accounts with varying permission levels (User, Trusted User, Developer)
+-Ability to search for specific submitted packages (based on package name,
+package description, package submitter, package maintainer)
+-Display submitted package information by parsing PKGBUILD (description,
+license, package dependencies, etc)
+-Users can make comments on package information page
+-Mark packages as out-of-date
+-Vote for well-done and popular user submitted packages
+-Trusted User and Developer have ability to search for and modify accounts
+-Area for Trusted Users
+and Developers to post AUR-related proposals and vote on them
+
+File Hierarchy:
+==========
+
+Directory Layout:
+-------------------
+./po		- Translation files for strings in the AUR web
+		interface.
+./scripts	- aurblup package blacklist tool. Scripts for AUR
+		maintenance.
+./support	- Schema for SQL database. Script for dummy data generation.
+./web		- Web interface for the AUR.
+
+Files:
+------
+AUTHORS		- List of maintainers, contributors, and translators for AUR
+		project.
+COPYING		- License information for AUR project (GPL version 2).
+HACKING		- Guidelines for modifying source and submitting
+		patches.
+INSTALL		- Installation procedure for AUR.
+TODO		- List of potential features and changes to be made to the AUR.
+TRANSLATING	- Directions for creating and updating string translations.
+UPGRADING	- Changes needed to upgrade older AUR version to newer version.
+
+Code:
+=====
+Official repository hosted at git://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git
+See HACKING for information on submitting patches
+
+Bugs:
+=====
+Discovered bugs can be submitted to the AUR bug tracker:
+https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?project=2
+
+Contact:
+========
+Questions, comments, and patches related to the AUR can be sent to the AUR
+development mailing list: aur-dev@archlinux.org
+Mailing list archives: http://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/aur-dev